2 papers
astro-ph.GA2025
The odd primordial halo of the Milky Way implied by Gaia. A shallow core, but a steep decline
Pengfei Li, Stacy S. McGaugh, Marcel S. Pawlowski +2
Primordial dark matter halos are well understood from cold dark matter-only simulations. Since they can contract significantly as baryons settle into their centers, direct comparis…
astro-ph.GA2025
Young stars discovered in dwarf spheroidal galaxies confirm their recent infall into the Milky way
Francois Hammer, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Elisabetta Caffau +10
Recent observations from the ESA Gaia satellite and with the ESO VLT, have identified the presence of a population of young, 0.5 to 2 Gyr old, stars in the halo and in dwarf sphero…