Infrared stellar populations in the central parts of the Milky Way galaxy

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 338, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 857-879

  Van Loon, J Th ^a   Gilmore, G F ^b   Omont, A ^c   Blommaert, J A D L ^d   Glass, I S ^e   Messineo, M ^f   Schuller, F ^c   Schultheis, M ^c   Yamamura, I ^g   Zhao, H S ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGB; Dust, extinction; Galaxy: Evolution; Galaxy: Stellar content; Galaxy: Structure; Infrared: Stars; Stars: Agb and post

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GIANT STARS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGB; DUST EXTINCTIONS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY EVOLUTION; GALAXY:STELLAR CONTENT; INFRARED: STAR; STAR: AGB AND POST; STARS FORMATION; STARS:AGB; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0012465744     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06134.x     Document Type: Review

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