{"id":4547,"date":"2024-05-29T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/?post_type=progetti_ricerca&p=4547"},"modified":"2024-11-27T11:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:09:04","slug":"hot-milk","status":"publish","type":"progetti_ricerca","link":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/progetti_ricerca\/hot-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"HOT MILK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HOT MILK<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Hot<\/strong> phase of the MILK<\/strong>y Way – Flows of hot plasma connecting the Milky Way center to the corona, halo and beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHORT DESCRIPTION<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the Hot Milk<\/strong> 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<\/a> on board the joint Russian-German mission “Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma<\/a>” (SRG), successfully launched from Baikonur on 13 July 2019 and in orbit around the L2 Lagrangian point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A deeper understanding of our galaxy will be essential to shed light on how Milky Way-sized galaxies form and evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot Milk<\/strong> builds on our previous investigations of X-ray emission from the center of our galaxy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An X-ray chimney extending hundreds of parsecs above and below the Galactic Centre<\/a>;
The tumultuous heart of our galaxy<\/a>; Ponti et al. 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROLE OF THE OBSERVATORY<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Hot Milk <\/strong>project working group is located at the INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory in Merate (LC) with our researcher Gabriele Ponti<\/strong> as Principal Investigator. The project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020<\/a> research and innovation programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROLE OF THE OBSERVATORY<\/h5>\n\n\n\n