Milky Way gas dynamics

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-379

  Englmaier, Peter ^a   Gerhard, Ortwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: spiral; Galaxy: center; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; Hydro dynamics; ISM: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745435507     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-006-9003-3     Document Type: Review

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