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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 (2016) A review of action estimation methods for galactic dynamics in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sanders J (2013) Stream-orbit misalignment - I. The dangers of orbit-fitting in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sanders J (2014) Stream-orbit misalignment & a new algorithm for constraining the Galactic potential with streams in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

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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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Sanders J (2015) A fast algorithm for estimating actions in triaxial potentials in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sanders Jason L. (2015) TACT: The Action Computation Tool in Astrophysics Source Code Library

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Schönrich R (2010) Local kinematics and the local standard of rest in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Schönrich R (2009) Origin and structure of the Galactic disc(s) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Schönrich R (2012) A new formula for disc kinematics A new formula for disc kinematics in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sharma S (2011) GALAXIA: A CODE TO GENERATE A SYNTHETIC SURVEY OF THE MILKY WAY in The Astrophysical Journal

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Siebert A (2011) THE RADIAL VELOCITY EXPERIMENT (RAVE): THIRD DATA RELEASE in The Astronomical Journal

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Sormani M (2018) Models of rotating coronae in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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 (2018) A theoretical explanation for the Central Molecular Zone asymmetry 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

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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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Williams M (2011) THE DAWNING OF THE STREAM OF AQUARIUS IN RAVE in The Astrophysical Journal

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Wojno J (2018) Correlations between age, kinematics, and chemistry as seen by the RAVE survey 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