The Galactic Bar

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2002-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0203109v1

ASPConf.Ser.273:73-83,2002

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in: The Dynamics, Structure and History of Galaxies, a conference in honor of Ken Freeman, eds. G.S. Da Costa & E.M.

Scientific paper

The Milky Way has a barred bulge. This article summarizes the current
understanding of the main structural parameters and pattern speed of the bar,
and compares predicted values for the microlensing optical depth with the bulge
microlensing observations.

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