# Stellar density profile and mass of the Milky Way Bulge from VVV data

@article{Valent2016StellarDP,
title={Stellar density profile and mass of the Milky Way Bulge from VVV data},
author={E. Valent{\'i} and M. Zoccali and O. Gonzalez and D. Minniti and J. Alonso-Garc'ia and E. Marchetti and M. Hempel and A. Renzini and M. Rejkuba},
journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
year={2016},
volume={587}
}
• E. Valentí, +6 authors M. Rejkuba
• Published 2016
• Physics
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• We present the first stellar density profile of the Milky Way bulge reaching latitude $b=0^\circ$. It is derived by counting red clump stars within the colour\--magnitude diagram constructed with the new PSF-fitting photometry from VISTA Variables in the V\'\i a L\'actea (VVV) survey data. The new stellar density map covers the area between $|l|\leq 10^\circ$ and $|b|\leq 4.5^\circ$ with unprecedented accuracy, allowing to establish a direct link between the stellar kinematics from the Giraffe… CONTINUE READING

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