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The Galactic Bar

Ortwin Gerhard, James Binney, HongSheng Zhao

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9710361

Abstract

We summarize recent work on the structure and dynamics of the Galactic bar and inner disk. Current work focusses on constructing a quantitative model which integrates NIR photometry, source count observations, gas kinematics, stellar dynamical observations, and microlensing. Some avenues for future research are discussed.

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