New star clusters discovered towards the Galactic bulge direction using
  Gaia DR2
  We report the discovery of 34 new open clusters and candidates as a result of
a systematic search carried out in 200 adjacent fields of 1x1 square degrees
area projected towards the Galactic bulge, using Gaia DR2 data. The objects
were identified and characterized by a joint analysis of their photometric,
kinematic and spatial distribution, which has been consistently used and proved
to be effective in our previous works. The discoveries were validated by
cross-referencing the objects position and astrometric parameters with the
available literature. Besides their coordinates and astrometric parameters, we
also provide sizes, ages, distances and reddening for the discovered objects.
In particular, 32 clusters are closer than 2 kpc from the Sun, which represents
an increment of nearly 39% of objects with astrophysical parameters determined
in the nearby inner disk. Although these objects fill an important gap in the
open clusters distribution along the Sagittarius arm, this arm, traced by known
clusters, appears to be interrupted, which may be an artifact due to the
incompleteness of the cluster census.
