2 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Stellar Age Compression Reshapes Interpretations of the Milky Way Thick-Disk Formation History
Zhipeng Zhang
The formation timescale of the Milky Way thick disk is one of the central debates in Galactic archaeology. The age-metallicity relation (AMR), formation timescale, and chemical evo…
cs.LG2026
Stable but Wrong: An Inference Limit in Galactic Archaeology
Zhipeng Zhang
Statistical inference in observational science typically relies on a fundamental assumption: as sample size increases and uncertainties decrease, the inferred results should conver…