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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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Fouvry J (2015) SELF-GRAVITY, RESONANCES AND ORBITAL DIFFUSION IN STELLAR DISKS in The Astrophysical Journal

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

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Aumer M (2016) Age-velocity dispersion relations and heating histories in disc galaxies in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Aumer M (2016) The quiescent phase of galactic disc growth in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2016) Managing resonant-trapped orbits in our Galaxy in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Das P (2016) Characterizing stellar halo populations - I. An extended distribution function for halo K giants in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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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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,

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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,

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Das P (2016) Characterizing stellar halo populations II: the age gradient in blue horizontal-branch stars 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