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01/09/2018

Remote talk

The dance of the Milky Way and the LMC

Denis Erkal (University of Surrey, UK)

Tuesday 14/04/2020 @ 14:00, Google Hangouts Meet

Recent studies suggest the LMC is as massive as 25% the mass of the Milky Way. I will describe the diverse lines of reasoning that lead us to this result and then focus on the implications. In particular, an LMC this massive will result in a significant reflex motion of the Milky Way. I will show how this affects our ability to infer the mass and shape of our own Galaxy and how we must account for the LMC when doing this.

Link to the recorded talk: youtu.be/QmIra4Cq_6A