Unveiling a Young Thick Disk in the Milky Way

The thickness of a galaxy’s disk provides a valuable probe of its formation and evolution history. Observations of the Milky Way and local galaxies have revealed an ubiquitous disk structure with two distinctive components: an old thick disk and a relatively young thin disk. The formation of this du...

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Main Authors: Jianhui Lian, Min Du, Shuai Lu, Bingqiu Chen, Gail Zasowski, Zhaoyu Li, Xiaojie Liao, Chao Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adccb7
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