Browsing by Author "Ibata, Rodrigo"

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  • Do globular clusters possess Dark Matter halos? A case study in NGC 2419 

    Ibata, Rodrigo; Nipoti, Carlo; Sollima, Antonio; Bellazzini, Michele; Chapman, Scott; Dalessandro, Emanuele (2012-10-29)
    We use recently published measurements of the kinematics, surface brightness and stellar mass-to-light ratio of the globular cluster NGC 2419 to examine the possibility that this Galactic halo satellite is embedded in a ...

  • Draco, a flawless dwarf galaxy 

    Segall, Mathieu; Ibata, Rodrigo; Irwin, Michael; Martin, Nicolas; Chapman, Scott (2007-03-01)
    The Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph), with its apparent immense mass to light ratio and compact size, holds many clues to the nature of the enigmatic dark matter. Here we present deep photometric studies of this dwarf ...

  • Evidence for an accretion origin for the outer halo globular cluster system of M31 

    Mackey, Dougal; Huxor, Avon; Ferguson, Annette; Irwin, Mike; Tanvir, Nial; McConnachie, Alan; Ibata, Rodrigo; Chapman, Scott; Lewis, Geraint (2010-05-20)
    We use a sample of newly-discovered globular clusters from the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS) in combination with previously-catalogued objects to map the spatial distribution of globular clusters in the M31 ...

  • A Keck/DEIMOS Kinematic Study of Andromeda IX: dark matter on the smallest galactic scales 

    Chapman, Scott C.; Ibata, Rodrigo; Lewis, Geraint F.; Ferguson, Annette M. N.; Irwin, Mike; McConnachie, Alan; Tanvir, Nial (2005-10-20)
    We present the results of a kinematic survey of the dwarf spheroidal satellite of M31, And-IX, which appears to be the lowest surface brightness and also the faintest galaxy (M_V = -8.3) found to date. Using Keck/DEIMOS ...

  • The M33 Globular Cluster System with PAndAS Data: The Last Outer Halo Cluster? 

    Cockcroft, Robert; Harris, William E.; Ferguson, Annette M. N.; Huxor, Avon; Ibata, Rodrigo; Irwin, Mike J.; McConnachie, Alan W.; Woodley, Kristin A.; Chapman, Scott C.; Lewis, Geraint F.; Puzia, Thomas H. (2011-01-12)
    We use CFHT/MegaCam data to search for outer halo star clusters in M33 as part of the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS). This work extends previous studies out to a projected radius of 50 kpc and covers over 40 ...

  • Polytropic model fits to the globular cluster NGC 2419 in Modified Newtonian Dynamics 

    Ibata, Rodrigo; Sollima, Antonio; Nipoti, Carlo; Bellazzini, Michele; Chapman, Scott; Dalessandro, Emanuele (2011-10-18)
    We present an analysis of the globular cluster NGC 2419, using a polytropic model in Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) to reproduce recently published high quality data of the structure and kinematics of the system. We ...

  • A trio of new Local Group galaxies with extreme properties 

    McConnachie, Alan; Huxor, Avon; Martin, Nicolas; Irwin, Mike; Chapman, Scott; Fahlman, Gregory; Ferguson, Annette; Ibata, Rodrigo; Lewis, Geraint; Richer, Harvey; Tanvir, Nial (2008-12)
    We report on the discovery of three new dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. These galaxies are found in new CFHT/MegaPrime g,i imaging of the south-western quadrant of M31, extending our extant survey area to include the ...

  • Unearthing Foundations of a Cosmic Cathedral: Searching the Stars for M33's Halo 

    Cockcroft, Robert; McConnachie, Alan W.; Harris, William E.; Ibata, Rodrigo; Irwin, Mike J.; Ferguson, Annette M. N.; Fardal, Mark A.; Babul, Arif; Chapman, Scott C.; Lewis, Geraint F.; Martin, Nicolas F.; Puzia, Thomas H. (2012-10-29)
    We use data from the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS) to search for evidence of an extended halo component belonging to M33 (the Triangulum Galaxy). We identify a population of red giant branch (RGB) stars at ...