Browsing Physics & Atmospheric Science by Author "Collins, M. L. M."

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  • Dynamics in the satellite system of Triangulum: Is AndXXII a dwarf satellite of M33? 

    Chapman, S. C.; Widrow, L.; Collins, M. L. M.; Dubinski, J.; Ibata, R. A.; Penarrubia, J.; Rich, M.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Irwin, M. J.; Lewis, G. F.; Martin, N.; McConnachie, A.; Tanvir, N. (2012-06-25)
    We present results from a spectroscopic survey of the dwarf spheroidal And XXII and the two extended clusters EC1 and EC2. These three objects are candidate satellites of the Triangulum galaxy, M33, which itself is likely ...

  • The kinematic identification of a thick stellar disc in M31 

    Collins, M. L. M.; Chapman, S. C.; Ibata, R. A.; Irwin, M. J.; Rich, R. M.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Lewis, G. F.; Tanvir, N.; Koch, A. (2010-10-25)
    We present the first characterization of a thick disc component in the Andromeda galaxy (M31) using kinematic data from the DEIMOS multi-object spectrograph instrument on Keck II. Using 21 fields in the South West of the ...

  • The scatter about the "Universal" dwarf spheroidal mass profile: A kinematic study of the M31 satellites, And V and And VI 

    Collins, M. L. M.; Chapman, S. C.; Rich, R. M.; Ibata, R. A.; Irwin, M. J.; Peñarrubia, J.; Arimoto, N.; Brooks, A. M.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Lewis, G. F.; McConnachie, A. W.; Venn, K. (2011-03-10)
    While the satellites of the Milky Way (MW) have been shown to be largely consistent in terms of their mass contained within one half--light radius (M_{half}) with a "Universal" mass profile, a number of M31 satellites are ...

  • A spectroscopic survey of EC4, an Extended Cluster in Andromeda's halo 

    Collins, M. L. M.; Chapman, S. C.; Irwin, M.; Ibata, R.; Martin, N. F.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Huxor, A.; Lewis, G. F.; Mackey, A. D.; McConnachie, A. W.; Tanvir, N. (2009-03-26)
    We present a spectroscopic survey of candidate red giant branch stars in the extended star cluster, EC4, discovered in the halo of M31 from our CFHT/MegaCam survey, overlapping the tidal streams, Stream Cp and Stream Cr. ...