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The Center, Bulge, and Disk of the Milky Way

By Farhad Yusef-Zadeh , Mark Wardle (auth.) , Leo Blitz (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1992
ISBN
978-94-010-5250-4, 978-94-011-2813-1
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-2813-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17498933 bytes)
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library 180
Edition
1
Pages
167\174
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
AstronomyObservations and Techniques

Description

Our view of our Galaxy has recently been undergoing an increasing divergence from the traditional standpoint. In this book ten authors discuss in eight chapters how the conceptions of the Milky Way have moved in new directions. Starting with the inner parsec and the Center of the Galaxy, the book gradually moves on to the bulge and its relation to the globular clusters and to the disk, of which the presence of a bar is argued. A new look on the HI distribution in the disk, a synthesis of molecular line surveys and the study of stellar populations are discussed in the last three chapters.

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