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
(2015)
Action-based distribution functions for spheroidal galaxy components
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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,
Ruchti G
(2010)
ORIGINS OF THE THICK DISK AS TRACED BY THE ALPHA ELEMENTS OF METAL-POOR GIANT STARS SELECTED FROM RAVE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sacco G
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: processing FLAMES-UVES spectra
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sanders J
(2015)
A fast algorithm for estimating actions in triaxial potentials
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanders J
(2014)
Actions, angles and frequencies for numerically integrated orbits
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanders J
(2014)
Stream-orbit misalignment & a new algorithm for constraining the Galactic potential with streams
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Sanders J
(2016)
A review of action estimation methods for galactic dynamics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanders J
(2013)
Stream-orbit misalignment - II. A new algorithm to constrain the Galactic potential
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sanders J
(2013)
Stream-orbit misalignment - I. The dangers of orbit-fitting
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 | 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 NA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |