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The Merging History of the Milky Way Disk
Rosemary F. G. Wyse
The stellar populations of the stellar halo and of the thick disk of the Milky Way reveal much about the merging history that our Galaxy, a typical large disk galaxy, has experienc…
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Where Do We Stand?
Rosemary F. G. Wyse
I review the understanding of bulges that emerged from the lively discussions and presentations during the meeting, and emphasize areas for future work. The evidence is for a diver…
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The Formation of the Hubble Sequence of Disk Galaxies: The Effects of Early Viscous Evolution
Bing Zhang, Rosemary F. G. Wyse
We investigate a model of disk galaxies whereby viscous evolution of the gaseous disk drives material inwards to form a proto-bulge. We start from the standard picture of disk form…