Radiative Transfer Models of the Galactic Center

• Main Author: Schlawin, Everett A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons at Oberlin 2009
• Subjects: Inner galaxy; Astrophysics; Radiative transfer; Turbulence; Milky Way galaxy; Herschel; Velocity centroids; Physics; Milky Way; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/485; https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/context/honors/article/1484/viewcontent/Schlawin_Radiative_thesis_09.pdf

This thesis discusses research being done to understand the inner parts of the Milky Way Galaxy. We already know that there are dense star clouds, a supermassive black hole, and a large bar structure, but much of the inner galaxy is shrouded in mystery. Dust absorption, for one thing, prevents us fr...