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Mass Distribution and Bulge Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy

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arxiv astro-ph/0608343 v1 pith:QD7WYDOS submitted 2006-08-16 astro-ph

Mass Distribution and Bulge Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy

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keywords bulgeformationgalacticgalaxymassmilkypartalpha-rich
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In its first part, this paper summarizes recent work on the mass and shape of the Galactic dark halo. The second part presents a review of the large-scale structure of the Milky Way, and of the evidence that the inner Galaxy is dominated by baryonic matter. This is briefly compared with the predictions of LCDM and MOND. Finally, a summary is given of bulge formation from clumpy, gas-rich disks, a process which may give rise to old, disk-like, alpha-rich bulges similar to the Galactic bulge.

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