4 papers
Interstellar objects follow the collapse of molecular clouds
Susanne Pfalzner, Dylan Paterson, Michele T. Bannister +1
Interstellar objects (ISOs), the parent population of 1I/Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, are abundant in the interstellar medium of the Milky Way. This means that the interstellar medium,…
Non-Parametric Density Reconstruction of the Galactic Bulge Area using Red Clump Stars in the VVV Survey
Dylan Paterson, Brenna Coleman, Chris Gordon
Studies of the red clump giant population in the inner Milky Way suggest the Galactic bulge/bar has a boxy/peanut/X-shaped structure as predicted by its formation via a disc buckli…
Maximum Entropy Estimation of the Galactic Bulge Morphology via the VVV Red Clump
Brenna Coleman, Dylan Paterson, Chris Gordon +2
The abundance and narrow magnitude dispersion of Red Clump (RC) stars make them a popular candidate for mapping the morphology of the bulge region of the Milky Way. Using an estima…
Galactic Bulge Preferred Over Dark Matter for the Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess
Oscar Macias, Chris Gordon, Roland M. Crocker +4
An anomalous gamma-ray excess emission has been found in Fermi Large Area Telescope data covering the centre of the Galaxy. Several theories have been proposed for this `Galactic C…