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Uncovering the birth of the Milky Way through accurate stellar ages with Gaia
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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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
- ORCID
- 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
- green
- arxiv.org
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- Nature Astronomy (publishedVersion)
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- 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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