1997/10/31 by Ortwin Gerhard, Gerhard, Ortwin, James Binney +4
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9710361
7 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of Joint Discussion 15, 23rd IAU General Assembly, Highlights of Astronomy Vol.11, ed. J. Andersen. Also available at http://www.astro.unibas.ch/~gerhard/papers/kyoto_jd15.ps.gz
arxiv created 1997/10/31 · openalex publication_date 1997/10/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2024/04/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We summarize recent work on the structure and dynamics of the Galactic bar and inner disk. Current work focusses on constructing a quantitative model which integrates NIR photometry, source count observations, gas kinematics, stellar dynamical observations, and microlensing. Some avenues for future research are discussed.