4 papers
Systematic census of RR Lyrae stars in Milky Way stellar streams
Bruno DomÃnguez, Cecilia Mateu, Pau Ramos +1
Context. Nearly 150 tidal streams are known in the Milky Way, but full phase-space information exists for only a few. RR Lyrae stars (RRL), as standard candles, provide a powerful…
Winding, Unwinding, Rewinding the Gaia Phase Spiral
Neige Frankel, Marcin Semczuk, Teresa Antoja +10
The Gaia Space Satellite has transformed the field of Galactic Dynamics by collecting 6D phase space information for hundreds of millions of stars. In 2018, it enabled the discover…
Dynamics of tidal spiral arms: Machine learning-assisted identification of equations and application to the Milky Way
Marcel Bernet, Pau Ramos, Teresa Antoja +4
Understanding the spiral arms of the Milky Way (MW) remains a key open question in galactic dynamics. Tidal perturbations, such as the recent passage of the Sagittarius dwarf galax…
Searching for new Hypervelocity Stars with Gaia DR3 and VLT/FORS2 Spectroscopy
Julio A. Carballo-Bello, Pau Ramos, Jesús M. Corral-Santana +5
Hypervelocity stars are unique objects moving through the Milky Way at speeds exceeding the local escape velocity, providing valuable insights into the Galactic gravitational poten…