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The Local Stellar Halo is Not Dominated by a Single Radial Merger Event

  • Authors: Thomas Donlon II, Heidi Jo Newberg, Bokyoung Kim, Sebastien Lépine

Thomas Donlon II et al 2022 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 932 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

Fit MDFs for the two high-energy RMEs. The purple line corresponds to the VRM, and the red line corresponds to a low-metallicity, nonrotating (collection of) RME(s). The two structures contribute roughly similar numbers of stars to the nearby stellar halo.

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