Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 2004
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How Does the Galaxy Work? A Galactic Tertulia with Don Cox and Ron Reynolds. Edited by Emilio J. Alfaro, Instituto de Astrofica
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Standard cosmology predicts that dwarf were the first galaxies to be formed and that many of them merge afterwards to form bigger galaxies such as the Milky Way. This process would have left behind traces such as tidal debris in the halo of the host galaxies. I review the current census of these tidal streams in the Milky Way halo. The stellar streams from Sgr and Monoceros dwarf show that this process not only added stars of different ages and metallicities to the halo, but also contributed globular clusters of different ages, as predicted by the Searle & Zinn scenario. I also discuss the impact of the study of these tidal streams on some crucial question concerning the structure and evolution of the Milky Way and its companions.
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