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Simon Alinder

Doctoral student

profile of Simon Alinder. Photo.

I am doing research on Galactic Archeology, using Gaia to reveal the secrets of the Milky way Galaxy.

Contact details
  • Email: simon [dot] alinder [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se
Organisation
  • Astrophysics
  • Service point: 25
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I am currently working on the phase spiral, a phenomenon where stars in the Milky Way form a spiral pattern when plotted on a Z-V_Z phase space plot.

Figure showing a Z-V_Z number density plot of stars in the Milky Way. The stars form a counter-clockwise spiral pattern.
Phase space diagram of stars in the outer Milky way disc.

I am using data from Gaia and APOGEE to investigate the phase spiral and try to determine what it is and where it came from.

Page manager: simon [dot] alinder [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se | 10 Dec 2022