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Chemo-dynamical substructure of the Galactic halo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2010

Helio J. Rocha-Pinto
Helio J. Rocha-Pinto*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Observatório do Valongo, Brazil email: helio@astro.ufrj.br
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Abstract

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Deep recent surveys have considerably improved our picture of the outer Galactic halo by unveiling a complex level of substructuring in the form of streams, stellar clouds and debris systems. Here I discuss some of the recent findings and present their general properties.

Keywords

Galaxy: HaloGalactic structuretidal streams
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S265: Chemical Abundances in the Universe: Connecting First Stars to Planets , August 2009 , pp. 255 - 262
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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