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astro-ph.CO2011★ 125 cited
Infall Times for Milky Way Satellites From Their Present-Day Kinematics
Miguel Rocha, Annika H. G. Peter, James S. Bullock
We analyze subhalos in the Via Lactea II (VL2) cosmological simulation to look for correlations among their infall times and z = 0 dynamical properties. We find that the present da…
astro-ph.GA2011★ 254 cited
The Sagittarius impact as an architect of spirality and outer rings in the Milky Way
Chris W. Purcell, James S. Bullock, Erik Tollerud +2
Like many galaxies of its size, the Milky Way is a disk with prominent spiral arms rooted in a central bar, although our knowledge of its structure and origin is incomplete. Tradit…