5 papers
The Fate of the Milky Way--Andromeda System: To Merge or Not?
Hao Wu, Yang Huang, Huawei Zhang +2
It has long been predicted that the Milky Way (MW) will eventually merge with Andromeda (M31), a view reinforced by \textit{HST} measurements indicating a small M31 transverse velo…
A 3D Chemodynamical Census of Inner-Galaxy Metal-poor Giants to [Fe/H]~-3.5
Shenglan Sun, Yang Huang, Fangzhou Jiang +8
The earliest assembly of the Milky Way remains poorly understood, yet the spatial, chemical, and kinematic properties of its most metal-poor stars provide a unique fossil record of…
The rotation curve of the Milky Way measured by Classical Cepheids from Gaia DR3
Qikang Feng, Yang Huang, Huawei Zhang +1
We determine the rotation curve (RC) of the Milky Way in the range 6 < R < 18 kpc using a sample of 903 carefully selected classical Cepheids with precise proper motions and high-q…
Revisiting the Proper Motions of M31 and M33 Using Massive Supergiant Stars with Gaia DR3
Hao Wu, Yang Huang, Huawei Zhang +1
The proper motions (PMs) of M31 and M33 are key to understanding the Local Group's dynamical evolution. However, measurement discrepancies between Gaia blue and red samples, regard…
The Milky Way is a less massive galaxy--new estimates of the Milky Way's local and global stellar masses
Jianhui Lian, Tao Wang, Qikang Feng +2
Stellar mass is the most fundamental property of a galaxy. While it has been robustly measured for millions of external galaxies, it remains poorly constrained for the Milky Way be…