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astro-ph.GA2014★ 91 cited

The Rich Are Different: Evidence from the RAVE Survey for Stellar Radial Migration

G. Kordopatis, J. Binney, G. Gilmore +21

Using the RAdial Velocity Experiment fourth data release (RAVE DR4), and a new metallicity calibration that will be also taken into account in the future RAVE DR5, we investigate t…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 56 cited

Characterizing the High-Velocity Stars of RAVE: The Discovery of a Metal-Rich Halo Star Born in the Galactic Disk

K. Hawkins, G. Kordopatis, G. Gilmore +21

We aim to characterize high-velocity (HiVel) stars in the solar vicinity both chemically and kinematically using the fourth data release of the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). W…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 132 cited

Dust and Gas in the Magellanic Clouds from the HERITAGE Herschel Key Project. II. Gas-to-Dust Ratio Variations across ISM Phases

Julia Roman-Duval, Karl Gordon, Margaret Meixner +32

The spatial variations of the gas-to-dust ratio (GDR) provide constraints on the chemical evolution and lifecycle of dust in galaxies. We examine the relation between dust and gas…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 40 cited

Eppur si muove: Positional and kinematic correlations of satellite pairs in the low Z universe

Rodrigo A. Ibata, Benoit Famaey, Geraint F. Lewis +2

We have recently shown (Ibata et al. 2014) that pairs of satellite galaxies located diametrically opposite each other around their host possess predominantly anti-correlated veloci…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 29 cited

Exposing Sgr tidal debris behind the Galactic disk with M giants selected in WISE2MASS

S. E. Koposov, V. Belokurov, D. B. Zucker +5

We show that a combination of infrared photometry from WISE and 2MASS surveys can yield highly pure samples of M giant stars. We take advantage of the new WISE2MASS M giant s…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 55 cited

The almost ubiquitous association of 6.7 GHz methanol masers with dust

J. S. Urquhart, T. J. T. Moore, K. M. Menten +6

We report the results of 870-m continuum observations, using the Large APEX Bolometer Camera (LABOCA), towards 77 class-II, 6.7-GHz methanol masers identified by the Methanol Mu…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 32 cited

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XV. The photometric redshift estimation for background sources

A. Raichoor, S. Mei, T. Erben +28

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey is an optical imaging survey covering 104 deg^2 centered on the Virgo cluster. Currently, the complete survey area has been observed in the…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 13 cited

Modeling and predicting the shape of the far-infrared to submillimeter emission in ultra-compact HII regions and cold clumps

D. Paradis, C. Mény, A. Noriega-Crespo +8

Dust properties are very likely affected by the environment in which dust grains evolve. For instance, some analyses of cold clumps (7 K- 17 K) indicate that the aggregation proces…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 53 cited

Monitoring the Dusty S-Cluster Object (DSO/G2) on its Orbit towards the Galactic Center Black Hole

M. Valencia-S., A. Eckart, M. Zajacek +23

We analyse and report in detail new near-infrared (1.45 - 2.45 microns) observations of the Dusty S-cluster Object (DSO/G2) during its approach to the black hole at the center of t…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 70 cited

The influence of supernova remnants on the interstellar medium in the Large Magellanic Cloud seen at 20--600 m wavelengths

Maša Lakićević, Jacco Th. van Loon, Margaret Meixner +20

We present the analysis of supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and their influence on the environment at far-infrared (FIR) and submillimeter wavelengths.…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 25 cited

The reionization of galactic satellite populations

P. Ocvirk, N. Gillet, D. Aubert +6

We use high resolution simulations of the formation of the local group post-processed by a radiative transfer code for UV photons, to investigate the reionization of the satellite…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 52 cited

A PAndAS view of M31 dwarf elliptical satellites: NGC147 and NGC185

D. Crnojević, A. M. N. Ferguson, M. J. Irwin +9

We exploit data from the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS) to study the extended structures of M31's dwarf elliptical companions, NGC147 and NGC185. Our wide-field, homo…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 153 cited

