Preprint
Oct 2026
The ringing Large Magellanic Cloud: evidence for a recent dwarf-dwarf collision
Galaxy interactions are ubiquitous in the Universe and represent a primary pathway for galaxy growth. Close passages of dwarf galaxies can induce large-scale vertical oscillations in stellar disks, a phenomenon first identified in the Milky Way within the past decade. Here, we use recent red clump distance maps of the...
Slater J. Oden, Bethany Garver, Joshua T. Povick et al.
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