Open AccessGalactic bulges
Author(s) -
Mollá Mercedes,
Ferrini Federico,
Gozzi Giacomo
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03497.x
Subject(s) - bulge , physics , astrophysics , spiral galaxy , galaxy , disc , galaxy formation and evolution , chemical evolution , astronomy , spiral (railway) , mathematical analysis , mathematics
We model the evolution of the Galactic bulge and of the bulges of a selected sample of external spiral galaxies, via the multiphase multizone evolution model. We address a few questions concerning the role of the bulges within galactic evolution schemes and the properties of bulge stellar populations. We provide solutions to the problems of chemical abundances and spectral indices, the two main observational constraints to bulge structure.