6 papers
Galactic Stellar Halo Luminosity Function
Sarah A. Bird, Chris Flynn, Rudra Sekhri +5
We measure the luminosity function (LF) of the Milky Way's stellar halo, using a magnitude complete, distance limited sample of stars from DR3. Stars with high transverse ve…
Estimating accretion times of halo substructures in the Milky Way
Hefan Li, Masashi Chiba, Xiang-Xiang Xue +1
To unravel the formation history of the Milky Way, we estimate the accretion times of six phase-space substructures in the stellar halo, using the orbital frequencies toward two sp…
Mapping the Milky Way with Gaia Bp/Rp spectra II: The inner stellar halo traced by a large sample of blue horizontal branch stars
Wenbo Wu, Xianhao Ye, C. Allende Prieto +7
We selected BHB stars based on synthetic photometry and stellar atmosphere parameters inferred from Gaia Bp/Rp spectra. We generated the synthetic SDSS broad-band and Pristin…
Identification of OB associations using the LAMOST-Gaia OB star sample
Zhicun Liu, Xiao-Long Wang, Wenyuan Cui +7
OB associations, as an intermediate stage between Galactic clusters and field stars, play an important role in understanding the star formation process, early stellar evolution, an…
Main-sequence Turnoff Stars as Probes of the Ancient Galactic Relic: Chemo-dynamical Analysis of a Pilot Sample
Renjing Xie, Haining Li, Ruizhi Zhang +5
The main-sequence turnoff (MSTO) stars well preserve the chemical properties where they were born, making them ideal tracers for studying the stellar population. We perform a detai…
The Shape and Mass of the Galactic Dark Matter Halo from the Axisymmetric Jeans Model
Lan Zhang, Xiang-Xiang Xue, Ling Zhu +8
We explore the density profile, shape, and virial mass of the Milky Way's dark matter halo using K giants (KG) from LAMOST and SDSS/SEGUE, as well as blue horizontal branch (BHB) s…