Young giant stars reveal a flaring Milky Way disc with 3.5 kpc radial scale and extended spiral arms including a curved Perseus segment and a new Scutum-associated feature.
J., Hernquist, L., & Fullagar, D
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Mutual information analysis of TNG50 simulations shows gravitational potential and total energy retain merger mass and infall time information longest, while radial velocity loses it within ~5 Gyr, with washout depending on radius, merger age, and mass.
Simulations show that observed rotation in 13.5-Gyr-old alpha-rich stars constrains the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus merger to mass ratios below 1:4, with interaction and starburst times both near 11 Gyr.
Local disk galaxies have thin vertical structures with median scale heights of 0.22 kpc and negligible flaring, consistent with the Milky Way thin disk and positively correlated with stellar mass down to 10^7 solar masses.
The PFS Galactic Archaeology survey will observe thousands of stars in Local Group systems to measure density profiles in dwarfs and compare assembly histories of M31 and the Milky Way.
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The flare and spiral structure of the Milky Way's disc as traced by young giant stars
Young giant stars reveal a flaring Milky Way disc with 3.5 kpc radial scale and extended spiral arms including a curved Perseus segment and a new Scutum-associated feature.
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Galactic Amnesia: The Information Washout of the Milky Way Merger History
Mutual information analysis of TNG50 simulations shows gravitational potential and total energy retain merger mass and infall time information longest, while radial velocity loses it within ~5 Gyr, with washout depending on radius, merger age, and mass.
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Build-up and survival of the disc: From numerical models of galaxy formation to the Milky Way
Simulations show that observed rotation in 13.5-Gyr-old alpha-rich stars constrains the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus merger to mass ratios below 1:4, with interaction and starburst times both near 11 Gyr.
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Vertical Structure of Local Disk Galaxies revealed by DESI Imaging Data
Local disk galaxies have thin vertical structures with median scale heights of 0.22 kpc and negligible flaring, consistent with the Milky Way thin disk and positively correlated with stellar mass down to 10^7 solar masses.
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Galactic Archaeology with the Subaru `\=Onohi`ula Prime Focus Spectrograph Strategic Program
The PFS Galactic Archaeology survey will observe thousands of stars in Local Group systems to measure density profiles in dwarfs and compare assembly histories of M31 and the Milky Way.