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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.

Publications

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Sharma S (2014) KINEMATIC MODELING OF THE MILKY WAY USING THE RAVE AND GCS STELLAR SURVEYS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Carrillo I (2018) Is the Milky Way still breathing? RAVE-Gaia streaming motions in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Fraternali F (2013) IONIZED ABSORBERS AS EVIDENCE FOR SUPERNOVA-DRIVEN COOLING OF THE LOWER GALACTIC CORONA in The Astrophysical Journal

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Kos J (2014) Interstellar medium. Pseudo-three-dimensional maps of the diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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McMillan P (2018) Improved distances and ages for stars common to TGAS and RAVE in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Anguiano B (2015) Identification of globular cluster stars in RAVE data - I. Application to stellar parameter calibration in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Featherstone K (2015) Greece: Greek politics stall research reforms. in Nature

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Sormani M (2015) Gas flow in barred potentials - III. Effects of varying the quadrupole in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sormani M (2015) Gas flow in barred potentials - II. Bar-driven spiral arms in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sormani M (2015) Gas flow in barred potentials 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