Kinematics at the edge of the Galactic bulge: evidence of cylindrical rotation

C.D. Howard (1) , R.M. Rich (1) , W. Clarkson (1) , R. Mallery (1) , John Kormendy (2) , R. De Propris (3) , A.C. Robin (4) , R. Fux (5) , D.B. Reitzel , H.S. Zhao (6) , K. Kuijken (7) , A. Koch (8)

1 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCLA, Los Angeles]
2 University of Texas at Austin [Austin]
3 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
4 UTINAM - Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213)
5 ObsGE - Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève
6 SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy [University of St Andrews]
7 Leiden Observatory [Leiden]
8 University of Leicester

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

C.D. Howard, R.M. Rich, W. Clarkson, R. Mallery, John Kormendy, et al.. Kinematics at the edge of the Galactic bulge: evidence of cylindrical rotation. The Astrophysical journal letters, 2009, 702 (2), pp.L153. ⟨hal-00461965⟩