protobulges

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A form of protobulge — A group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of protobulge

    This suggests that these systems are growing from the inside out, whilst the bulges or protobulges are in place early in the history of these galaxies.

    2016, Berta Margalef-Bentabol, Christopher J. Conselice, Alice Mortlock, Will Hartley, Kenneth Duncan, Harry C. Ferguson, Anton M. Koekemoer, Avishai Dekel, Joel R. Primack, “The Formation of Bulges, Discs and Two Component Galaxies in the CANDELS Survey at z < 3”, in arXiv
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