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Formation of the Milky Way

, 1997
We review observational evidence bearing on the formation of a prototypical large spiral galaxy, the Milky Way. New ground- and space-based studies of globular star clusters and dwarf spheroidal galaxies provide a wealth of information to constrain theories of galaxy formation.
Hesser, J. E., Stetson, P. B., Harris, W. E., Bolte, M., Smecker-Hane, T. A., Vandenberg, D. A., Bell, R. A., Bond, H. E., Bergh, S. van den, McClure, R. D., Fahlman, G. G., Richer, H. B.   +11 more
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The simulation of molecular clouds formation in the Milky Way [PDF]

, 2012
Using 3D hydrodynamic calculations we simulate formation of molecular clouds in the Galaxy. The simulations take into account molecular hydrogen chemical kinetics, cooling and heating processes.
A. M. Sobolev, A. V. Khoperskov, Amores, Asplund, Baba, Bakes, Balbus, Ballesteros-Paredes, Barnes, Beaumont, Begeman, Bergin, Binney, Blitz, Bobylev, Cazaux, Cen, Chou, Cohen, Cox, Dame, Dame, Dobbs, Dobbs, Dobbs, Dobbs, Dobbs, Dobbs, Draine, E. O. Vasiliev, Elmegreen, Elmegreen, Elmegreen, Englmaier, Falgarone, Feldmann, Field, Fridman, Galli, Glover, Goldsmith, Habing, Heyer, Hollenbach, Hollenbach, Kalberla, Kauffmann, Khoperskov, Khoperskov, Kim, Kirsanova, Kwan, Lada, Lada, Larson, Lepine, Levine, Levinson, Mac Low, Maloney, McClure-Griffiths, McKee, Mishurov, Nelson, Rathborne, Roberts, Roberts, Rodriguez-Fernandez, Román-Duval, Román-Zúñiga, S. A. Khoperskov, Shetty, Shetty, Shu, Sofue, Solomon, Stecker, Sutherland, Tasker, Tielens, Tomisaka, Vallee, van Leer, Wada, Wada, Wada, Wada, Wolfire, Zhang   +88 more
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A Model for the Formation of the Milky Way [PDF]

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2004
AbstractA new chemodynamical model for the formation and evolution of a Milky Way type galaxy is introduced. In this scenario, the galaxy forms inside a slowly growing dark matter halo in a ΛCDM cosmology. In contrast to the simple merger and collapse scenarios, the galactic mass grows continuously over a Hubble time.
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The Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster [PDF]

, 2011
In the center of the Milky Way, as well as in many other galaxies, a compact star cluster around a very massive black hole is observed. One of the possible explanations for the formation of such Nuclear Star Clusters is based on the 'merging' of globular
A. Sternberg, Agarwal, Alexander, Alexander, Allen, Aparicio, Bartko, Bartko, Bertelli, Blum, Bonnet, Carr, Cunha, Do, Eisenhauer, F. Eisenhauer, Ferrarese, Figer, Figer, Figer, Forrest, Freitag, Fritz, Frogel, Förster Schreiber, Genzel, Genzel, Ghez, Gillessen, H. Maness, Hopman, K. Dodds-Eden, Lu, M. Zilka, Maness, Markwardt, McLaughlin, Merritt, Mighell, Miralda-Escoudé, Nayakshin, O. Pfuhl, Paumard, R. Genzel, Ramírez, Rayner, S. Gillessen, Schreiber, Seth, Seth, Sternberg, T. K. Fritz, T. Ott, Wallace   +53 more
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Radial structure and formation of the Milky Way disc [PDF]

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021
Context. The formation of the Galactic disc is an enthusiastically debated issue. Numerous studies and models seek to identify the dominant physical process(es) that shaped its observed properties; for example, satellite accretion, starburst, quenching, gas infall, and stellar radial migration. Aims.
Katz, D., Gómez, A., Haywood, M., Snaith, O., Di Matteo, P.   +4 more
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The Galactic Bulge: A Review

, 2007
The Milky Way is the only galaxy for which we can resolve individual stars at all evolutionary phases, from the Galactic center to the outskirt. The last decade, thanks to the advent of near IR detectors and 8 meter class telescopes, has seen a great ...
Alard, Alves-Brito, Barbuy, Barbuy, Barbuy, Bica, Dante Minniti, Dwek, Hamadache, Harding, Immeli, Lecureur, Manuela Zoccali, Zoccali, Zoccali, Zoccali   +15 more
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The shapes of Milky Way satellites: looking for signatures of tidal stirring [PDF]

, 2012
We study the shapes of Milky Way satellites in the context of the tidal stirring scenario for the formation of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The standard procedures used to measure shapes involve smoothing and binning of data and thus may not be sufficient ...
Carlin, Jeffrey L., Kazantzidis, Stelios, Lokas, Ewa L., Majewski, Steven R., Mayer, Lucio, Moustakas, Leonidas A., Nidever, David L.   +6 more
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The X-shaped Bulge of the Milky Way revealed by WISE

, 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.
Lang, Dustin, Ness, Melissa
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The origin of the Milky Way globular clusters [PDF]

, 2016
We present a cosmological zoom-in simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy used to explore the formation and evolution of star clusters. We investigate in particular the origin of the bimodality observed in the colour and metallicity of globular clusters ...
Agertz, Oscar, Gieles, Mark, Renaud, Florent   +2 more
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The Star Formation Rate of the Milky Way as Seen by Herschel

The Astrophysical Journal, 2022
Abstract We present a new derivation of the Milky Way’s current star formation rate (SFR) based on the data of the Herschel InfraRed Galactic Plane Survey (Hi-GAL). We estimate the distribution of the SFR across the Galactic plane from the star-forming clumps identified in the Hi-GAL survey and calculate the total SFR from the sum of ...
D. Elia, S. Molinari, E. Schisano, J. D. Soler, M. Merello, D. Russeil, M. Veneziani, A. Zavagno, A. Noriega-Crespo, L. Olmi, M. Benedettini, P. Hennebelle, R. S. Klessen, S. Leurini, R. Paladini, S. Pezzuto, A. Traficante, D. J. Eden, P. G. Martin, M. Sormani, A. Coletta, T. Colman, R. Plume, Y. Maruccia, C. Mininni, S. J. Liu   +25 more
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