Stellar Archaeology in the Milky Way Halo: Variable Stars and Stellar Populations in the New Milky Way Satellites Discovered by the SDSS

Details Stellar Archaeology in the Milky Way Halo: Variable Stars and Stellar Populations in the New Milky Way Satellites Discovered by the SDSS Stellar Archaeology in the Milky Way Halo: Variable Stars and Stellar Populations in the New Milky Way Satellites Discovered by the SDSS

Sep 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aipc.1170..200r&link_type=abstract

STELLAR PULSATION: CHALLENGES FOR THEORY AND OBSERVATION: Proceedings of the International Conference. AIP Conference Proceedin

Physics

Cepheids, Local Group, Magellanic Clouds, Galaxy Groups, Clusters, And Superclusters, Large Scale Structure Of The Universe

Scientific paper

We present results of a project devoted to the extensive survey of the ultra-faint Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellites recently discovered by the SDSS (Bootes I, Ursa Major II, Coma, Hercules, Canes Venatici I, Canes Venatici II, Leo IV), that we are monitoring for variability using time-series multiband observations collected at a variety of telescopes from the 1.5 to the 4.3 m size, and reaching each galaxy's main sequence turnoff In particular, we present results on the pulsation properties and ``Oosterhoff type'' of the RR Lyrae stars detected in two of the newly discovered dwarf spheroidals, namely Leo IV and Ursa Major II. The variable stars and the stellar populations of these two galaxies are discussed in light of the insight they can provide to reconstruct the star formation history and the merging episodes that led to the early assembly of the Galactic halo.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Stellar Archaeology in the Milky Way Halo: Variable Stars and Stellar Populations in the New Milky Way Satellites Discovered by the SDSS does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Stellar Archaeology in the Milky Way Halo: Variable Stars and Stellar Populations in the New Milky Way Satellites Discovered by the SDSS, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Stellar Archaeology in the Milky Way Halo: Variable Stars and Stellar Populations in the New Milky Way Satellites Discovered by the SDSS will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1271730