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

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Lau J (2019) Relaxation of spherical stellar systems in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2020) Trapped orbits and solar-neighbourhood kinematics in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2020) Angle-action variables for orbits trapped at a Lindblad resonance in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Binney J (2020) The shearing sheet and swing amplification revisited in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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

 
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