Tracing Back a Second-generation Star Stripped from Terzan 5 by the Galactic Bar

Tracing Back a Second-generation Star Stripped from Terzan 5 by the Galactic Bar

The Galactic bulge hosts the Milky Way’s oldest stars, possibly coming from disrupted globular clusters (GCs) or the bulge’s primordial building blocks, making these stars witnesses to the Galaxy’s early chemical enrichment. The Galactic bar currently dominates the bulge’s region, altering the orbit...

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Main Authors: Stefano O. Souza, Marica Valentini, Cristina Chiappini, Angeles Pérez-Villegas, Josefina Montalbán, Diego Bossini, Beatriz Barbuy, Yvonne Elsworth, Rafael A. Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Galactic bar
Galactic archaeology
Globular star clusters
Galaxy abundances
Milky Way dynamics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad91af
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