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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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Sanders J (2014) Actions, angles and frequencies for numerically integrated orbits in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2018) The origin of the Gaia phase-plane spiral in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Piffl T (2015) Bringing the Galaxy's dark halo to life in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2010) Distribution functions for the Milky Way in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2014) Self-consistent flattened isochrones in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2012) Actions for axisymmetric potentials Actions for axisymmetric potentials in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2020) The shearing sheet and swing amplification revisited in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2020) Angle-action variables for orbits trapped at a Lindblad resonance in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Eyre A (2011) The mechanics of tidal streams The mechanics of tidal streams in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Marasco A (2012) Supernova-driven gas accretion in the Milky Way SN-driven gas accretion in the Milky Way in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Posti L (2015) Action-based distribution functions for spheroidal galaxy components 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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Williams M (2013) The wobbly Galaxy: kinematics north and south with RAVE red-clump giants in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2014) New distances to RAVE stars in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2020) Trapped orbits and solar-neighbourhood kinematics in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Marinacci F (2010) The mode of gas accretion on to star-forming galaxies in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Cole D (2017) A centrally heated dark halo for our Galaxy in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sanders J (2013) Stream-orbit misalignment - II. A new algorithm to constrain the Galactic potential in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Nipoti C (2015) Early flattening of dark matter cusps in dwarf spheroidal galaxies in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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McMillan P (2010) The uncertainty in Galactic parameters in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Burnett B (2010) Stellar distances from spectroscopic observations: a new technique Distances from stellar spectra in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Eyre A (2009) Locating the orbits delineated by tidal streams in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Nipoti C (2015) Early flattening of dark matter cusps in dwarf spheroidal galaxies in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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

 
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