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The Milky Way Galaxy

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Coloured Illustrations
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    Chapter 2 The Milky Way from Antiquity to Modern Times
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    Chapter 3 Kapteyn and Statistical Astronomy
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    Chapter 4 Studies of the Milky Way 1850–1930: Some Highlights
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    Chapter 5 The Discovery of the Spiral Arms of the Milky Way
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    Chapter 6 Models of the Mass Distribution of the Galaxy
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    Chapter 7 A Model of our Galaxy
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    Chapter 8 Mass Models of Three Southern Late-Type Dwarf Spirals
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    Chapter 9 The Galactic Constants╌An Interim Report
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    Chapter 10 Galactic Rotation Outside the Solar Circle
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    Chapter 11 Young Galactic Clusters and the Rotation Curve of our Galaxy
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    Chapter 12 How Well Do We Know the Rotation Curve of Our Galaxy?
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    Chapter 13 Galactic Rotation and Velocity Fields
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    Chapter 14 The Old Population
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    Chapter 15 Near-Infrared Studies of the Milky Way
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    Chapter 16 Infrared Scanning of the Galactic Bulge
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    Chapter 17 Infrared Studies of the Stellar Population in Baade’s Window
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    Chapter 18 On the Nature of OH/IR Stars
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    Chapter 19 The Stellar Disk Component: Distribution, Motions, Age and Stellar Composition
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    Chapter 20 Computer-Based Catalogue of Open-Cluster Data
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    Chapter 21 The Kinematics of Nearby Stars and Large-Scale Radial Motion in the Galaxy
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    Chapter 22 The Galactic Radial Gradient of Velocity Dispersion
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    Chapter 23 Stellar Chemical-Abundance Gradient in the Direction of the South Galactic Pole - Preliminary Results
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    Chapter 24 Star Counts, Local Density and K Z Force
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    Chapter 25 The Stellar Distribution in the Galactic Spheroid
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    Chapter 26 Studies of O-F5 Stars at the Galactic Poles
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    Chapter 27 Galaxy Population Structure from Proper Motions
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    Chapter 28 Large-Scale Distribution and Motions of Gas
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    Chapter 29 Survey of Galactic HI Emission At ∣b∣ ≤ 20°
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    Chapter 30 The Vertical Distribution of Galactic HI: The Arecibo-Green Bank Survey
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    Chapter 31 New Light on the Corrugation Phenomenon in our Galaxy
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    Chapter 32 HI at the Outer Edge of the Galaxy and its Implications for Galactic Rotation
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    Chapter 33 The Electron Density in the Plane of the Galaxy
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    Chapter 34 Molecular Clouds in External Galaxies
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    Chapter 35 Comments on the Distribution of Molecules in Spiral Galaxies
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    Chapter 36 Distribution and Motions of Co in M51
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    Chapter 37 CO (2−1) Observations of Maffei 2
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    Chapter 38 CO Survey of the Southern Milky Way
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    Chapter 39 Distribution of CO in the Southern Milky Way and Large-Scale Structure in the Galaxy
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    Chapter 40 A CO(2−1) Survey of the Southern Milky Way
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    Chapter 41 The Carbon Monoxide Distribution in the Inner Galaxy
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    Chapter 42 Outer-Galaxy Molecular Clouds
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    Chapter 43 CH in the Galaxy
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    Chapter 44 High-Energy Gamma Rays and the Large-Scale Distribution of Gas and Cosmic Rays
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    Chapter 45 Large-Scale Mapping of the Galaxy by IRAS
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    Chapter 46 High-Energy Galactic Phenomena and the Interstellar Medium
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    Chapter 47 The High-Latitude Distribution of Galactic Gamma Rays and Possible Evidence for a Gamma-Ray Halo
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    Chapter 48 On the Ultraviolet Background Radiation of the Galaxy
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    Chapter 49 Radio Continuum Emission of the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
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    Chapter 50 Loop I (The North Polar Spur) Region — A Quasi Radio Halo
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    Chapter 51 The Magnetic-Field Structure and Dynamics of NGC 253
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    Chapter 52 Modelling the Galactic Contribution to the Faraday Rotation of Radiation from Extra-Galactic Sources
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    Chapter 53 A Bisymmetric Spiral Magnetic Field in the Milky Way
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    Chapter 54 Spiral Structure of the Milky Way and External Galaxies
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    Chapter 55 Which Kind of Spiral Structure Can Fit the Observed Gradient of Vertex Deviation?
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    Chapter 56 Spiral Structure and Kinematics of HI and HII in External Galaxies
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    Chapter 57 A Systematic Study of M81
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    Chapter 58 Determination of Galactic Spiral Structure at Radiofrequencies
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    Chapter 59 Giant Clouds and Star-Forming Regions as Spiral-Arm Tracers
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    Chapter 60 The Largest Molecular Complexes in the First Galactic Quadrant
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    Chapter 61 Interpretation of the Apparent Anomalies of the Galactic Structure
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    Chapter 62 Small-Scale Structure and Motions in the Interstellar Gas
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    Chapter 63 Atomic Hydrogen Towards 3C10
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    Chapter 64 Interferometric Observations of the Small-Scale Structure of Galactic Neutral Hydrogen
