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astro-ph.GA2018★ 28 cited
On measuring the Galactic dark matter halo with hypervelocity stars
O. Contigiani, E. M. Rossi, T. Marchetti
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) travel from the Galactic Centre across the dark matter halo of the Milky Way, where they are observed with velocities in excess of the Galactic escape sp…
astro-ph.GA2018★ 97 cited
Gaia DR2 in 6D: Searching for the fastest stars in the Galaxy
T. Marchetti, E. M. Rossi, A. G. A. Brown
We search for the fastest stars in the subset of stars with radial velocity measurements of the second data release (DR2) of the European Space Agency mission Gaia. Starting from t…