Taking the pulse of the outer Milky Way with the Halo Outskirts With Variable Stars (HOWVAST) survey: an RR Lyrae density profile out to >200 kpc

In order to constrain the evolutionary history of the Milky Way, we hunt for faint RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) using Dark Energy Camera data from the High cadence Transient Survey and the Halo Outskirts With Variable Stars survey. We report the detection of $\sim$500 RRLs, including previously identified...

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Hauptverfasser: Medina, Gustavo E. (VerfasserIn) , Muñoz, Ricardo R (VerfasserIn) , Carlin, Jeffrey L (VerfasserIn) , Vivas, A Katherina (VerfasserIn) , Grebel, Eva K. (VerfasserIn) , Martínez-Vázquez, Clara E (VerfasserIn) , Hansen, Camilla J (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: July 2024
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 531, Heft: 4, Pages: 4762-4780
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stae1137
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1137
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Verfasserangaben:Gustavo E. Medina, Ricardo R. Muñoz, Jeffrey L. Carlin, A. Katherina Vivas, Eva K. Grebel, Clara E. Martínez-Vázquez and Camilla J. Hansen

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