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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McMillan P (2009) The dangers of deprojection of proper motions in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

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McMillan P (2013) Analysing surveys of our Galaxy - II. Determining the potential in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Monari G (2018) Distribution functions for resonantly trapped orbits in our Galaxy in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

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Pascale R (2018) Action-based dynamical models of dwarf spheroidal galaxies: application to Fornax 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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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

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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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Posti L (2015) Action-based distribution functions for spheroidal galaxy components in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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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Sacco G (2014) The Gaia -ESO Survey: processing FLAMES-UVES spectra in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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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 (2015) A fast algorithm for estimating actions in triaxial potentials 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 (2014) Actions, angles and frequencies for numerically integrated orbits 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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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 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 (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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Schönrich R (2009) Origin and structure of the Galactic disc(s) 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 (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 - 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 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

 
Description STFC studentships
Amount £35,000 (GBP)
Organisation Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2009 
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

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Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014