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Theoretical overview - Interactions among the galaxy's components

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Beatrice M. Tinsley
Beatrice M. Tinsley*
Affiliation:
Yale University Observatory

Abstract

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The structure and evolution of the Galaxy are reviewed in terms of interactions among various components, including its immediate surroundings. Emphasis is given to the large-scale processes responsible for star formation and chemical evolution, which are seen to be controlled by interactions between the ISM and other components and by gas flows. A model for formation of the Galaxy is outlined, in which the spheroidal component results from mergers of former small galaxies, and the disk has been accreted from outlying diffuse matter.

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Type
VIII. THE SPHEROIDAL COMPONENT
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 84: The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy , 1979, pp. 431 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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