A boxy bulge in the Milky Way. Inversion of the stellar statistics equation with 2MASS data

López-Corredoira, M.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.; Gerhard, O. E.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 439, Issue 1, August III 2005, pp.107-110

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2005
Number of authors
3
IAC number of authors
2
Citations
95
Refereed citations
76
Description
Inverting the stellar statistics equation from 2MASS star counts, we obtain the 3D density distribution of the Galactic bulge as well as its luminosity function in the K-band. This results in a boxy bulge with axial ratios 1:0.5:0.4 and a major axis angle with respect to the Sun-galactic center of 20°-35°.
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