Formation of the Galaxy

Details Formation of the Galaxy Formation of the Galaxy

1996-09-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9609137v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in the PASP, November 1996; 46 pages plus 5 figures. Also available at http://www.dao.nrc.ca/DAO/SCIENCE/science.htm

Scientific paper

10.1086/133824

Current ideas on the formation of the Galaxy are reviewed. Many of the observed characteristics of our Milky Way System are consistent with a scenario in which the Galaxy formed inside out, with the inner part of it evolving by rapid collapse of a single protogalaxy, while the outer halo was accreted over an extended period. A number of possible problems with this "Standard Model" are discussed and summarized in section 5.

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