4 papers
New kinematic map of the Milky Way bulge
Carlos Quezada, Manuela Zoccali, Elena Valenti +7
The kinematics of the Milky Way bulge is known to be complex, reflecting the presence of multiple stellar components with distinct chemical and spatial properties. In particular, t…
The Galactic Bulge exploration V.: The secular spherical and X-shaped Milky Way bulge
Z. Prudil, V. P. Debattista, L. Beraldo e Silva +9
In this work, we derive systemic velocities and subsequently orbits for 8456 RR~Lyrae stars. We identify interlopers from other Milky Way (MW) structures, which amount to 22 percen…
The Galactic Bulge exploration IV.: RR~Lyrae stars as traces of the Galactic bar -- 3D and 5D analysis, extinction variation
Z. Prudil, A. Kunder, L. Beraldo e Silva +10
We created new reddening maps and derived new extinction laws from visual to near-infrared passbands using improved RR~Lyrae period-absolute magnitude-metallicity relations, thus e…
An "alien" called Oosterhoff dichotomy?
E. Luongo, V. Ripepi, M. Marconi +4
In this letter we investigate the origin of the Oosterhoff dichotomy, considering recent discoveries related to several ancient merging events of external galaxies with the Milky W…