Colloq Abstract - Rich
Dec 1
11:00am Mountain
Mike Rich (UCLA)
New Results on the Galactic Bulge: A Complex Stellar Population
Abstract
The central bulge of the Milky Way has been studied since the 1940s, yet
continues to attract new observations and spawn controversy. I will
address a brief history of the subject, discuss a new class of iron-complex
bulge globular clusters, the composition of the field stars, and address
the as yet unresolved controversy concerning the age of the bulge. I will
also present new results on the dynamics of SiO masers in the bulge, from
the Bulge Asymmetries and Dynamical Evolution project, and also discuss a
new LSST pathfinder survey of the bulge.
