A distinct structure inside the Galactic bar

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 621, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages

  Nishiyama, Shogo ^a   Naoata, Tetsuya ^b   Baba, Daisuke ^a   Haba, Yasuaki ^a   Kadowaki, Ryota ^a   Kato, Daisuke ^a   Kurita, Mikio ^a   Nagashima, Chie ^a   Nagayama, Takahiro ^b   Murai, Yuka ^b   Nakajima, Yasushi ^c   Tamura, Motohide ^c   Nakaya, Hidehiko ^c   Sugitani, Koji ^d   Naoi, Takahiro ^e   Matsunaga, Noriyuki ^e   Tanabé, Toshihiko ^e   Kusakabe, Nobuhiko ^f   Sato, Shuji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: structure; Infrared: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 20844450994     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429291     Document Type: Article

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