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Deep VISTA observations of the Magellanic Clouds (VMCDeep)
M. -R. L. Cioni, A. O. Omkumar, N. J. G. Cross +28
The central regions of galaxies challenge observers with a high density of stars, gas and dust. The LMC hosts a dense stellar bar whereas the SMC hosts a dense core, which have elu…
The Milky Way as a distant galaxy: an IFU and panchromatic view
Sergey Khoperskov, Alina Boecker, Nikolay Kacharov +4
Understanding the structure and evolution of galaxies increasingly benefits from placing the Milky Way (MW), the best-studied stellar system, in an external-galaxy context. To anal…
The VMC survey -- LV. The coherent expansion of the SMC
S. Vijayasree, F. Niederhofer, M. -R. L. Cioni +8
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) exhibits significant kinematic disequilibrium due to interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Here, we investigate the two-dimensional s…
oMEGACat. X. Shedding light on the disrupted dwarf galaxy of Omega Centauri
Stefano Souza, Nadine Neumayer, Anil C. Seth +15
Omega Centauri (Cen) is the most massive and chemically complex star cluster in the Milky Way and is widely regarded as the surviving nuclear star cluster of an accreted dwarf…
Structural Parameters of the Globular Cluster M 15
M. V. Petkova, G. P. Petrov, N. M. Kacharov +1
We present a detailed analysis of the structural parameters of the globular cluster M 15 using g- and i-band photometric data from Pan-STARRS1 DR2. The central coordinates ($X_{\rm…
oMEGACat. IX. Chemical Tagging of Omega Centauri Populations with Machine-Learning-Inferred Abundances from the MUSE Spectrograph
Z. Wang, A. C. Seth, C. Clontz +14
We present chemical abundance measurements for 7,302 red giant branch stars within the half-light radius (~5') of Centauri ( Cen), derived from MUSE spectra using the neural…
Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters -- II. Kinematic structure of young and intermediate-age clusters
F. Niederhofer, L. Cullinane, D. Massari +14
In this paper, we explore the kinematic properties of a sample of 19 young (<1 Gyr) and intermediate-age (1-2.5 Gyr) massive star clusters within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).…
Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA) IV. Chrono-dynamics of seven old star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud and the peculiar origin of NGC 1841
F. Niederhofer, D. Massari, F. Aguado-Agelet +15
In this study, we report conclusive evidence for an ancient star cluster that has been accreted by the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). By leveraging observations from the Hubble Spac…
oMEGACat. VI. Analysis of the overall kinematics of Omega Centauri in 3D: velocity dispersion, kinematic distance, anisotropy, and energy equipartition
Maximilian Häberle, Nadine Neumayer, Callie Clontz +15
Omega Centauri ( Cen) is the Milky Way's most massive globular cluster and is likely the stripped nucleus of an accreted dwarf galaxy. In this paper, we analyze Cen's kinema…
The VMC survey -- LIV. The internal kinematics of the LMC with new VISTA observations
S. Vijayasree, F. Niederhofer, M. -R. L. Cioni +10
Context: Studying the internal kinematics of galaxies provides insights into their past evolution, current dynamics, and future trajectory. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), as the…
oMEGACat V: Helium Enrichment in Centauri as a Function of Metallicity
C. Clontz, A. C. Seth, Z. Wang +12
Constraining the helium enhancement in stars is critical for understanding the formation mechanisms of multiple populations in star clusters. However, measuring helium variations f…
Rediscovering the Milky Way with orbit superposition approach and APOGEE data III. Panoramic view of the bulge
Sergey Khoperskov, Paola Di Matteo, Matthias Steinmetz +9
The innermost parts of the Milky Way (MW) are very difficult to observe due to the high extinction along the line of sight, especially close to the disc mid-plane. However, this re…
Rediscovering the Milky Way with orbit superposition approach and APOGEE data II. Chrono-chemo-kinematics of the disc
Sergey Khoperskov, Matthias Steinmetz, Misha Haywood +9
The stellar disc is the dominant luminous component of the Milky Way (MW). Although our understanding of its structure is rapidly expanding due to advances in large-scale stellar s…
Rediscovering the Milky Way with orbit superposition approach and APOGEE data I. Method validation
Sergey Khoperskov, Glenn van de Ven, Matthias Steinmetz +9
We introduce a novel orbit superposition method designed to reconstruct the stellar density structure, kinematics, and chemical abundance distribution of the entire Milky Way by le…
oMEGACat IV: Constraining Ages of Omega Centauri sub-giant branch stars with HST and MUSE
C. Clontz, A. C. Seth, A. Dotter +13
We present age estimates for over 8100 sub-giant branch (SGB) stars in Omega Centauri ( Cen) to study its star formation history. Our large data set, which combines multi-wavele…
Equilibrium dynamical models in the inner region of the Large Magellanic Cloud based on Gaia DR3 kinematics
Nikolay Kacharov, Behzad Tahmasebzadeh, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni +3
We use Gaia DR3 to explore how well equilibrium dynamical models based on the Jeans equations and the Schwarzschild orbit superposition method are able to describe LMC's 5-dimensio…
oMEGACat III. Multi-band photometry and metallicities reveal spatially well-mixed populations within Centauri's half-light radius
M. S. Nitschai, N. Neumayer, M. Häberle +15
Centauri, the most massive globular cluster in the Milky Way, has long been suspected to be the stripped nucleus of a dwarf galaxy that fell into the Galaxy a long time ago. Th…
Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters -- I. Catalogues and results for NGC 1850
F. Niederhofer, A. Bellini, V. Kozhurina-Platais +11
We present proper motion (PM) measurements for a sample of 23 massive star clusters within the Large Magellanic Cloud using multi-epoch data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).…
Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri
Maximilian Häberle, Nadine Neumayer, Anil Seth +15
Black holes have been found over a wide range of masses, from stellar remnants with masses of 5-150 solar masses (Msun), to those found at the centers of galaxies with Msu…
oMEGACat II -- Photometry and proper motions for 1.4 million stars in Omega Centauri and its rotation in the plane of the sky
Maximilian Häberle, Nadine Neumayer, Andrea Bellini +15
Omega Centauri ( Cen) is the most massive globular cluster of the Milky Way. It is thought to be the nucleus of an accreted dwarf galaxy because of its high mass and its complex…
From gas to stars: MUSEings on the internal evolution of IC 1613
S. Taibi, G. Battaglia, M. M. Roth +9
The kinematics and chemical composition of stellar populations of different ages provide crucial information about the evolution of a galaxy. We aim to provide such information for…
oMEGACat I: MUSE spectroscopy of 300,000 stars within the half-light radius of Centauri
M. S. Nitschai, N. Neumayer, C. Clontz +17
Omega Centauri ( Cen) is the most massive globular cluster of the Milky Way and has been the focus of many studies that reveal the complexity of its stellar populations and kine…
Testing Jeans dynamical models with prolate rotation on a cosmologically simulated dwarf galaxy
Amrit Sedain, Nikolay Kacharov
Prolate rotation is characterized by a significant stellar rotation around a galaxy's major axis, which contrasts with the more common oblate rotation. Prolate rotation is thought…
Equilibrium dynamical models for the Large Magellanic Cloud
Nikolay Kacharov, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has a complex dynamics driven by both internal and external processes. The external forces are due to tidal interactions with the Small Magellanic…