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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Binney J (2020) Modelling our galaxy in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

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Kos J (2014) Interstellar medium. Pseudo-three-dimensional maps of the diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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Kordopatis G (2013) THE RADIAL VELOCITY EXPERIMENT (RAVE): FOURTH DATA RELEASE in The Astronomical Journal

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Matijevic G (2010) DOUBLE-LINED SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY STARS IN THE RAVE SURVEY in The Astronomical Journal

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

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

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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

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Minchev I (2014) A NEW STELLAR CHEMO-KINEMATIC RELATION REVEALS THE MERGER HISTORY OF THE MILKY WAY DISK in The Astrophysical Journal

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Sharma S (2014) KINEMATIC MODELING OF THE MILKY WAY USING THE RAVE AND GCS STELLAR SURVEYS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Fulbright J (2010) THE RAVE SURVEY: RICH IN VERY METAL-POOR STARS 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

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