5 papers
SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM): The Integrated Light and Internal Rotation of Omega Centauri
Maximilian Häberle, Dmitry Bizyaev, Alina Boecker +34
The SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM) is a wide-field integral field spectroscopic survey of the Southern Milky Way plane, the Magellanic Clouds, and nearby Local Group galaxies. We…
A Long Period Stellar-Mass Black Hole Binary in Centauri
Matthew Whitaker, Evan Kerr, Anil Seth +16
Modern simulations of stellar dynamics in globular clusters peg a dominant role for stellar-mass black holes, but direct evidence for black holes in clusters remains limited. We pr…
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 dwar…
Age, Chemistry, and Kinematics of the Inner Galaxy Revealed by MUSE
Zixian Wang, Michael R. Hayden, Sanjib Sharma +3
The bar/bulge and inner disk are fundamental building blocks of the Milky Way, containing a large fraction of its stellar mass. However, stars in these regions are faint, crowded,…
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 kine…