Disentangling the Morphology of Palomar 5: Effects of the Bar, Spiral Arms, LMC, and Halo Flattening

arXiv:2607.17040 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-19 · Read on arXiv

Zhenghao He, Long Wang, Zi-yi Zhou, Yang Huang, Eugene Vasiliev

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-07-19

Comments: 27 pages, 10 figures, 11 tables; accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) on 16 July 2026

Code: https://github.com/GalacticDynamics-Oxford/Agama

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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Metallicity — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Outer Lindblad Resonance — 2× in this paper
Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Aperture — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
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