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How ought one Parameterize the Milky Way?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Paul L. Schechter
Paul L. Schechter*
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics Dept. 6-206, Cambridge MA 02139, USA

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In a well known paper written a quarter century ago, cosmology was described as a search for two numbers (Sandage 1970). As those of you who have attended any of the parallel sessions of Symposium 167 surely appreciate, today's cosmologists find more than just two numbers interesting. It is likewise clear from the present symposium that the number of interesting parameters associated with the Milky Way is very much greater than two.

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Chapter 8: How do we put it together?
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 169: Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way , 1996 , pp. 633 - 643
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Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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