Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Subproject A2: Milky Way Satellites as Cosmological Probes

Subproject A2: Milky Way Satellites as Cosmological Probes

Eva K. Grebel (ARI), Andrea Macciò (MPIA), Andreas Just (ARI)

A prediction of recent cosmological models is that the most significant contributors to the stellar mass of the inner halo were several massive satellites that were accreted early on. The Magellanic Clouds may be present-day counterparts of such early contributors. If so, their old stellar populations should be chemically similar to halo stars. However, since these irregular galaxies are dominated by intermediate-age populations, it is a challenge to identify genuinely old stars. Using RR Lyrae stars, which only occur in old populations, we discovered the most metal-poor stars known in the Magellanic Clouds known so far. We showed that their element abundance ratios are consistent with those of similarly metal-poor stars in the halo. While progresss was made on the characterization of Galactic satellites, the work towards the completion of the census of Galactic satellites during the first funding period did not proceed as planned since the photometric survey data from the “Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System” (Pan-STARRS) only recently reached a homogeneity sufficient for this purpose.

In the second funding period, apart from Pan-STARRS, we will apply a novel approach to detect and map known and new satellites and tidal features around the Milky Way using small, extremely wide-field amateur telescopes. This approach is based on integrated surface brightness, no longer on individual stars and has already delivered impressive maps of tidal features and substructure. Special emphasis will be placed on searches in the area of the proposed “great plane” of Galactic satellites. In combination with tailored, state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations we will explore whether the observed apparent satellite alignment is consistent with the current cosmological scenario, constrain the overall potential of the Milky Way based on the detected streams, explore the use of the stellar streams to detect the predicted dark halos via their gravitational interaction, and investigate the impact of satellites on dynamical heating and (sub)structure in the thin and thick disk.

Cosmological satellite galaxies become tidally disrupted as a result of pericentre passages through the Milky Way's disc. The stripped dark matter forms tidal streams, while the satellites keep their innermost dense cores intact. Simulated using the SUPERBOX-10 N-body code with initial conditions from the Aq-A-2 cosmological simulation. (Moetazedian et al. 2015)

Publications

Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Buck, Tobias; Dixon, Keri L.; Blank, Marvin; Obreja, Aura
06/2019 MNRAS 486, 655


Buck, Tobias; Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.
06/2019 MNRAS 486, 1481


Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Obreja, Aura; Buck, Tobias
05/2019 MNRAS 485, 1886


Macciò, Andrea V.; Frings, Jonas; Buck, Tobias; Dutton, Aaron A.; Blank, Marvin; Obreja, Aura; Dixon, Keri L.
04/2019 MNRAS 484, 5400


Prudil, Z.; Dékány, I.; Catelan, M.; Smolec, R.; Grebel, E. K.; Skarka, M.
04/2019 MNRAS 484, 4833


Buck, Tobias; Ness, Melissa; Obreja, Aura; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dutton, Aaron A.
03/2019 ApJ 874, 67


Buck, Tobias; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dutton, Aaron A.; Obreja, Aura; Frings, Jonas
02/2019 MNRAS 483, 1314


Choi, Yumi; Nidever, David L.; Olsen, Knut; Besla, Gurtina; Blum, Robert D.; Zaritsky, Dennis; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.; van der Marel, Roeland P.; Bell, Eric F.; Johnson, L. Clifton; Vivas, A. Katherina; Walker, Alistair R.; de Boer, Thomas J. L.; Noël, Noelia E. D.; Monachesi, Antonela; Gallart, Carme; Monelli, Matteo; Stringfellow, Guy S.; Massana, Pol; Martinez-Delgado, David; Muñoz, Ricardo R.
12/2018 ApJ 869, 125


Choi, Yumi; Nidever, David L.; Olsen, Knut; Blum, Robert D.; Besla, Gurtina; Zaritsky, Dennis; van der Marel, Roeland P.; Bell, Eric F.; Gallart, Carme; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.; Johnson, L. Clifton; Vivas, A. Katherina; Saha, Abhijit; de Boer, Thomas J. L.; Noël, Noelia E. D.; Monachesi, Antonela; Massana, Pol; Conn, Blair C.; Martinez-Delgado, David; Muñoz, Ricardo R.; Stringfellow, Guy S.
10/2018 ApJ 866, 90


Prudil, Z.; Grebel, E. K.; Dékány, I.; Smolec, R.
10/2018 MNRAS 480, 669


Buck, Tobias; Ness, Melissa K.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Obreja, Aura; Dutton, Aaron A.
07/2018 ApJ 861, 88


Sollima, A.; Martínez Delgado, D.; Muñoz, R. R.; Carballo-Bello, J. A.; Valls-Gabaud, D.; Grebel, E. K.; Santana, F. A.; Côté, P.; Djorgovski, S. G.
06/2018 MNRAS 476, 4814


