A hypervelocity star with a Magellanic origin
Using proper motion measurements from Gaia Data Release 2, we probe the origin of 26 previously known hypervelocity stars (HVSs) around the Milky Way. We find that a significant fraction of these stars have a high probability of originating in the Milky Way Galaxy, but there is one obvious outlier....
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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