5 papers
Tidal origin of dark-matter free dwarf galaxies in the NGC 1052 group
Francois Hammer, Yanbin Yang
The discovery of dark matter-free (DM-free) dwarf galaxies in the NGC 1052 neighborhood has had a considerable impact on modern cosmology. The galaxies have been explained through…
Ram-pressure signatures in the dwarf irregular galaxy SextansB revealed by deep MeerKAT HI observations
Brenda Namumba, Neel Kolhe, Francois Hammer +12
The impact of extremely low-density environments such as the diffuse intergalactic medium (IGM) on the neutral gas distribution of dwarf galaxies remains poorly explored observatio…
Young stars discovered in dwarf spheroidal galaxies confirm their recent infall into the Milky way
Francois Hammer, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Elisabetta Caffau +10
Recent observations from the ESA Gaia satellite and with the ESO VLT, have identified the presence of a population of young, 0.5 to 2 Gyr old, stars in the halo and in dwarf sphero…
Dark matter fraction derived from the M31 rotation curve
F. Hammer, Y. B. Yang, P. Amram +6
Mass estimates of a spiral galaxy derived from its rotation curve must account for the galaxy's past accretion history. There are several lines of evidence indicating that M31 expe…
The Milky Way accretion history compared to cosmological simulations -- from bulge to dwarf galaxy infall
F. Hammer, Y. J. Jiao, G. A. Mamon +6
Galactic halos are known to grow hierarchically, inside out. This implies a correlation between the infall lookback time of satellites and their binding energy. Cosmological simula…