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    Chapter 65 A 10-Ghz Radio-Continuum Survey of the Galactic-Plane Region at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory - A Complex Region at l = 22° – 25°
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    Chapter 66 Interstellar Sodium and Galactic Structure. A High-Resolution Survey
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    Chapter 67 Molecular-Cloud Clusters and Chains
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    Chapter 68 Three Large Molecular Complexes in Norma
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    Chapter 69 Comparison of CO in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds
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    Chapter 70 Star Formation in the Orion Arm
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    Chapter 71 A Survey of Molecular Clouds Associated with Young Open Star Clusters
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    Chapter 72 A New Study of the Neutral Hydrogen in Gould’s Belt
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    Chapter 73 The Galactic Nucleus
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    Chapter 74 Fine Structure of Molecular Clouds within 1 Minute of Arc of the Galactic Center
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    Chapter 75 Recombination-Line Observations of the Galactic Centre
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    Chapter 76 Are Spiral Nuclei “Active” in the Radio Continuum?
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    Chapter 77 Phenomena at the Galactic Centre — A Massive Black Hole?
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    Chapter 78 Highlights of High-Velocity Clouds
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    Chapter 79 A Deep Survey for High-Velocity Clouds
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    Chapter 80 A Survey for High-Velocity Clouds in the Inner Galaxy
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    Chapter 81 Observations of High-Velocity Clouds Colliding in the Anticenter
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    Chapter 82 The Milky Way: A Halo, a Corona, or Both?
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    Chapter 83 A Comparison of the Andromeda and Milky Way Galaxies
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    Chapter 84 Radial Distributions of Constituents in M33, the Galaxy, and M51
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    Chapter 85 A Coordinated Radio and Optical Survey of M31
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    Chapter 86 Distribution and Motions of HI in M31
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    Chapter 87 The Production of a 16-Mm Film of M31
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    Chapter 88 Distribution and Motion of CO in M31
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    Chapter 89 Large-Scale Maps of M31 at Middle and Far Infrared Wavelengths
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    Chapter 90 Slippery Evidence on Masses in the Local Group
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    Chapter 91 A Collision between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds 2×10 8 Years Ago
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    Chapter 92 Tidal Interactions Between the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds
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    Chapter 93 Dynamical Evolution of the Galactic Disk
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    Chapter 94 Evolution of the Vertical Structure of Galactic Disks
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    Chapter 95 Heating of Stellar Disks by Massive Gas Clouds
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    Chapter 96 Stellar Velocity Distribution in the Presence of Scattering Massive Clouds
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    Chapter 97 Warps and Heavy Halos
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    Chapter 98 3-Dimensional Particle Simulation of Vertical Oscillations in Gas Discs
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    Chapter 99 Two-Fluid Gravitational Instabilities in a Galactic Disk
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    Chapter 100 Collective Phenomena in a Multi-Component Gravitating System
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    Chapter 101 Formation and Maintenance of Spiral Structure in Galaxies
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    Chapter 102 Two-Dimensional Calculations of Tightly Wound Spiral Shocks
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    Chapter 103 Oscillations of Rotating Gas Disks: p -Modes, g -Modes, and r -Modes
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    Chapter 104 The Stabilizing Effects of Haloes and Spiral Structure
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    Chapter 105 New N-Body Experiments on the Spiral Structure of Galaxies
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    Chapter 106 Velocity Dispersion and the Stability of Galactic Disks
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    Chapter 107 Periodic Orbits Relevant for the Formation of Inner Rings in Barred Galaxies
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    Chapter 108 On the 3-Kpc Arm: Waves Excited at the Resonance by an Oval Distortion in the Central Region
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    Chapter 109 A Barred Galaxy: The Inside Viewpoint
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    Chapter 110 Stochastic Star Formation and Spiral Structure
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    Chapter 111 Spiral Structure in Galaxies: Large-Scale Stochastic Self-Organization of Interstellar Matter and Young Stars
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    Chapter 112 Star Formation in Molecular Clouds
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    Chapter 113 Star Formation in a Density-Wave-Dominated, Cloudy Interstellar Medium
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    Chapter 114 Spiral Tracers and Prestellar Incubation Periods in a Cloudy Interstellar Medium
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    Chapter 115 Chemical Composition of Interstellar Material
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    Chapter 116 Interstellar Nitrogen Isotope Ratios
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    Chapter 117 The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy
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    Chapter 118 Kinematical and Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disk
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    Chapter 119 The Formation and Early Evolution of the Milky Way
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    Chapter 120 Supposed History of our Galaxy
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    Chapter 121 Secular Evolution in Galaxies
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    Chapter 122 Gas Dynamics and Disk-Galaxy Evolution
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    Chapter 123 Life in the Galaxy?
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    Chapter 124 The Milky Way: Summary and Outlook
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Title
The Milky Way Galaxy
Published by
Springer Netherlands, December 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-5291-1
ISBNs
978-9-02-771920-1, 978-9-40-095291-1
Editors

Woerden, Hugo, Allen, Ronald J., Burton, W. Butler

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Unknown 3 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 1 33%
Unknown 2 67%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 33%
Unknown 2 67%