The galaxy in context: structural, kinematic, and integrated properties

J Bland-Hawthorn, O Gerhard - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is a benchmark for understanding disk galaxies. It is the only
galaxy whose formation history can be studied using the full distribution of stars from faint …

Overview of the LAMOST survey in the first decade

H Yan, H Li, S Wang, W Zong, H Yuan, M Xiang… - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), also known as
the Guoshoujing Telescope, is a major national scientific facility for astronomical research …

Star formation near the Sun is driven by expansion of the Local Bubble

C Zucker, AA Goodman, J Alves, S Bialy, M Foley… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
For decades we have known that the Sun lies within the Local Bubble, a cavity of low-
density, high-temperature plasma surrounded by a shell of cold, neutral gas and dust …

Evidence from the h3 survey that the stellar halo is entirely comprised of substructure

RP Naidu, C Conroy, A Bonaca… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In the ΛCDM paradigm, the Galactic stellar halo is predicted to harbor the accreted debris of
smaller systems. To identify these systems, the H3 Spectroscopic Survey, combined with …

Recommended conventions for reporting results from direct dark matter searches

D Baxter, IM Bloch, E Bodnia, X Chen, J Conrad… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
The field of dark matter detection is a highly visible and highly competitive one. In this paper,
we propose recommendations for presenting dark matter direct detection results particularly …

Gaia Early Data Release 3-The Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

RL Smart, LM Sarro, J Rybizki, C Reylé… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. We produce a clean and well-characterised catalogue of objects within 100 pc of the
Sun from the Gaia Early Data Release 3. We characterise the catalogue through …

New constraints and prospects for sub-GeV dark matter scattering off electrons in xenon

R Essig, T Volansky, TT Yu - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
We study in detail sub-GeV dark matter scattering off electrons in xenon, including the
expected electron recoil spectra and annual modulation spectra. We derive improved …

Trigonometric parallaxes of high mass star forming regions: the structure and kinematics of the Milky Way

MJ Reid, KM Menten, A Brunthaler… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Over 100 trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions for masers associated with young,
high-mass stars have been measured with the Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy Survey, a …

galstreams: A library of Milky Way stellar stream footprints and tracks

C Mateu - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Nearly a hundred stellar streams have been found to date around the Milky Way and the
number keeps growing at an ever faster pace. Here we present the galstreams library, a …

The mass distribution and gravitational potential of the Milky Way

PJ McMillan - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present mass models of the Milky Way created to fit observational constraints and to be
consistent with expectations from theoretical modelling. The method used to create these …