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Apocenter Pile-up: Origin of the Stellar Halo Density Break

  • Authors: Alis J. Deason, Vasily Belokurov, Sergey E. Koposov, and Lachlan Lancaster

2018 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 862 L1.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Spatial distribution of the main sequence (red) and BHB (black) stars in cylindrical (R, z) coordinates. Here, the Sun is located at (R, z) = (8.3, 0) kpc.

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