Li, T. S.; Simon, J. D.; Pace, A. B.; Torrealba, G.; Kuehn, K.; Drlica-Wagner, A.; Bechtol, K.; Vivas, A. K.; van der Marel, R. P.; Wood, M.; Yanny, B.; Belokurov, V.; Jethwa, P.; Zucker, D. B.; Lewis, G.; Kron, R.; Nidever, D. L.; Sánchez-Conde, M. A.; Ji, A. P.; Conn, B. C.; James, D. J.; Martin, N. F.; Martinez-Delgado, D.; Noël, N. E. D.; MagLiteS Collaboration
04/2018 ApJ 857, 145


Carballo-Bello, J. A.; Corral-Santana, J. M.; Catelan, M.; Martínez-Delgado, D.; Muñoz, R. R.; Sollima, A.; Navarrete, C.; Duffau, S.; Côté, P.; Mora, M. D.
03/2018 MNRAS 474, 4766


Carballo-Bello, Julio A.; Martínez-Delgado, David; Navarrete, Camila; Catelan, Márcio; Muñoz, Ricardo R.; Antoja, Teresa; Sollima, Antonio
02/2018 MNRAS 474, 683


Arrigoni Battaia, Fabrizio; Prochaska, J. Xavier; Hennawi, Joseph F.; Obreja, Aura; Buck, Tobias; Cantalupo, Sebastiano; Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.
01/2018 MNRAS 473, 3907


Frings, Jonas; Macciò, Andrea; Buck, Tobias; Penzo, Camilla; Dutton, Aaron; Blank, Marvin; Obreja, Aura
12/2017 MNRAS 472, 3378


Macciò, Andrea V.; Frings, Jonas; Buck, Tobias; Penzo, Camilla; Dutton, Aaron A.; Blank, Marvin; Obreja, Aura
12/2017 MNRAS 472, 2356


Nidever, David L.; Olsen, Knut; Walker, Alistair R.; Vivas, A. Katherina; Blum, Robert D.; Kaleida, Catherine; Choi, Yumi; Conn, Blair C.; Gruendl, Robert A.; Bell, Eric F.; Besla, Gurtina; Muñoz, Ricardo R.; Gallart, Carme; Martin, Nicolas F.; Olszewski, Edward W.; Saha, Abhijit; Monachesi, Antonela; Monelli, Matteo; de Boer, Thomas J. L.; Johnson, L. Clifton; Zaritsky, Dennis; Stringfellow, Guy S.; van der Marel, Roeland P.; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.; Jin, Shoko; Majewski, Steven R.; Martinez-Delgado, David; Monteagudo, Lara; Noël, Noelia E. D.; Bernard, Edouard J.; Kunder, Andrea; Chu, You-Hua; Bell, Cameron P. M.; Santana, Felipe; Frechem, Joshua; Medina, Gustavo E.; Parkash, Vaishali; Serón Navarrete, J. C.; Hayes, Christian
11/2017 AJ 154, 199


Moetazedian, R.; Polyachenko, E. V.; Berczik, P.; Just, A.
08/2017 A&A 604, A75


Buck, Tobias; Macciò, Andrea V.; Obreja, Aura; Dutton, Aaron A.; Domínguez-Tenreiro, Rosa; Granato, Gian Luigi
07/2017 MNRAS 468, 3628


Pieres, A.; Santiago, B. X.; Drlica-Wagner, A.; Bechtol, K.; Marel, R. P. van der; Besla, G.; Martin, N. F.; Belokurov, V.; Gallart, C.; Martinez-Delgado, D.; Marshall, J.; Nöel, N. E. D.; Majewski, S. R.; Cioni, M.-R. L.; Li, T. S.; Hartley, W.; Luque, E.; Conn, B. C.; Walker, A. R.; Balbinot, E.; Stringfellow, G. S.; Olsen, K. A. G.; Nidever, D.; da Costa, L. N.; Ogando, R.; Maia, M.; Neto, A. Fausti; Abbott, T. M. C.; Abdalla, F. B.; Allam, S.; Annis, J.; Benoit-Lévy, A.; Rosell, A. Carnero; Kind, M. Carrasco; Carretero, J.; Cunha, C. E.; D'Andrea, C. B.; Desai, S.; Diehl, H. T.; Doel, P.; Flaugher, B.; Fosalba, P.; García-Bellido, J.; Gruen, D.; Gruendl, R. A.; Gschwend, J.; Gutierrez, G.; Honscheid, K.; James, D.; Kuehn, K.; Kuropatkin, N.; Menanteau, F.; Miquel, R.; Plazas, A. A.; Romer, A. K.; Sako, M.; Sanchez, E.; Scarpine, V.; Schubnell, M.; Sevilla-Noarbe, I.; Smith, R. C.; Soares-Santos, M.; Sobreira, F.; Suchyta, E.; Swanson, M. E. C.; Tarle, G.; Tucker, D. L.; Wester, W.
06/2017 MNRAS 468, 1349


