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
Pascale R
(2018)
Action-based dynamical models of dwarf spheroidal galaxies: application to Fornax
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monari G
(2018)
Distribution functions for resonantly trapped orbits in our Galaxy
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Lau J
(2019)
Relaxation of spherical stellar systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Binney J
(2020)
Trapped orbits and solar-neighbourhood kinematics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Binney J
(2020)
Angle-action variables for orbits trapped at a Lindblad resonance
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Binney J
(2020)
The shearing sheet and swing amplification revisited
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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 NA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |