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Galactic Disk

Galactic Disk is a flattened, rotating component of a spiral or lenticular galaxy composed predominantly of stars, gas, and dust, distinguished by its planar structure and organized rotational motion around the galactic center.

4.9K

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7.4K

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1.4K

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2017–2026

798

Variants

Galactic Disc

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Publications

4.9K

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Authors

7.4K

  1. KC
    K. C. Freeman

    Australian National University, Australia

    61 publications · 7.3K citations

    42

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  2. BG
    Bruce G. Elmegreen

    IBM (United States), United States

    42 publications · 4K citations

    34

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  3. HR
    Hans‐Walter Rix

    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany

    38 publications · 3.8K citations

    31

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  4. JB
    Joss Bland‐Hawthorn

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    36 publications · 4.4K citations

    31

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  5. EA
    E. Athanassoula

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    32 publications · 3.1K citations

    30

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Institutions

1.4K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    91 h-index

    1K publications

    83K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    87 h-index

    547 publications

    45.5K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    82 h-index

    388 publications

    45.9K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    73 h-index

    489 publications

    72.6K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    70 h-index

    268 publications

    26.8K citations

  6. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    69 h-index

    320 publications

    23K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    67 h-index

    237 publications

    24.1K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    67 h-index

    218 publications

    23.4K citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 1.6K publications · 170.4K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    724 publications · 59.8K citations

    125

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  3. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 427 publications · 34.5K citations

    96

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    550 publications · 34.8K citations

    94

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    154 publications · 11.6K citations

    62

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