3 papers
astro-ph2007
Mapping Mass in the Local Universe
Karen L. Masters
We only see a small fraction of the matter in the universe, but the rest gives itself away by the impact of its gravity. Peculiar velocities have the potential to be a powerful too…
astro-ph2005
Cosmology in the Very Local Universe - Why Flow Models Matter
Karen L. Masters
While much of the focus of observational cosmology is on the high redshift universe it is important not to neglect the very local universe as a source of cosmological information.…
astro-ph2000
The Elliptical Galaxy formerly known as the Local Group: Merging the Globular Cluster Systems
Duncan A. Forbes, Karen L. Masters, Dante Minniti +1
Prompted by a new catalogue of M31 globular clusters, we have collected together individual metallicity values for globular clusters in the Local Group. Although we briefly describ…