A Pattern Speed in the Galaxy's OH/IR Stars
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We use the Tremaine-Weinberg method, adapted to the Milky Way, to measure a pattern speed in OH/IR stars located in the inner MW.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0203380,
title = {A Pattern Speed in the Galaxy's OH/IR Stars},
author = {Victor P. Debattista and Ortwin Gerhard and M. N. Sevenster},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0203380},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure. Contribution to `The Mass of Galaxies at Low and High Redshift', ed. R. Bender & A. Renzini, ESO Astrophysics Symposia (Springer-Verlag), to appear