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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 403, 期 3, 页码 975-992出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030437
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stars : AGB and post-AGB; stars : circumstellar matter; stars : mass-loss; stars : formation; dust : extinction; infrared : stars; Galaxy : bulge
The ISOGAL project is an infrared survey of specific regions sampling the Galactic Plane selected to provide information on Galactic structure, stellar populations, stellar mass-loss and the recent star formation history of the inner disk and Bulge of the Galaxy. ISOGAL combines 7 and 15 mum ISOCAM observations - with a resolution of 6 0 0 at worst - with DENIS IJK(s) data to determine the nature of the sources and the interstellar extinction. We have observed about 16 square degrees with a sensitivity approaching 10-20 mJy, detecting similar to10(5) sources, mostly AGB stars, red giants and young stars. The main features of the ISOGAL survey and the observations are summarized in this paper, together with a brief discussion of data processing and quality. The primary ISOGAL products are described briefly ( a full description is given in Schuller et al. 2003): viz. the images and the ISOGAL - DENIS five-wavelength point source catalogue. The main scientific results already derived or in progress are summarized. These include astrometrically calibrated 7 and 15 mum images, determining structures of resolved sources; identification and properties of interstellar dark clouds; quantification of the infrared extinction law and source dereddening; analysis of red giant and ( especially) AGB stellar populations in the central Bulge, determining luminosity, presence of circumstellar dust and mass-loss rate, and source classification, supplemented in some cases by ISO/CVF spectroscopy; detection of young stellar objects of diverse types, especially in the inner Bulge with information about the present and recent star formation rate; identification of foreground sources with mid-IR excess. These results are the subject of about 25 refereed papers published or in preparation.
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