The internal kinematics of dwarf spheroidal galaxies
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The status of kinematic observations in Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) is reviewed. Various approaches to the dynamical modelling of these data are discussed and some general features of dSph dark matter haloes based on simple mass models are presented.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0602186,
title = {The internal kinematics of dwarf spheroidal galaxies},
author = {M. I. Wilkinson and J. T. Kleyna and N. W. Evans and G. F. Gilmore and J. I. Read and A. Koch and E. K. Grebel and M. J. Irwin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0602186},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figs. Invited review in Proceedings of XXIst IAP Colloquium, "Mass Profiles & Shapes of Cosmological Structures" (Paris, 4-9 July 2005), eds G.A. Mamon, F. Combes, C. Deffayet, B. Fort (Paris: EDP Sciences)