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The Center, Bulge, and Disk of the Milky Way

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Leo Blitz

    1. Laboratory for Millimeter-wave Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 180)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. A Coherent Picture of the Innermost Parsec of the Galaxy

    • Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, Mark Wardle
    Pages 1-22

  3. Mid-Infrared Emission from the Galactic Center

    • Dan Gezari
    Pages 23-46

  4. The Evolution of the Galactic Bulge

    • R. Michael Rich
    Pages 47-76

  5. The Shape of the Galaxy

    • David N. Spergel
    Pages 77-102

  6. The Shape of the Bulge from Iras Miras

    • Patricia Whitelock, Robin Catchpole
    Pages 103-110

  7. HI in the Inner Galaxy

    • Harvey S. Liszt
    Pages 111-130

  8. Molecular Clouds and Young Massive Stars in the Galactic Disk

    • Leonardo Bronfman
    Pages 131-154

  9. The Distribution of Stars in the Disk and Halo of the Galaxy

    • David W. Latham
    Pages 155-163

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 165-167
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory for Millimeter-wave Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Leo Blitz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Center, Bulge, and Disk of the Milky Way

  • Editors: Leo Blitz

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2813-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1913-9Published: 31 August 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5250-4Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2813-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 167

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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