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
Posti L.
(2016)
Self-consistent dynamical models for early-type galaxies in the CALIFA Survey
in The Interplay between Local and Global Processes in Galaxies,
Posti L
(2015)
Action-based distribution functions for spheroidal galaxy components
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Piffl T
(2014)
The RAVE survey: the Galactic escape speed and the mass of the Milky Way
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Piffl T
(2015)
Bringing the Galaxy's dark halo to life
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pezzulli Gabriele
(2017)
The angular momentum of cosmological coronae and the inside-out growth of spiral galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pezzulli G.
(2016)
The angular momentum of hot coronae around spiral galaxies and its impact on the evolution of star forming discs
in The Interplay between Local and Global Processes in Galaxies,
Pascale R
(2018)
Action-based dynamical models of dwarf spheroidal galaxies: application to Fornax
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
Nipoti C
(2015)
Early flattening of dark matter cusps in dwarf spheroidal galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monari G
(2018)
Distribution functions for resonantly trapped orbits in our Galaxy
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
| 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 |