Galactic Bulges: Proceedings of the 153th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Ghent, Belgium, August 17–22, 1992

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Review of the Galactic Bulge....Pages 3-20
General Surveys of the Bulge in the Infrared....Pages 21-38
Long-Period Variables and Carbon Stars in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 39-56
OH/IR Stars as Tracers of Galactic Populations....Pages 57-72
Kinematics and Dynamics of OH/IR Stars....Pages 73-86
Bulge K and M Giants....Pages 87-100
The Globular Cluster and Horizontal Branch Content of the Bulge and Halo....Pages 101-116
The Global Properties of Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 117-132
Stellar Population Synthesis....Pages 133-150
Formation and Evolution of Stars in Galactic Bulges....Pages 151-168
The Stellar Population of the Inner 200 Parsecs....Pages 169-190
Dynamics of the Galactic Bulge....Pages 191-208
Kinematics of Extragalactic Bulges: Evidence that some Bulges are Really Disks....Pages 209-230
Photometric Properties of Extragalactic Bulges....Pages 231-242
What is the Connection between Ellipticals and Bulges ?....Pages 243-262
Summary: Achievements and Open Questions....Pages 263-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
3D Gas Dynamics in Triaxial Systems....Pages 273-274
Dynamics of the Galactic Bulge from Gas Motions....Pages 275-282
The Bulge of the Milky Way and Cosmic Rays....Pages 283-284
Rapid Gas Fueling in a Barred Potential by Self-Gravitational Instability....Pages 285-286
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
MgI Triplet Lines in Composite Systems....Pages 287-288
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Baade’s Window....Pages 289-290
Long-period variable AGB stars in a field towards the galactic bulge....Pages 291-292
Preliminary results of the Two Micron Galactic Survey....Pages 293-294
Metallicity of Two Stars in Baade’s Window....Pages 295-296
The Bulge / Halo Interface Rotational Kinematics from [Fe/H] = -3.0 to Solar....Pages 297-298
Detectability of Bulge Stars....Pages 299-300
The Bulge-Halo Transition Region....Pages 301-302
SIO Maser Survey of the Bulge IRAS Sources....Pages 303-308
Cross-Correlation of the Two Micron Galactic Survey with IRAS....Pages 309-310
Microlensing Towards the Galactic Bulge....Pages 311-312
TiO Bands in Composite Systems....Pages 313-314
Kinematics of the Galactic Bulge: The Velocity Ellipsoid....Pages 315-316
Comparing M and K Giants in the Bulge....Pages 317-318
PG3, A field in the Bulge of Our Galaxy: Description of a Galactic Model....Pages 319-322
Star Clusters as Tracers of Galactic Subsystems....Pages 323-324
Stellar Population Synthesis in the Bulge of our Galaxy....Pages 325-326
CCD BVRI Photometry of Stars in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 327-328
The IR Stellar Population Around the Galactic Centre....Pages 329-330
Studies of the Galactic Bulges Using the Post-Theoretical Mass Method....Pages 331-332
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
A Study of the Abundance Distributions along the Minor Axis of the Galactic Bulge....Pages 333-336
The UV and Optical Reddening Law to the Galactic Bulge and CNO Abundances in Bulge Planetary Nebulae....Pages 337-338
Do the OH/IR Stars within 100 PC of the Galactic Center Belong to the Disk Population?....Pages 339-340
Dynamics of OH/IR Stars in the Inner Galactic Bulge....Pages 341-342
Synthetic Photometric Indices for Galactic Globular Clusters....Pages 343-344
HB Morphology and Integrated Spectra of Globular Clusters: A Theoretical Approach....Pages 345-346
Proper Motions: What Dynamical Information Can We Easily Extract from Them?....Pages 347-348
Kinematical Features of the Main Bulge in a Multi-Component Galactic Model....Pages 349-350
Point-Axial Mass Distribution in the External Galactic Bulge....Pages 351-352
The Contribution of the Galactic Bulge to the Galactic Rotation Curve....Pages 353-354
The Construction of Stäckel Potentials for Galactic Dynamical Modelling....Pages 355-356
Two-integral distribution functions for axisymmetric galaxies....Pages 357-358
Two-Integral Models with Almost Circular Orbits....Pages 359-360
Simple Models of Galactic Bulges....Pages 361-362
Generalized isochrone models for spherical stellar systems....Pages 363-366
Bulge and Disk: A Simple Self-Gravitating Model....Pages 367-368
Orbital Elements of Different Galactic Population Objects....Pages 369-370
Orbital Structure of Triaxial Equilibrium Models of Various Shapes....Pages 371-372
Globally Stable Equilibria of Collisionless Self-Gravitating Matter....Pages 373-374
Mixing in Collisionfree Systems....Pages 375-376
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
On the Formation Mechanisms for Ellipticals and Bulges....Pages 377-380
Analytical Models for Rotating and Flattened Perturbations in Bulges....Pages 381-382
Tumbling Instability in Oblate Rotating Stellar Systems....Pages 383-384
Investigating a self-consistent galactic potential with central mass concentration....Pages 385-386
Delayed Formation of Bulges by Dynamical Processes....Pages 387-390
Peanut Shaped Bars....Pages 391-392
The Influence of a Halo on the Evolution of Elliptical Configurations....Pages 393-394
SPH Simulations of the Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of the Galactic Bulge....Pages 395-396
Primeval Starburst and Bulge Formation....Pages 397-398
Secular Evolutionary Trends in Ellipticals and Bulges Due to Mergers....Pages 399-400
Analytical models for ellipticals and bulges with rotation....Pages 401-402
Bulges and ellipticals: can formation mechanisms be the same?....Pages 403-404
The Effect of a Bar on the Kinematics of a Central Ring Structure in NGC4736....Pages 405-406
Kinematic signatures of triaxial stellar systems....Pages 407-408
Colour Gradients in Galaxy Bulges....Pages 409-410
Velocity Dispersions and Metallicities of Box-Shaped Galaxies....Pages 411-412
Photometric Properties of Box-Shaped Galaxies....Pages 413-414
Hot Stellar Populations in the M31 Bulge....Pages 415-416
Line Profiles in the Bulge of NGC7217....Pages 417-418
On the photometric characteristics of ellipticals and bulges of spirals in interacting systems....Pages 419-420
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
The Counter-Rotating Twin Disks in NGC 4550....Pages 421-422
Stellar Kinematic Evidence for Massive Black Holes Revisited....Pages 423-424
Photometric and kinematic properties of disky elliptical galaxies....Pages 425-426
Abundance Jump in the Inner Bulges of Galaxies....Pages 427-428
Stellar Population in the Nuclei of Early-Type Galaxies....Pages 429-430
On the Difference in Formation History between Bulges and Ellipticals....Pages 431-432
The Velocity Fields of Elliptical Galaxies: Constraints on Intrinsic Shapes....Pages 433-434
Triaxiality in the Bulges of Spirals: Dynamical Implications....Pages 435-436
Extracting Kinematics from Spectra: A New Method and NGC 4406....Pages 437-438
Nuclear Molecular Gas in the Virgo Cluster S0 Galaxy NGC 4710....Pages 439-440
IR Imaging of Spiral Galaxy Bulges....Pages 441-442
A triaxial model for the bulge of NGC 4697....Pages 443-444
Back Matter....Pages 445-466