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7.1. NIR and mm mosaics of the central 100 pc
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
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The conditions within the nuclear bulge (NB, R ~ 300 pc) of our Galaxy are extreme: less than 0.1% of the volume of the galactic disc contains more than 10% of the total ISM and stars. There are indications that star formation in the NB is not a continuous process, but rather undergoes cyclic variations. Details of the current and past star formation processes and the stellar content of the central parsecs - especially the ratio of old to young population - are not very well known (Mezger et al., 1996).
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- Part II. Nuclear Interstellar Medium
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 291 - 292
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1998
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