The Galactic Bar
Abstract
Description
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 for the microlensing optical depth with the bulge microlensing observations.
To appear in: The Dynamics, Structure and History of Galaxies, a conference in honor of Ken Freeman, eds. G.S. Da Costa & E.M. Sadler, ASP Conference Series. 10 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures
To appear in: The Dynamics, Structure and History of Galaxies, a conference in honor of Ken Freeman, eds. G.S. Da Costa & E.M. Sadler, ASP Conference Series. 10 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures