How to Cite
If you use SpiralMap, please cite the accompanying paper (link).
Pleae also cite the particular models used, we provide below the references in BibTeX format.
@ARTICLE{Taylor_Cordes_1992,
author = {{Taylor}, J.~H. and {Cordes}, J.~M.},
title = "{Pulsar Distances and the Galactic Distribution of Free Electrons}",
journal = {\apj},
keywords = {Astrometry, Electron Density (Concentration), Free Electrons, Galactic Structure, H Ii Regions, Pulsars, Astronomical Models, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Interstellar Matter, Milky Way Galaxy, Astrophysics, GALAXY: STRUCTURE, ISM: GENERAL, STARS: PULSARS: GENERAL, STARS: DISTANCES},
year = 1993,
month = jul,
volume = {411},
pages = {674},
doi = {10.1086/172870},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993ApJ...411..674T},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
@ARTICLE{Drimmel_NIR_2000,
author = {{Drimmel}, R.},
title = "{Evidence for a two-armed spiral in the Milky Way}",
journal = {\aap},
keywords = {GALAXY: STRUCTURE, INFRARED: GALAXIES, Astrophysics},
year = 2000,
month = jun,
volume = {358},
pages = {L13-L16},
doi = {10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0005241},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {astro-ph/0005241},
primaryClass = {astro-ph},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000A&A...358L..13D},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
@ARTICLE{Levine_2006,
author = {{Levine}, E.~S. and {Blitz}, Leo and {Heiles}, Carl},
title = "{The Spiral Structure of the Outer Milky Way in Hydrogen}",
journal = {Science},
keywords = {ASTRONOMY, Astrophysics},
year = 2006,
month = jun,
volume = {312},
number = {5781},
pages = {1773-1777},
doi = {10.1126/science.1128455},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {astro-ph/0605728},
primaryClass = {astro-ph},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006Sci...312.1773L},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
@ARTICLE{Hou:2014,
author = {{Hou}, L.~G. and {Han}, J.~L.},
title = "{The observed spiral structure of the Milky Way}",
journal = {\aap},
keywords = {Galaxy: disk, Galaxy: structure, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, HII regions, ISM: clouds, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
year = 2014,
month = sep,
volume = {569},
eid = {A125},
pages = {A125},
doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/201424039},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1407.7331},
primaryClass = {astro-ph.GA},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014A&A...569A.125H},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
@ARTICLE{Reid:2019,
author = {{Reid}, M.~J. and {Menten}, K.~M. and {Brunthaler}, A. and {Zheng}, X.~W. and {Dame}, T.~M. and {Xu}, Y. and {Li}, J. and {Sakai}, N. and {Wu}, Y. and {Immer}, K. and {Zhang}, B. and {Sanna}, A. and {Moscadelli}, L. and {Rygl}, K.~L.~J. and {Bartkiewicz}, A. and {Hu}, B. and {Quiroga-Nu{\~n}ez}, L.~H. and {van Langevelde}, H.~J.},
title = "{Trigonometric Parallaxes of High-mass Star-forming Regions: Our View of the Milky Way}",
journal = {\apj},
keywords = {Milky Way, Milky Way dynamics, Milky Way rotation, Trigonometric parallax, Star formation, Gravitational wave sources, 1054, 1051, 1059, 1713, 1569, 677, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
year = 2019,
month = nov,
volume = {885},
number = {2},
eid = {131},
pages = {131},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ab4a11},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1910.03357},
primaryClass = {astro-ph.GA},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...885..131R},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
@ARTICLE{Poggio_2021,
author = {{Poggio}, E. and {Drimmel}, R. and {Cantat-Gaudin}, T. and {Ramos}, P. and {Ripepi}, V. and {Zari}, E. and {Andrae}, R. and {Blomme}, R. and {Chemin}, L. and {Clementini}, G. and {Figueras}, F. and {Fouesneau}, M. and {Fr{\'e}mat}, Y. and {Lobel}, A. and {Marshall}, D.~J. and {Muraveva}, T. and {Romero-G{\'o}mez}, M.},
title = "{Galactic spiral structure revealed by Gaia EDR3}",
journal = {\aap},
keywords = {Galaxy: disk, Galaxy: structure, Galaxy: stellar content, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
year = 2021,
month = jul,
volume = {651},
eid = {A104},
pages = {A104},
doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/202140687},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {2103.01970},
primaryClass = {astro-ph.GA},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A&A...651A.104P},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
@ARTICLE{Drimmel_Ceph_2024,
author = {{Drimmel}, Ronald and {Khanna}, Shourya and {Poggio}, Eloisa and {Skowron}, Dorota M.},
title = "{The Milky Way as Seen by Classical Cepheids II: Spiral Structure}",
journal = {arXiv e-prints},
keywords = {Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies},
year = 2024,
month = jun,
eid = {arXiv:2406.09127},
pages = {arXiv:2406.09127},
doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2406.09127},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {2406.09127},
primaryClass = {astro-ph.GA},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024arXiv240609127D},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
@article{Gaia_2022,
title={Gaia Data Release 3: Mapping the asymmetric disc of the Milky Way},
volume={674},
ISSN={1432-0746},
url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243797},
DOI={10.1051/0004-6361/202243797},
journal={Astronomy & Astrophysics},
publisher={EDP Sciences},
author={Drimmel, R. and Romero-Gómez, M. and Chemin, L. and Ramos, P. and Poggio, E. and Ripepi, V. and Andrae, R. and Blomme, R. and Cantat-Gaudin, T. and Castro-Ginard, A. and Clementini, G. and Figueras, F. and Fouesneau, M. and Frémat, Y. and Jardine, K. and Khanna, S. and Lobel, A. and Marshall, D. J. and Muraveva, T. and Brown, A. G. A. and Vallenari, A. and Prusti, T. and de Bruijne, J. H. J. and Arenou, F. and Babusiaux, C. and Biermann, M. and Creevey, O. L. and Ducourant, C. and Evans, D. W. and Eyer, L. and Guerra, R. and Hutton, A. and Jordi, C. and Klioner, S. A. and Lammers, U. L. and Lindegren, L. and Luri, X. and Mignard, F. and Panem, C. and Pourbaix, D. and Randich, S. and Sartoretti, P. and Soubiran, C. and Tanga, P. and Walton, N. A. and Bailer-Jones, C. A. L. and Bastian, U. and Jansen, F. and Katz, D. and Lattanzi, M. G. and van Leeuwen, F. and Bakker, J. and Cacciari, C. and Castañeda, J. and De Angeli, F. and Fabricius, C. and Galluccio, L. and Guerrier, A. and Heiter, U. and Masana, E. and Messineo, R. and Mowlavi, N. and Nicolas, C. and Nienartowicz, K. and Pailler, F. and Panuzzo, P. and Riclet, F. and Roux, W. and Seabroke, G. M. and Sordo, R. and Thévenin, F. and Gracia-Abril, G. and Portell, J. and Teyssier, D. and Altmann, M. and Audard, M. and Bellas-Velidis, I. and Benson, K. and Berthier, J. and Burgess, P. W. and Busonero, D. and Busso, G. and Cánovas, H. and Carry, B. and Cellino, A. and Cheek, N. and Damerdji, Y. and Davidson, M. and de Teodoro, P. and Nuñez Campos, M. and Delchambre, L. and Dell’Oro, A. and Esquej, P. and Fernández-Hernández, J. and Fraile, E. and Garabato, D. and García-Lario, P. and Gosset, E. and Haigron, R. and Halbwachs, J.-L. and Hambly, N. C. and Harrison, D. L. and Hernández, J. and Hestroffer, D. and Hodgkin, S. T. and Holl, B. and Janßen, K. and Jevardat de Fombelle, G. and Jordan, S. and Krone-Martins, A. and Lanzafame, A. C. and Löffler, W. and Marchal, O. and Marrese, P. M. and Moitinho, A. and Muinonen, K. and Osborne, P. and Pancino, E. and Pauwels, T. and Recio-Blanco, A. and Reylé, C. and Riello, M. and Rimoldini, L. and Roegiers, T. and Rybizki, J. and Sarro, L. M. and Siopis, C. and Smith, M. and Sozzetti, A. and Utrilla, E. and van Leeuwen, M. and Abbas, U. and Ábrahám, P. and Abreu Aramburu, A. and Aerts, C. and Aguado, J. J. and Ajaj, M. and Aldea-Montero, F. and Altavilla, G. and Álvarez, M. A. and Alves, J. and Anders, F. and Anderson, R. I. and Anglada Varela, E. and Antoja, T. and Baines, D. and Baker, S. G. and Balaguer-Núñez, L. and Balbinot, E. and Balog, Z. and Barache, C. and Barbato, D. and Barros, M. and Barstow, M. 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year={2023},
month=jun, pages={A37} }