4 papers
HRMOS: A High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph for the VLT
Laura Magrini, Thomas Bensby, Sofia Randich +174
This White Paper presents the scientific rationale and instrument concept for HRMOS (High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph), a next-generation instrument proposed for the ESO V…
Robust ellipticity measurements of 29 Galactic globular clusters
Laurane Fréour, Ellen Leitinger, Elena Pancino +2
Globular clusters (GCs) exhibit varying degrees of flattening (ellipticity), which may provide insight into their internal dynamics and evolution histories. Commonly used methods t…
A spectroscopic map of the Galactic centre -- Observations and resolved stars
A. Feldmeier-Krause, N. Neumayer, A. Seth +10
The Galactic Centre region contains a dense accumulation of stars, which can be separated into two components: A flattened and dense nuclear star cluster (NSC), and a surrounding,…
Measures of luminous and dark matter in galaxies across time
Jonathan Freundlich, Gauri Sharma, Sabine Thater +14
Dark matter is one of the pillars of the current standard model of structure formation: it is assumed to constitute most of the matter in the Universe. However, it can so far only…