Abstract
The recently successfully launched and now fully operational Gaia
mission will, in the coming years, very likely revolutionize our view of
the Milky Way and its constituents. In this talk, I will summarize
Gaia's capabilities and status, and review our current understanding of
the dynamics of the Galaxy. Finally I will describe how the Gaia data
can be used to provide answers to important open questions in the field,
for example in relation to the nature of dark matter and the assembly
history of galaxies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2257323 |
| Journal | IAU General Assembly |
| Volume | 22 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug-2015 |