5 papers
The Spheroidal Bulge of the Milky Way: Chemodynamically Distinct from the Inner-Thick Disc and Bar
Samir Nepal, Cristina Chiappini, Angeles Pérez-Villegas +7
Studying the composition and origin of the inner region of our Galaxy -- the "Galactic bulge" -- is crucial for understanding the formation and evolution of the Milky Way and other…
The oldest Milky Way stars: New constraints on the age of the Universe and the Hubble constant
Elena Tomasetti, Cristina Chiappini, Samir Nepal +6
We exploit the most robust, old, and cosmology-independent age estimates of individual stars from Gaia DR3 to place a lower bound on the age of the Universe, . These constrain…
The Nineteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SDSS Collaboration, Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Mojgan Aghakhanloo +209
Mapping the local and distant Universe is key to our understanding of it. For decades, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has made a concerted effort to map millions of celestial…
Early Co-formation of the Milky Way's Thin and Thick Disks at Redshift z > 2
Lais Borbolato, Silvia Rossi, Hélio D. Perottoni +8
The Milky Way serves as a template for understanding the formation and evolution of late-type massive disk galaxies since we can obtain detailed chemical and kinematic information…
The Age-Thickness Relation of the Milky Way Disk: A Tracer of Galactic Merging History
Lekshmi Thulasidharan, Elena D'Onghia, Robert Benjamin +3
The prevailing model of galaxy formation proposes that galaxies like the Milky Way are built through a series of mergers with smaller galaxies over time. However, the exact details…