Carballo-Bello, J. A.; Corral-Santana, J. M.; Martínez-Delgado, D.; Sollima, A.; Muñoz, R. R.; Côté, P.; Duffau, S.; Catelan, M.; Grebel, E. K.
05/2017 MNRAS 467, L91


Martin, Nicolas F.; Jungbluth, Valentin; Nidever, David L.; Bell, Eric F.; Besla, Gurtina; Blum, Robert D.; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.; Conn, Blair C.; Kaleida, Catherine C.; Gallart, Carme; Jin, Shoko; Majewski, Steven R.; Martinez-Delgado, David; Monachesi, Antonela; Muñoz, Ricardo R.; Noël, Noelia E. D.; Olsen, Knut; Stringfellow, Guy S.; van der Marel, Roeland P.; Vivas, A. Katherina; Walker, Alistair R.; Zaritsky, Dennis
10/2016 ApJ 830, L10


Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dekel, Avishai; Wang, Liang; Stinson, Gregory; Obreja, Aura; Di Cintio, Arianna; Brook, Chris; Buck, Tobias; Kang, Xi
09/2016 MNRAS 461, 2658


Penzo, Camilla; Macciò, Andrea V.; Baldi, Marco; Casarini, Luciano; Oñorbe, Jose; Dutton, Aaron A.
09/2016 MNRAS 461, 2490


Voggel, Karina; Hilker, Michael; Baumgardt, Holger; Collins, Michelle L. M.; Grebel, Eva K.; Husemann, Bernd; Richtler, Tom; Frank, Matthias J.
08/2016 MNRAS 460, 3384


Buck, Tobias; Dutton, Aaron A.; Macciò, Andrea V.
08/2016 MNRAS 460, 4348


Moetazedian, R.; Just, A.
07/2016 MNRAS 459, 2905


Besla, Gurtina; Martínez-Delgado, David; van der Marel, Roeland P.; Beletsky, Yuri; Seibert, Mark; Schlafly, Edward F.; Grebel, Eva K.; Neyer, Fabian
07/2016 ApJ 825, 20


Vickers, John J.; Röser, Siegfried; Grebel, Eva K.
04/2016 AJ 151, 99


Javanmardi, B.; Martinez-Delgado, D.; Kroupa, P.; Henkel, C.; Crawford, K.; Teuwen, K.; Gabany, R. J.; Hanson, M.; Chonis, T. S.; Neyer, F.
04/2016 A&A 588, A89


Tollet, Edouard; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dutton, Aaron A.; Stinson, Greg S.; Wang, Liang; Penzo, Camilla; Gutcke, Thales A.; Buck, Tobias; Kang, Xi; Brook, Chris; Di Cintio, Arianna; Keller, Ben W.; Wadsley, James
03/2016 MNRAS 456, 3542


Huxor, A. P.; Grebel, E. K.
11/2015 MNRAS 453, 2653


Buck, Tobias; Macciò, Andrea V.; Dutton, Aaron A.
08/2015 ApJ 809, 49


Macciò, Andrea V.; Mainini, Roberto; Penzo, Camilla; Bonometto, Silvio A.
10/2015 MNRAS 453, 1371


Vickers, John J.; Smith, Martin C.; Grebel, Eva K.
09/2015 AJ 150, 77


Zinchenko, Igor A.; Berczik, Peter; Grebel, Eva K.; Pilyugin, Leonid S.; Just, Andreas
06/2015 ApJ 806, 267


Martin, Nicolas F.; Nidever, David L.; Besla, Gurtina; Olsen, Knut; Walker, Alistair R.; Vivas, A. Katherina; Gruendl, Robert A.; Kaleida, Catherine C.; Muñoz, Ricardo R.; Blum, Robert D.; Saha, Abhijit; Conn, Blair C.; Bell, Eric F.; Chu, You-Hua; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.; de Boer, Thomas J. L.; Gallart, Carme; Jin, Shoko; Kunder, Andrea; Majewski, Steven R.; Martinez-Delgado, David; Monachesi, Antonela; Monelli, Matteo; Monteagudo, Lara; Noël, Noelia E. D.; Olszewski, Edward W.; Stringfellow, Guy S.; van der Marel, Roeland P.; Zaritsky, Dennis
05/2015 ApJ 804, L5


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