What do RR Lyrae tell us about the formation of the Milky Way and M31 haloes?
What do RR Lyrae tell us about the formation of the Milky Way and M31 haloes?
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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RR Lyrae variables are old (>10 Gyr) stars and, as such, they are useful probes of the earliest events of star formation in galaxies (Bernard et al. 2008, Martínez-Vázquez et al. 2016) as well as of the galaxy assembly process predicted by ΛCDM simulations of structure formation. In fact, the nature of the building-blocks of galaxies such as the Mi...
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What do RR Lyrae tell us about the formation of the Milky Way and M31 haloes?
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1017_S1743921317007074
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1017_S1743921317007074
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1743-9213
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10.1017/S1743921317007074
