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Black holes and core expansion in massive star clusters
A. D. Mackey, M. I. Wilkinson, M. B. Davies +1
We present the results from realistic N-body modelling of massive star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. We have computed eight simulations with N ~ 10^5 particles; six of these w…
Re-visiting the relations: Galactic thin disc age-velocity dispersion relation
G. M. Seabroke, G. Gilmore
The velocity dispersion of stars in the solar neighbourhood thin disc increases with time after star formation. Nordstrom et al. (2004) is the most recent observational attempt to…
Observed Properties of Dark Matter: dynamical studies of dSph galaxies
G Gilmore, M Wilkinson, J Kleyna +4
The Milky Way satellite dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies are the smallest dark matter dominated systems in the universe. We have underway dynamical studies of the dSph to quantify…
Faint Supernovae and Supernova Impostors: Case studies of SN2002kg/NGC2403-V37 and SN 2003gm
J. R. Maund, S. J. Smartt, R. -P. Kudritzki +6
Photometric and spectroscopic observations of the faint Supernovae (SNe) 2002kg and 2003gm, and their precursors, in NGC 2403 and NGC 5334 respectively, are presented. The properti…
The importance of tides for the Local Group dwarf spheroidals
J. I. Read, M. I. Wilkinson, N. Wyn Evans +2
There are two main tidal effects which can act on the Local Group dwarf spheroidals (dSphs): tidal stripping and tidal shocking. Using N-body simulations, we show that tidal stripp…
The tidal stripping of satellites
J. I. Read, M. I. Wilkinson, N. W. Evans +2
We present an improved analytic calculation for the tidal radius of satellites and test our results against N-body simulations. The tidal radius in general depends upon four factor…