• DOI:10.1038/s41550-020-1017-3
Corpus ID: 209444772

Evidence of a dynamically evolving Galactic warp

@article{Poggio2019EvidenceOA,
  title={Evidence of a dynamically evolving Galactic warp},
  author={E. Poggio and R. Drimmel and R. Andrae and C. Bailer-Jones and M. Fouesneau and M. Lattanzi and R. Smart and A. Spagna},
  journal={Nature Astronomy},
  year={2019},
  volume={4},
  pages={590-596}
}

E. Poggio, R. Drimmel, +5 authors A. Spagna

Published 2019

Physics

Nature Astronomy

In a cosmological setting, the disk of a galaxy is expected to continuously experience gravitational torques and perturbations from a variety of sources, which can cause the disk to wobble, flare and warp 1 , 2 . Specifically, the study of galactic warps and their dynamic nature could reveal key information on the formation history of galaxies and the mass distribution of their haloes. Our Milky Way presents a unique case study for galactic warps, thanks to detailed knowledge of its stellar… CONTINUE READING

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