The tale of the tail – disentangling the high transverse velocity stars in Gaia DR2
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa077
Abstract: Although the stellar halo accounts for just ~1% of the total stellar mass of the Milky Way, the kinematics of halo stars encode valuable information about the origins and evolution of our Galaxy. It has… read more here.
Keywords: stellar halo; transverse velocity; velocity; chemistry ... See more keywords