scholarly journals APOGEE: A high resolution SDSS-III H-band survey of the Milky Way

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Shetrone ◽  
Jim Lawler ◽  
Ricardo Schiavon ◽  
Steve Majewski ◽  
Fred Hearty ◽  
...  
1983 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
E. Brinks

The first results of a new high resolution 21-cm HI line survey of M31 made with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope are presented. Five areas were mapped, covering the galaxy except for the extreme northern and southern parts, at a resolution of δα × δδ × δV = 24″ × 36″ × 3.2 km s−1. The spatial resolution corresponds to 30 × 120 pc at the distance of M31. This is of the same order as the resolution at the distance of the center or our own galaxy given by a 25-m dish. Consequently the M31 survey is comparable to surveys of the Milky Way galaxy in wealth of detail as well as in amount of data (∼ 1 Gigabyte).


1993 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Albert ◽  
J. C. Blades ◽  
D. C. Morton ◽  
Felix J. Lockman ◽  
M. Proulx ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 205-206
Author(s):  
S. Kimeswenger ◽  
W. Schlosser ◽  
K. J. Seidensticker ◽  
B. Hoffmann ◽  
Th. Schmidt-Kaler

During the last two decades, many attempts were made to determine the global parameters of the Galaxy and to compare the Galaxy to other galaxies (Schmidt-Kaler and Schlosser 1973; de Vaucouleurs and Pence 1978; Gilmore 1984; van der Kruit 1986). While most of these investigations are based on star counts, a detailed overall study by surface photometry, because of the lack of homogeneous high-resolution data, is rare. The last attempt by van der Kruit (1986), based on Pioneer 10 data, suffered from low resolution. The great number of individual structures at low and even intermediate latitudes could not be recognized. Our work (B-band, Hoffmann et al. 1989, this volume; V-band, Schlosser, Schmidt-Kaler, and Schneider 1989; U-Band and R-band photometry, in preparation) provides this homogeneous high-resolution data.


2020 ◽  
Vol 635 ◽  
pp. A166
Author(s):  
S. J. Curran

By including the most recent observations of H I 21-cm absorption through nearby galactic discs, we confirm our previous assertion that there is an anti-correlation between the abundance of cool neutral atomic gas and impact parameter. In comparing the measured neutral hydrogen column densities of the sample with the absorption strength, we find a peak in the mean spin temperature of ⟨Tspin/f ⟩ ≈ 2310 K at an impact parameter of ρ ≈ 14 kpc, with ⟨Tspin/f ⟩≳1000 K in the remainder of the disc. This is significantly different to the spin temperature distribution in the Milky Way, which exhibits a constant ≈250 − 400 K over ρ = 8 − 25 kpc. The measured column densities may, however, suffer from beam dilution, which we show appears to be the case for the observations of H I 21-cm emission in which the beam subtends radii of ≳10 kpc. We therefore applied the column density profile of the Milky Way, in addition to the mean of the sample, observed at sufficiently high resolution, and the mean profile for the nearby ∼1012 M⊙ galaxies in the IllustrisTNG simulations. All of the models yield a peak in the mean spin temperature at similar impact parameters (r ≈ 10 − 15 kpc) as the measured column densities. These radii are similar to those of the spiral arms where H II regions are often concentrated. We therefore suggest that the elevated spin temperatures trace the H II regions observed in the outer disc of many spiral galaxies.


2019 ◽  
Vol 630 ◽  
pp. A140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatella Romano ◽  
Francesco Calura ◽  
Annibale D’Ercole ◽  
C. Gareth Few

Context. The faintest Local Group galaxies found lurking in and around the Milky Way halo provide a unique test bed for theories of structure formation and evolution on small scales. Deep Subaru and Hubble Space Telescope photometry demonstrates that the stellar populations of these galaxies are old and that the star formation activity did not last longer than 2 Gyr in these systems. A few mechanisms that may lead to such a rapid quenching have been investigated by means of hydrodynamic simulations, but these have not provided any final assessment so far. Aims. This is the first in a series of papers aimed at analyzing the roles of stellar feedback, ram pressure stripping, host-satellite tidal interactions, and reionization in cleaning the lowest mass Milky Way companions of their cold gas using high-resolution, three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations. Methods. We simulated an isolated ultrafaint dwarf galaxy loosely modeled after Boötes I, and examined whether or not stellar feedback alone could drive a substantial fraction of the ambient gas out from the shallow potential well. Results. In contrast to simple analytical estimates, but in agreement with previous hydrodynamical studies, we find that most of the cold gas reservoir is retained. Conversely, a significant amount of the metal-enriched stellar ejecta crosses the boundaries of the computational box with velocities exceeding the local escape velocity and is, thus, likely lost from the system. Conclusions. Although the total energy output from multiple supernova explosions exceeds the binding energy of the gas, no galactic-scale outflow develops in our simulations and as such, most of the ambient medium remains trapped within the weak potential well of the model galaxy. It seems thus unavoidable that to explain the dearth of gas in ultrafaint dwarf galaxies, we will have to resort to environmental effects. This will be the subject of a forthcoming paper.


1999 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 529-534
Author(s):  
S. V. Ramírez ◽  
K. Sellgren ◽  
D. M. Terndrup ◽  
J. S. Carr ◽  
S. Balachandran ◽  
...  

We are measuring Fe abundances of cool, luminous stars within 30 pc of the center of the Milky Way. Our sample contains both AGB stars and M supergiants. Low-resolution (λ/Δλ = 500) H and K band spectra are used to estimate temperatures and gravities. Stellar Fe abundances are determined from high-resolution (λ/Δλ = 40 000) K band spectra obtained on the IRTF using CSHELL. We find that Fe abundances of stars in the Galactic Center are consistent with the solar Fe abundance.


2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Mastropietro ◽  
Andreas Burkert ◽  
Ben Moore

AbstractWe use high-resolution n-body/SPH simulations to study the hydrodynamical interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the hot halo of the Milky Way. We investigate whether the ram-pressure acting on the gaseous disk of the satellite can explain the peculiarities observed in the Hidistribution and the location of the recent star formation activity.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (29) ◽  
pp. 2291-2305 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCEL ZEMP

We review results from recent high resolution cosmological structure formation simulations, namely the Via Lactea I & II and GHALO projects. These simulations study the formation of Milky Way sized objects within a cosmological framework. We discuss the general properties of cold dark matter halos at redshift z = 0 and focus on new insights into the structure of halos we got due to the unprecedented high resolution in these simulations.


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