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The Shape of the Disk: Clues from the Kinematics of Disk Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Martin D. Weinberg
Martin D. Weinberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-4525

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It is a tall task to determine the structural parameters of one's own galaxy much less any deviations from axisymmetry. Nonetheless, after hard work, the existence of asymmetries has been reported and discussed in the literature from a wide variety of sources (most recently, Nakai & Nishiyana 1994). Now, in order to understand Milky Way evolutionary history, it is our job to determine the origin and intrinsic structure of these asymmetries.

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Chapter 1: Are the Disk and Halo Axisymmetric?
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 169: Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way , 1996 , pp. 11 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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