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astro-ph2004
Kinematics of RHB stars to trace the structure of the galaxy
T. A. Kaempf, K. S. de Boer, M. Altmann
Red horizontal-branch (RHB) stars have been selected from the HIPPARCOS catalogue to investigate their kinematics and spatial distribution. HIPPARCOS parallaxes, literature radial…
astro-ph2004
The contribution of halo red giant mass loss to the high-velocity gas falling onto the Milky Way disk
Klaas S. de Boer
The origin of gas falling from the halo toward the disk of the Milky Way is still largely unclear. Here the amount of gas shed by the (older) halo red giants is estimated. The dist…