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Uncovering the birth of the Milky Way through accurate stellar ages with Gaia

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Gallart, Carme, Bernard, Edouard J., Brook, Chris B., Ruiz-Lara, Tomás, Cassisi, Santi, Hill, Vanessa, Monelli, Matteo·2019·Nature Astronomy

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  • The majority of thick disk stars likely formed during/after the merger with Gaia-Enceladus and not before.

    “As Gallart et al. (2019) showed, the majority of the thick disk stars likely formed during/after the merger with Gaia-Enceladus and not before.”

    From Streams, Substructures, and the Early History of the Milky Way (2020) · cites this paper as Gallart et al. (2019)

    The age-distribution passage (p. 2) says 50% of thick-disc stars had formed by 10.5 billion years ago; the paper dates the Gaia-Enceladus merger to about 10 billion years ago (p. 3). Thus at least half had formed before the merger, contrary to the claim that the majority formed during or after it. The paper does say thick-disc star formation continued after the merger. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The Gaia-Enceladus merger had a mass ratio of ∼4:1.

    “2018) suggest a mass ratio of ∼4:1 for the merger (which has been confirmed by Gallart et al. 2019) on the basis of the estimated stellar mass of Gaia-Enceladus, the expected stellar mass-to-halo mass ratio for objects of this size, and the assumption that a 10 10 M ࣻ thick disk stellar mass is present at the time.”

    From Streams, Substructures, and the Early History of the Milky Way (2020) · cites this paper as Gallart et al. 2019

    Gallart et al. estimate a total mass ratio of around 4:1 (p. 3), supporting the cited figure. They also stress that the underlying stellar-mass ratio remains quite uncertain, so describing the 4:1 ratio as confirmed overstates their conclusion. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The evidence supports a scenario in which a gas-rich disk experienced a merger with Gaia-Enceladus, where pre-existing stars were dynamically heated and star formation was triggered, leading to formation of the bulk of thick disk stars.

    “The evidence discussed above, particularly the work of Gallart et al. (2019), supports a scenario in which a gas-rich disk experienced a merger with Gaia-Enceladus, where the stars already present were dynamically heated, and star formation was triggered (possibly in a starburst), leading to the formation of the bulk of the stars in the thick disk.”

    From Streams, Substructures, and the Early History of the Milky Way (2020) · cites this paper as Gallart et al. (2019)

    The discussion on p. 3 says the Gaia-Enceladus merger heated some pre-existing disc stars and that infalling gas likely maintained or stoked star formation in the early disc. It also reports a later peak in star formation, but does not establish that the merger triggered the formation of the bulk of thick-disc stars; it says thick-disc stars formed before, during and after the merger. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Helmi et al. (2018) suggest a mass ratio of ∼4:1 for the Gaia-Enceladus merger, confirmed by Gallart et al. 2019, on the basis of the estimated stellar mass of Gaia-Enceladus, the expected stellar mass-to-halo mass ratio, and the assumption that a 10^10 M_sun thick disk stellar mass is present at the time.

    “Helmi et al. (2018) suggest a mass ratio of ∼4:1 for the merger (which has been confirmed byGallart et al. 2019) on the basis of the estimated stellar mass of Gaia-Enceladus, the expected stellar mass-to-halo mass ratio for objects of this size, and the assumption that a 10 10 M ࣻ thick disk stellar mass is present at the time.”

    From Streams, Substructures, and the Early History of the Milky Way (2020) · cites this paper as Gallart et al. 2019

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Authors
Gallart, C., Bernard, E. J., Brook, C. B., Ruiz-Lara, T., Cassisi, S., Hill, V., & Monelli, M.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de La Laguna (ES)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Collurania Teramo Observatory (IT)
Corresponding author
Gallart, Carme
Venue
Nature Astronomy
Published
2019-07-22
Volume
3
Issue
10
Pages
932-939
ISSN
2397-3366 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2963416706
Cited by
262
References
102
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 12
FWCI
16.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Astronomy (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Keywords
Milky Way formation, stellar ages, Gaia-Enceladus, Gaia, Galactic halo, thick disk, galaxy mergers, stellar kinematics, galaxy accretion

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