Formation of the Galaxy
- 1 November 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Vol. 108, 986
- https://doi.org/10.1086/133824
Abstract
Current ideas on the formation of the Galaxy are reviewed. Many of the observed characteristics of our Milky Way System are consistent with a scenario in which the Galaxy formed inside out, with the inner part of it evolving by rapid collapse of a single protogalaxy, while the outer halo was accreted over an extended period. A number of possible problems with this "Standard Model" are discussed and summarized in section 5.Keywords
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