Dynamical models of the Milky Way
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
Early next decade a European satellite will conduct a vast survey of our Galaxy with the goal of understanding how the Galaxy works and how it was assembled. The cuccess of this enterprise depends on our having computer models of the Galaxy that we can `survey' in the way the satellite is going to survey the Galaxy. This proposal is to use a new technology to construct such models, and use them to predict what the satellite will see.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| James Binney (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Lau J
(2019)
Relaxation of spherical stellar systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pascale R
(2018)
Action-based dynamical models of dwarf spheroidal galaxies: application to Fornax
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kordopatis G
(2015)
The rich are different: evidence from the RAVE survey for stellar radial migration
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Schönrich R
(2012)
The detection and treatment of distance errors in kinematic analyses of stars The detection and treatment of distance errors
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Carrillo I
(2018)
Is the Milky Way still breathing? RAVE-Gaia streaming motions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sormani M
(2015)
Gas flow in barred potentials - III. Effects of varying the quadrupole
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eyre A
(2009)
Locating the orbits delineated by tidal streams
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McMillan P
(2018)
Improved distances and ages for stars common to TGAS and RAVE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nipoti C
(2015)
Early flattening of dark matter cusps in dwarf spheroidal galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Burnett B
(2010)
Stellar distances from spectroscopic observations: a new technique Distances from stellar spectra
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | STFC studentships |
| Amount | £35,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2009 |
| End | 09/2012 |
| Description | Talks to schools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Reported under another grant NA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |