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An Observational Limit on the Dwarf Galaxy Population of the Local Group
Alan B. Whiting, George K. T. Hau, Mike Irwin +1
We present the results of an all-sky, deep optical survey for faint Local Group dwarf galaxies. Candidate objects were selected from the second Palomar survey (POSS-II) and ESO/SRC…
Sir James Jeans and the Stability of Gaseous Stars
Alan B. Whiting
In 1925 Sir James Jeans calculated that a star made up of an ideal gas, generating energy as a moderately positive function of temperature and density, could not exist. Such stars…
You Can't Get There From Here: Hubble Relaxation in the Local Volume
Alan B. Whiting
A beginning end-point for galaxy motions within the 10-Mpc Local Volume is constructed by requiring a smooth distribution of (luminous) mass at the time of recombination, which is…
Light and Motion in the Local Volume
Alan B. Whiting
Using high-quality data on 149 galaxies within 10 megaparsecs (Mpc), I find no correlation between luminosity and peculiar velocity at all. There is no unequivocal sign on scales o…
The Expansion of Space: Free Particle Motion and the Cosmological Redshift
Alan B. Whiting
The meaning of the expansion of the universe, or the `expansion of space,' is explored using two phenomena: the motion of a test particle against a homogeneous background and the c…
The Kinematic State of the Local Volume
Alan B. Whiting
The kinematics of galaxies with 10 megaparsecs (10 Mpc) of the Milky Way is investigated using published distances and radial velocities. With respect to the average Hubble flow (i…