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The Early History of Our Galaxy: Dynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

K. C. Freeman
K. C. Freeman*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Abstract

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Dynamical aspects of the early history of our Galaxy are discussed, with emphasis on the two-component nature of disk galaxies. Topics include the Eggen, Lynden-Bell and Sandage picture of the Galaxy's collapse, dynamical problems of the disk, and the bulge component.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 58: The Formation and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1974 , pp. 129 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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