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A boxy bulge in the milky way. Inversion of the stellar statistics equation with 2MASS data

Astronomy and Astrophysics (2005) 439(1) 107-110
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053075
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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°. © ESO 2005.

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López-Corredoira, M., Cabrera-Lavers, A., & Gerhard, O. E. (2005). A boxy bulge in the milky way. Inversion of the stellar statistics equation with 2MASS data. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 439(1), 107–110. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053075

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