A Tale of Tidal Tails in the Milky Way
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2016-08-03 v1
Abstract
Hundreds of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies encircle the Milky Way. Many of these systems have undergone partial disruption due to tidal forces, littering the halo with stellar streams. These tidal tails are sensitive to the Galactic potential, facilitating an excellent laboratory to investigate Galaxy formation and evolution, as well as local chemical signatures of differing star formation environments. To better understand the emergence of the Milky Way, this thesis examines the dynamics and chemistry of a number of known stellar streams.
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@article{arxiv.1405.5968,
title = {A Tale of Tidal Tails in the Milky Way},
author = {Andrew R. Casey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.5968},
year = {2016}
}
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PhD thesis