A&A 439, 107-110 (2005)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053075
A boxy bulge in the Milky Way. Inversion of the stellar statistics equation with 2MASS data
M. López-Corredoira1, 2, A. Cabrera-Lavers1 and O. E. Gerhard21 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, C/.vía Láctea, s/n, 38200 La Laguna (S/C de Tenerife), Spain
e-mail: [martinlc;acabrera]@iac.es
2 Astronomisches Institut der Universität Basel, Venusstrasse 7, 4102 Binningen, Switzerland
(Received 27 January 2004 / Accepted 31 March 2005 )
Abstract
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
.
Key words: Galaxy: structure -- infrared: stars
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