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Table 2
Some values of the scale lengths and scale heights from the literature (units in kpc), derived either with SDSS (visible) or 2MASS (near infrared red).
| Reference | Source | Spatial range | hr,thin | hz,thin(R⊙) | hr,thick | hz,thick(R⊙) |
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| López-Corredoira et al. (2002) | 2MASS | low Gal. latitudes | 3.3 | 0.28 | – | – |
| Cabrera-Lavers et al. (2005) | 2MASS | high Gal. latitudes | – | 0.27 | – | 1.1 |
| Bilir et al. (2006) | SDSS | interm. Gal. latitudes | 1.9 | 0.22 | – | – |
| Cabrera-Lavers et al. (2007) | 2MASS | interm. Gal. latitudes | – | 0.19 | – | 0.96 |
| Bilir et al. (2008) | SDSS | high Gal. latitutes | – | 0.19 | – | 0.63 |
| Jurić et al. (2008) | SDSS | r< 1.5 kpc | 2.6 | 0.30 | 3.6 | 0.90 |
| Chang et al. (2011) | 2MASS | interm.-high Gal. latitudes | 3.7 | 0.36 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Polido et al. (2013) | 2MASS | whole sky | 2.1 | 0.21 | 3.0 | 0.64 |
| Jia et al. (2014) | SDSS+SCUSS | interm. Gal. latitude | – | 0.20 | – | 0.60 |
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