The center, bulge, and disk of the Milky Way

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The center, bulge, and disk of the Milky Way

edited by Leo Blitz

(Astrophysics and space science library, v. 180)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1992

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Our view of the 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 Centre 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.

Table of Contents

  • A Coherent Picture of the Innermost Parsec of the Galaxy: F. Yusef-Zadeh, M. Wardle. Mid-Infrared Emission From the Galactic Centre
  • D. Gezari. The Evolution of the Galactic Bulge
  • R. M. Rich. The Shape of the Galaxy
  • D. N. Spergel. The Shape of the Bulge from IRAS MIRAS
  • P Whitelock, R. Catchpole. HI in the Inner Galaxy, H. S. Liszt. Molecular Clouds and Young Massive Stars in the Galactic Disk
  • L. Bronfman. The Distribution of Stars in the Disk and Halo of the Galaxy
  • D. W Latham.

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  • NCID
    BA18510612
  • ISBN
    • 0792319133
  • LCCN
    92024067
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 167 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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