3 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Characterisation of the Clouds' young stellar Bridge using Gaia DR3
Marie Schölch, Ãscar Jiménez-Arranz, Mercè Romero-Gómez +1
The interaction between the LMC and SMC (the Clouds) has resulted in prominent tidal features, including an extended bridge of gas and stars connecting the two galaxies. This Bridg…
astro-ph.GA2026
From Gaia to GaiaNIR: II. A new view of the Milky Way bar
Ã. Jiménez-Arranz, M. Schölch, S. Khanna +9
The Milky Way (MW) hosts a central bar whose pattern speed, orientation, and length remain uncertain, largely due to observational biases and selection effects, despite the transfo…
astro-ph.GA2025
Asymmetries in the LMC velocity maps
Marie Schölch, Ãscar Jiménez-Arranz, Mercè Romero-Gómez +4
The analysis of precise Gaia DR3 astrometry in the LMC region has revealed asymmetric patterns in the bar quadrupole and the disc outskirts of the LMC in-plane velocity maps. We ai…