3 papers
astro-ph.GA2024
The Rapid Formation of the Metal Poor Milky Way
Turner Woody, Charlie Conroy, Phillip Cargile +6
Our understanding of the assembly timeline of the Milky Way has been transforming along with the dramatic increase in astrometric and spectroscopic data available over the past sev…
astro-ph.GA2024
Birth of the Galactic Disk Revealed by the H3 Survey
Charlie Conroy, David H. Weinberg, Rohan P. Naidu +12
We use chemistry ([alpha/Fe] and [Fe/H]), main sequence turnoff ages, and kinematics determined from H3 Survey spectroscopy and Gaia astrometry to identify the birth of the Galacti…
astro-ph.GA2024
A Detailed Chemical Study of the Extreme Velocity Stars in the Galaxy
Tyler Nelson, Keith Hawkins, Henrique Reggiani +3
Two decades on, the study of hypervelocity stars is still in its infancy. These stars can provide novel constraints on the total mass of the Galaxy and its Dark Matter distribution…