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20162021
most citedFormation of the largest galactic cores through binary scouring and gravitational wave recoil

42 citations · 73 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.GA2021

EDGE: Two routes to dark matter core formation in ultra-faint dwarfs

Matthew D. A. Orkney, Justin I. Read, Martin P. Rey +6

In the standard Lambda cold dark matter paradigm, pure dark matter simulations predict dwarf galaxies should inhabit dark matter haloes with a centrally diverging density `cusp'. T…

astro-ph.GA202042 cited

Formation of the largest galactic cores through binary scouring and gravitational wave recoil

Imran Nasim, Alessia Gualandris, Justin I. Read +3

Massive elliptical galaxies are typically observed to have central cores in their projected radial light profiles. Such cores have long been thought to form through `binary scourin…

astro-ph.GA202031 cited

Defeating stochasticity: coalescence timescales of massive black holes in galaxy mergers

Imran Nasim, Alessia Gualandris, Justin Read +3

The coalescence of massive black hole binaries (BHBs) in galactic mergers is the primary source of gravitational waves (GWs) at low frequencies. Current estimates of GW detection r…

astro-ph.GA2019

Uncovering the Orbit of the Hercules Dwarf Galaxy

Alexandra L. Gregory, Michelle L. M. Collins, Denis Erkal +6

We present new chemo--kinematics of the Hercules dwarf galaxy based on Keck II-- DEIMOS spectroscopy. Our 21 confirmed members have a systemic velocity of $v_{\mathrm{Herc}}=46.4\p…

astro-ph.GA2019

A Dwarf Disrupting -- Andromeda XXVII and the North West Stream

Janet Preston, Michelle L. M. Collins, Rodrigo A. Ibata +10

We present a kinematic and spectroscopic analysis of 38 red giant branch stars, in 7 fields, spanning the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Andromeda XXVII and the upper segment of the North…

astro-ph.GA2016

An efficient positive potential-density pair expansion for modelling galaxies

Armando Rojas-Niño, Justin I. Read, Luis Aguilar +1

We present a novel positive potential-density pair expansion for modelling galaxies, based on the Miyamoto-Nagai (MN) disc. By using three sets of such discs, each one of them alig…