8 papers
Neighbors, Not Kin: Kinematic evidence for tidal tails from NGC 7492 along the Sagittarius stream
Camila Navarrete, Ãlvaro Rojas-Arriagada, Andrés E. Piatti +8
The formation, extension, and morphology of extra-tidal stars around globular clusters depend on the internal kinematics of the host cluster and the Galactic potential. Tracing the…
Structural Diversity Among the Milky Way's Dwarf Spheroidal Satellites
Matthew G. Walker, Raphaël Errani, Andrew B. Pace +3
We fit a flexible double power-law (`') model to the stellar density fields observed for the Milky Way's known dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies. We show that where stand…
Reconstructing the orbits of Milky Way dwarf galaxies: An LMC perspective
Alberto Manuel MartÃnez-GarcÃa, Andrés del Pino, Roeland P. van der Marel +14
The orbital histories of the dwarf satellites of the Milky Way (MW) are key to understanding their evolution and placing their present-day properties in a dynamical context. We pre…
Hubble Astrometry for the Local Group and Beyond in the 2030s
S. Tony Sohn, Paul Bennet, Kevin Andrew McKinnon +23
Hubble's long, stable astrometric baseline creates a rare opportunity for discovery in the Local Group and beyond. Many nearby galaxies, streams, and star clusters already have arc…
HSTPROMO Internal Proper Motion Kinematics of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies: II. Velocity Anisotropy and Dark Matter Cusp Slope of Sculptor
Eduardo Vitral, Roeland P. van der Marel, Sangmo Tony Sohn +8
We analyze three epochs of HST imaging over 20 years for the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy, measuring precise proper motions for 119 stars and combining them with 1760 existing…
Signatures of dark subhalos in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: I. Fluctuations in surface density
Eduardo Vitral, Jorge Peñarrubia, Matthew G. Walker
Dark matter (DM) subhalos offer critical tests of cosmological models through their abundance and properties, yet most remain undetectable due to their lack of stars. We investigat…