Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA). VI. The age-metallicity relation of in-situ clusters and the age of the Universe

arXiv:2610.14169 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-10-09 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-09

Updated: 2026-10-09

Comments: 15 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Code: https://github.com/vbonvin/H0_tension

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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• Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA). V. The chronological merger tree of the Milky Way
• The Last Galactic Firework: Timing the last significant merger with stars, globular clusters and $\omega$Centauri
• A simulation-based inference of the Milky Way merger history
• Asteroseismology of red giants in the globular cluster 47 Tuc using the HST

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