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Hot Horizontal-Branch Stars in the Galactic Bulge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D. M. Terndrup
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
R. C. Peterson
Affiliation:
Astrophysical Advances, Palo Alto, California 94301, USA
E. M. Sadler
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
A. R. Walker
Affiliation:
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Casilla 603, La Serena, Chile

Abstract

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We report the discovery of hot horizontal branch stars in the nuclear bulge of the Milky Way. Spectra from the 2dF instrument of the Anglo-Australian Telescope allow us to confirm their membership in the bulge through radial velocities. We also review the current observational information on hot horizontal branch stars in Milky Way clusters and the Local Group, and discuss the relevance of star-by-star studies in the bulge for the ultraviolet-excess phenomenon seen in large ellipticals.

Type
Part 4. Morphology, Kinematics and Dynamics
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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