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Crater 2: An Extremely Cold Dark Matter Halo
Nelson Caldwell, Matthew G. Walker, Mario Mateo +6
We present results from MMT/Hectochelle spectroscopy of red giant candidate stars along the line of sight to the recently-discovered Galactic satellite Crater 2. Modelling the join…
A concise overview of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer
Alan W. McConnachie, Carine Babusiaux, Michael Balogh +19
This short document is intended as a companion and introduction to the Detailed Science Case (DSC) for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer. It provides a concise summary of the ess…
The Detailed Science Case for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer: the Composition and Dynamics of the Faint Universe
Alan McConnachie, Carine Babusiaux, Michael Balogh +173
MSE is an 11.25m aperture observatory with a 1.5 square degree field of view that will be fully dedicated to multi-object spectroscopy. More than 3200 fibres will feed spectrograph…
Wide binaries in ultra-faint galaxies: a window onto dark matter on the smallest scales
Jorge Peñarrubia, Aaron D. Ludlow, Julio Chanamé +1
We carry out controlled -body simulations that follow the dynamical evolution of binary stars in the dark matter (DM) haloes of ultra-faint dwarf spheroidals (dSphs). We find th…
Solo Dwarfs I: Survey introduction and first results for the Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
C. R. Higgs, A. W. McConnachie, M. Irwin +6
We introduce the Solitary Local Dwarfs Survey (Solo), a wide field photometric study targeting every isolated dwarf galaxy within 3 Mpc of the Milky Way. Solo is based on (u)gi mul…
Detailed Chemical Abundances in the r-Process-Rich Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum 2
Ian U. Roederer, Mario Mateo, John I. Bailey +10
The ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Reticulum 2 (Ret 2) was recently discovered in images obtained by the Dark Energy Survey. We have observed the four brightest red giants in Ret 2 at hi…