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Dwarf Galaxies and Galaxy Formation
Valerie Bick
University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Mentor: Constance Rockosi
Home Institution: California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo
Image courtesy of Hope.co.nz
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Outline
• Structure of a Disk Galaxy• The Theorists Prediction• The Project • Data Collection & Analysis• Simulation• Calculations• Results• Future Project
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Bulge
Halo
Disk
Image courtesy of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Structure of a Disk GalaxyLike the Milky Way
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The Theorists Prediction4
• Theorists predict Milky Way partially formed by dwarf galaxies
• Dwarf galaxies interact with gravitational potential of Milky Way and are pulled apart, yet stars maintain the same average Doppler velocity
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Our Project
Image courtesy of the SDSS
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Data Collection6
• Retrieved data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey/SkyServer
• Stars with all same absolute magnitude
fainter stars = farther away
• Split data into fainter and brighter stars
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Simulation7
Significance Bars
Error
Bars
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Calculations
• Red bars: uncertainty in each bin = √(number of objects in each bin, for the model)
• Significance calculation: - Ratio: amount of data outside model
uncertainty- Significance calc: √((data – model)²)/√(model)
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Results
• Peaks ≥ 10% of the total data are robustly detectable
• As the percentage increases, the peaks are easier to detect
• Test sensitivity could be improved if fit model independently of data
• Model is equally sensitive to half-max peaks and center peaks
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Conclusions & Future• Expand our method:
– Implement model independent of data
– Apply to entire data set & check curve fit
– Optimize the amount of data and bin size
• Use the results to answer the ultimate question: did dwarf galaxies contribute to the formation of the galaxy’s disk?
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Many Thanks To…
Connie Rockosi
Lynne Raschke
Hilary O’Bryan
The Center for Adaptive Optics
Funding provided through the Center for Adaptive Optics, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC), AST-987683.
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