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33 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Boötes III is a Tidally Disrupting Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy on an Eccentric Polar Orbit

Ting S. Li, Denis Erkal, Andrew B. Pace +20

We present updated systemic properties of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Boötes III from the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S). We identify 21 high-probability me…

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A stellar bar hidden in an extreme gas-rich disk galaxy at z=4.055

Leindert A. Boogaard, Luca Costantin, Thor Tepper-García +14

The classical picture for the formation of stellar bars -- key dynamical drivers of the evolution of galaxies -- is through secular evolution of instability in gas poor, stellar-do…

astro-ph.GA2026

Hector Galaxy Survey: Linking the low- and high-mass ends of the initial mass function in star-forming galaxies

Diego Salvador, Andrew Hopkins, Matt Owers +30

The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is a fundamental ingredient in galaxy evolution, linking observed integrated light to galaxy properties. Constraining the full IMF shape bey…

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Enhanced rates of stellar radial migration in gas-rich discs at high redshift

HanYuan Zhang, Thor Tepper-García, Vasily Belokurov +6

Radial migration and dynamical heating redistribute stars within galactic discs and thereby modify the chemo-kinematic structure of their host galaxies. Usually, these secular proc…

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The GALAH Survey: Neutron-Capture Elemental Abundances for 350,000 Gaia-RVS Spectra and the Chemodynamics of Accreted Structures

Pradosh Barun Das, Daniel B. Zucker, Aldo Mura-Guzmán +16

We present a comprehensive data-driven spectroscopic analysis of 357,415 red giant stars using Gaia DR3 Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) spectra (8460-8700 A; ),…

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A More Complex Than Expected Formation History of the Milky Way's Last Major Merger

Hai-Feng Wang, Guan-Yu Wang, Giovanni Carraro +3

The GaiaSausageEnceladus (GSE) structure, widely recognized as the most recent major accretion event experienced by our Galaxy, is traditionally interpreted as the remnant of…