HOT MILK
The Hot phase of the MILKy Way – Flows of hot plasma connecting the Milky Way center to the corona, halo and beyond
SHORT DESCRIPTION
The aim of the Hot Milk project is to investigate the hot phase of our galaxy, the Milky Way, the so-called galactic corona, using data from the eROSITA X-ray instrument on board the joint Russian-German mission “Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma” (SRG), successfully launched from Baikonur on 13 July 2019 and in orbit around the L2 Lagrangian point.
A deeper understanding of our galaxy will be essential to shed light on how Milky Way-sized galaxies form and evolve.
Hot Milk builds on our previous investigations of X-ray emission from the center of our galaxy:
An X-ray chimney extending hundreds of parsecs above and below the Galactic Centre;
The tumultuous heart of our galaxy; Ponti et al. 2015.
ROLE OF THE OBSERVATORY
The Hot Milk project working group is located at the INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory in Merate (LC) with our researcher Gabriele Ponti as Principal Investigator. The project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
ROLE OF THE OBSERVATORY
- Gabriele Ponti – Principal Investigator – gabriele.ponti AT inaf.it
- Petra Dell’Arme – segretaria – petra.dellarme AT inaf.it
- Lorella Galliani – segretaria – lorella.galliani AT inaf.it
- Nicola Locatelli – Post Doc – nicola.locatelli AT inaf.it
- Samaresh Mondal – Post Doc – samaresh.mondal AT inaf.it (dal 01/01/2022 al 01/01/2024)
- Giovanni Stel – PhD – giovanni.stel AT inaf.it
- Heshou Zhang – Post Doc – heshou.zhang AT inaf.it (dal 01/09/2022 al 19/12/2022)
- Yi Zhang – PhD – yi.xhang AT inaf.it
- Xueying Zheng – PhD – xueying.zheng AT inaf.it
TIMELINE
2015 –
WEBSITE
CONTACT
gabriele.ponti AT inaf.it
CREDITS
Web page content: G. Ponti.
