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A radial age gradient in the geometrically thick disk of the Milky Way [PDF]
, 2016 In the Milky Way, the thick disk can be defined using individual stellar abundances, kinematics, or age; or geometrically, as stars high above the mid-plane. In nearby galaxies, where only a geometric definition can be used, thick disks appear to have large radial scale-lengths, and their red colors suggest that they are uniformly old.
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Self-interacting dark matter constraints in a thick dark disk scenario [PDF]
Phys. Rev. D 97, 103003 (2018), 2018 A thick dark matter disk is predicted in cold dark matter simulations as the outcome of the interaction between accreted satellites and the stellar disk in Milky Way sized halos. We study the effects of a self-interacting thick dark disk on the energetic neutrino flux from the Sun.
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The X-shaped Bulge of the Milky Way revealed by WISE [PDF]
, 2016 The Milky Way bulge has a boxy/peanut morphology and an X-shaped structure. This X-shape has been revealed by the `split in the red clump' from star counts along the line of sight toward the bulge, measured from photometric surveys. This boxy, X-shaped bulge morphology is not unique to the Milky Way and such bulges are observed in other barred spiral ...
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The Three-phase Evolution of the Milky Way
The Astrophysical JournalWe illustrate the formation and evolution of the Milky Way over cosmic time, utilizing a sample of 10 million red giant stars with full chemodynamical information, including metallicities and α -abundances from low-resolution Gaia XP spectra.
Vedant Chandra +8 more
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The Chemical Enrichment of the Milky Way Disk Evaluated Using Conditional Abundances
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Chemical abundances of Milky Way disk stars are empirical tracers of its enrichment history. However, they capture joint-information that is valuable to disentangle.
Bridget L. Ratcliffe, Melissa K. Ness
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Modeling of Spiral Structure in a Multi-Component Milky Way-Like Galaxy
Galaxies, 2021 Using recent observational data, we construct a set of multi-component equilibrium models of the disk of a Milky Way-like galaxy. The disk dynamics are studied using collisionless-gaseous numerical simulations, based on the joined integration of the ...
Sergey Khrapov +2 more
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Life in the fast lane: a direct view of the dynamics, formation, and evolution of the Milky Way's bar [PDF]
, 2019 Studies of the ages, abundances, and motions of individual stars in the Milky Way provide one of the best ways to study the evolution of disk galaxies over cosmic time. The formation of the Milky Way's barred inner region in particular is a crucial piece of the puzzle of disk galaxy evolution.
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Generalized Rotation Curves of the Milky Way from the GAIA DR3 Data Set: Constraints on Mass Models
The Astrophysical JournalThe circular velocity curve traced by stars provides a direct means of investigating the potential and mass distribution of the Milky Way. Recent measurements of the Galaxy’s rotation curve have revealed a significant decrease in velocity for Galactic ...
Francesco Sylos Labini
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Cosmological pseudobulge formation [PDF]
, 2012 Bulges can be classified into classical and pseudobulges; the former are considered to be end products of galactic mergers and the latter to form via secular evolution of galactic disks. Observationally, bulges of disk galaxies are mostly pseudobulges, including the Milky Way's.
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Why the Milky Way's bulge is not only a bar formed from a cold thin disk [PDF]
A&A 577, A1 (2015), 2014 By analyzing a N-body simulation of a bulge formed simply via a bar instability mechanism operating on a kinematically cold stellar disk, and by comparing the results of this analysis with the structural and kinematic properties of the main stellar populations of the Milky Way bulge, we conclude that the bulge of our Galaxy is not a pure stellar bar ...
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