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. VIII. The Spatial Distribution of Globular Clusters in the Virgo Cluster

Patrick R. Durrell, Patrick Côté, Eric W. Peng +19

We report on a large-scale study of the distribution of globular clusters (GCs) throughout the Virgo cluster, based on photometry from the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey, a l…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 22 cited

Accretion in action: phase space coherence of stellar debris and globular clusters in Andromeda's South-West Cloud

Dougal Mackey, Geraint Lewis, Michelle Collins +13

A central tenet of the current cosmological paradigm is that galaxies grow over time through the accretion of smaller systems. Here, we present new kinematic measurements near the…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 52 cited

Spectroscopy of the three distant Andromedan satellites Cassiopeia III, Lacerta I, and Perseus I

Nicolas F. Martin, Kenneth C. Chambers, Michelle L. M. Collins +10

We present Keck II/DEIMOS spectroscopy of the three distant dwarf galaxies of M31 Lacerta I, Cassiopeia III, and Perseus I, recently discovered within the Pan-STARRS1 3πimaging sur…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 57 cited

Pseudo Three-dimensional Maps of the Diffuse Interstellar Band at 862 nm

Janez Kos, Tomaž Zwitter, Rosemary Wyse +20

The diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are absorption lines observed in visual and near infrared spectra of stars. Understanding their origin in the interstellar medium (ISM) is one…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 45 cited

Sailing under the Magellanic Clouds: A DECam View of the Carina Dwarf

B. McMonigal, N. F. Bate, G. F. Lewis +7

We present deep optical photometry from the DECam imager on the 4m Blanco telescope of over 12 deg around the Carina dwarf spheroidal, with complete coverage out to 1 degree an…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 50 cited

Stacking the Invisibles: A Guided Search for Low-Luminosity Milky Way Satellites

B. Sesar, S. R. Banholzer, J. G. Cohen +9

Almost every known low-luminosity Milky Way dwarf spheroidal (dSph) satellite galaxy contains at least one RR Lyrae star. Assuming that a fraction of distant (60 < d_{helio} < 100…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 113 cited

Velocity anti-correlation of diametrically opposed galaxy satellites in the low redshift universe

Neil G. Ibata, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Benoit Famaey +1

Recent work has shown that both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies possess the unexpected property that their dwarf satellite galaxies are aligned in thin and kinematically c…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 63 cited

The Next Generation Virgo cluster Survey. V. modelling the dynamics of M87 with the Made-to-Measure method

Ling Zhu, R. J. Long, Shude Mao +16

We study the dynamics of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 from the central to the outermost regions with the made-to-measure (M2M) method. We use a new catalogue of 922 globular clu…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 12 cited

Molecular hydrogen emission in the interstellar medium of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Naslim Neelamkodan, Francisca Kemper, Suzanne Madden +20

We present the detection and analysis of molecular hydrogen emission toward ten interstellar regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We examined low-resolution infrared spectral map…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 22 cited

Chemical and kinematical properties of Galactic bulge stars surrounding the stellar system Terzan 5

Davide Massari, A. Mucciarelli, F. R. Ferraro +8

As part of a study aimed at determining the kinematical and chemical properties of Terzan 5, we present the first characterization of the bulge stars surrounding this puzzling stel…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 69 cited

Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data. II. Giant stars

C. Boeche, A. Siebert, T. Piffl +19

We provide new constraints on the chemo-dynamical models of the Milky Way by measuring the radial and vertical chemical gradients for the elements Mg, Al, Si, Ti, and Fe in the Gal…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 73 cited

The Complex Structure of Stars in the Outer Galactic Disk as revealed by Pan-STARRS1

Colin T. Slater, Eric F. Bell, Edward F. Schlafly +19

We present a panoptic view of the stellar structure in the Galactic disk's outer reaches commonly known as the Monoceros Ring, based on data from Pan-STARRS1. These observations cl…