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The Stellar Population of the Galactic Bulge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

R. Michael Rich
R. Michael Rich*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, Columbia University 538 W. 120th St., NY NY 10027

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How old is the bulge? Are bulges in general as old as halos? Do bulges form rapidly or slowly? Are they formed from disks via dynamical instabilities, or perhaps by starbursts? In general, do luminous spheroids form at the same time as the oldest stars?

Type
Spiral Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 171: New Light on Galaxy Evolution , 1996 , pp. 19 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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