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astro-ph.GA2012★ 419 cited
The Milky Way's circular velocity curve between 4 and 14 kpc from APOGEE data
Jo Bovy, Carlos Allende Prieto, Timothy C. Beers +30
We measure the Milky Way's rotation curve over the Galactocentric range 4 kpc <~ R <~ 14 kpc from the first year of data from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experi…
astro-ph.CO2012★ 613 cited
A systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies
Michele Cappellari, Richard M. McDermid, Katherine Alatalo +22
Much of our knowledge of galaxies comes from analysing the radiation emitted by their stars. It depends on the stellar initial mass function (IMF) describing the distribution of st…