2 papers
astro-ph2003
Galaxy-galaxy lensing results from COMBO-17
Martina Kleinheinrich, Peter Schneider, Thomas Erben +4
We use galaxy-galaxy lensing to study the statistical properties of the dark matter halos of galaxies. Our data is taken from the COMBO-17 survey which has imaged 1 square degree i…
astro-ph2003
The Extended Tidal Tails of Palomar 5: Tracers of the Galactic Potential
Michael Odenkirchen, Eva K. Grebel, Hans-Walter Rix +4
We detected extended, curved stellar tidal tails emanating from the sparse, disrupting halo globular cluster Pal 5, which cover 10 degrees on the sky. These streams allow us to inf…