Formation of the Milky Way

Details Formation of the Milky Way Formation of the Milky Way

1997-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9703048v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages. To appear in Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society. Available also at http://www.hia.nrc.ca/eprints.html

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We review observational evidence bearing on the formation of a prototypical large spiral galaxy, the Milky Way. New ground- and space-based studies of globular star clusters and dwarf spheroidal galaxies provide a wealth of information to constrain theories of galaxy formation. It appears likely that the Milky Way formed by a combination of rapid, dissipative collapse and mergers, but the relative contributions of these two mechanisms remain controversial. New evidence, however, indicates that initial star and star cluster formation occurred simultaneously over a volume that presently extends to twice the distance of the Magellanic Clouds.

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