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20242026
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18 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

The tidal features of the classical Milky Way satellites: Expected in MOND but inconsistent with cold dark matter models

Elena Asencio, Indranil Banik, Pavel Kroupa

Most classical satellites of the Milky Way are known to display signs of tidal disturbance (e.g. tidal tails, substructures, and distorted shapes). This cannot be explained by the…

astro-ph.GA2026

The fingerprint of primordial mass segregation on the tidal tails of star clusters

S. Mojtaba Ghasemi, Hosein Haghi, Mohammad Mansoury +3

We investigate the effect of primordial mass segregation (PMS) in shaping the tidal tail structures of star clusters, searching for any trace of PMS on the tails at both early and…

astro-ph.SR2026

Intermediate-Mass Mergers: A New Scenario for Several FS CMa Stars

Daniela Korcakova, Nela Dvorakova, Iris Bermejo Lozano +6

We summarise the properties and nature of a peculiar group of B-type stars called FS CMa stars. These stars show the B[e] phenomenon, i.e., their spectra exhibit both forbidden emi…

astro-ph.GA2026

The MOND Depth Index and Dynamical Maturity Clock: Toward a Universal Classification of Galaxies and Star Clusters

Robin Eappen, Pavel Kroupa

Mass discrepancies in galaxies are empirically known to appear only below a characteristic acceleration scale a0. Here we show that this behaviour is not limited to galaxies: it ex…

astro-ph.GA2025

Dynamical Friction Constraints on the Dark Matter Hypothesis Across Astronomical Scales

X. Hernandez, Pavel Kroupa

Dynamical friction implies a consistency check on any system where dark matter particles are hypothesised to explain orbital dynamics requiring more mass under Newtonian gravity th…

astro-ph.GA2025

Model-Independent Inference of Galaxy Star Formation Histories in the Local Volume

Robin Eappen, Pavel Kroupa

Understanding the diversity of star formation histories (SFHs) of galaxies is key to reconstructing their evolutionary paths. Traditional models often assume parametric forms such…