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astro-ph1998
Detecting Halo Streams with GAIA
Amina Helmi, HongSheng Zhao, P. Tim de Zeeuw
We investigate what the proposed ESA astrometric satellite GAIA will reveal by observing the halo of the Milky Way. Specifically, we look for halo streams which are the signatures…
astro-ph1998
Building up the Stellar Halo of the Milky Way
Amina Helmi, Simon D. M. White
We study numerical simulations of satellite galaxy disruption in a potential resembling that of the Milky Way. Our goal is to assess whether a merger origin for the stellar halo wo…