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astro-ph2002
The Galactic Bar
Ortwin Gerhard
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 fo…
astro-ph2002★ 1.1k cited
Radial Mixing in Galactic Discs
J A Sellwood, J J Binney
We show that spiral waves in galaxy discs churn the stars and gas in a manner that largely preserves the overall angular momentum distribution and leads to little increase in rando…
astro-ph2002★ 15 cited
Observable consequences of cold clouds as dark matter
E. Kerins, J. Binney, J. Silk
Cold, dense clouds of gas have been proposed as baryonic candidates for the dark matter in Galactic haloes, and have also been invoked in the Galactic disc as an explanation for th…