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Scientific paper
Dec 2007
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From Stars to Galaxies: Building the Pieces to Build Up the Universe. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 374, proceedings of the confer
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The recently discovered Virgo stellar over-density, which expands perpendicularly to the Galactic disk plane (7< Z < 15 kpc, R˜ 7 kpc), is the largest clump of tidal debris ever detected in the outer halo and is likely related with the accretion of a nearby dwarf galaxy by the Milky Way. We carry out N-body simulations of the Sagittarius stream to show that this giant stellar over-density is a confirmation of theoretical model predictions for the leading tail of the Sagittarius stream to cross the Milky Way plane in the Solar neighborhood.
Alfaro Emilio J.
Juric Mario
Martinez-Delgado David
Peñarubia J.
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