Stellar populations in the Milky Way bulge region: Towards solving the galactic bulge and bar shapes using 2MASS data

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 538, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Robin, A C ^a   Marshall, D J ^b   Schultheis, M ^a   Reyle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

galaxy: bulge; galaxy: center; galaxy: evolution; galaxy: general; galaxy: stellar content; galaxy: structure

Indexed keywords

GALAXY: BULGE; GALAXY: CENTER; GALAXY: EVOLUTION; GALAXY: GENERAL; GALAXY: STELLAR CONTENT; GALAXY: STRUCTURE;

ASTROPHYSICS; GALAXIES; PILE FOUNDATIONS; STARS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84856892254     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201116512     Document Type: Article

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