| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 19, 2012
Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way
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| Article Number | 09003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Ongoing and Upcoming Surveys | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121909003 | |
| Published online | 07 February 2012 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121909003
Galaxy modelling through stellar population synthesis
Institut Utinam, CNRS UMR6213, Université de Franche-Comté, Observatoire de Besançon, Besançon, France
a e-mail: annie.robin@obs-besancon.fr
In recent years, models of the Galaxy based on the spirit of population synthesis have considerably helped to improve our knowledge on the Galaxy and its formation scenario. I describe the different approaches used by several teams, how they differ, and present the significant advances which have been made through this approach using two examples: the thick disc and the bulge/bar populations.
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