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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 19, 2012
Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way
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Article Number | 01004 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Dark Matter Question: Milky Way Meets Lambda-CDM Cosmology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121901004 | |
Published online | 07 February 2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121901004
The Milky Way and other spiral galaxies
GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
a e-mail: francois.hammer@obspm.fr
Cosmologists have often considered the Milky Way as a typical spiral galaxy, and its properties have considerably influenced the current scheme of galaxy formation. Here we compare the general properties of the Milky Way disk and halo with those of galaxies selected from the SDSS. Assuming the recent measurements of its circular velocity results in the Milky Way being offset by ~2σ from the fundamental scaling relations. On the basis of their location in the (MK, Rd, Vflat) volume, the fraction of SDSS spirals like the MilkyWay is only 1.2% in sharp contrast with M31, which appears to be quite typical. Comparison of the Milky Way with M31 and with other spirals is also discussed to investigate whether or not there is a fundamental discrepancy between their mass assembly histories. Possibly the Milky Way is one of the very few local galaxies that could be a direct descendant of very distant, z = 2-3 galaxies, thanks to its quiescent history since thick disk formation.
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2012
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