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Galaxies on Sub-Galactic Scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2013

Helmut Jerjen
Helmut Jerjen
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University, Mt. Stromlo Observatory, Weston, ACT 2611,Australia. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has been immensely successful in detecting new Milky Way satellite galaxies over the past seven years. It was instrumental in finding examples of the least luminous galaxies we know in the Universe, uncovering apparent inconsistencies between cold dark matter theory and dwarf galaxy properties, providing first evidence for a possible lower mass limit for dark matter halos in visible galaxies, and reopening the discussion about the building block scenario for the Milky Way halo. Nonetheless, these results are still drawn only from a relatively small number of galaxies distributed over an area covering about 29% of the sky, which leaves us currently with more questions than answers. The study of these extreme stellar systems is a multi-parameter problem: ages, metallicities, star formation histories, dark matter contents, population fractions and spatial distributions must be determined. Progress in the field is discussed and attention drawn to some of the limitations that currently hamper our ability to fully understand the phenomenon of the ‘ultra-faint dwarf galaxy’. In this context, the Stromlo Milky Way Satellite Survey represents a new initiative to systematically search and scrutinize optically elusive Milky Way satellite galaxies in the Southern hemisphere. In doing so, the program aims at investigating some of the challenging questions in stellar evolution, galaxy formation and near-field cosmology.

Keywords

galaxies: dwarfgalaxies: kinematics and dynamicssurveysgalaxies: stellar contentgalaxies: evolutionLocal Groupcosmology: theorydark matterstars: abundances
Type
Research Front: 1. Missing Satellites
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , 2012 , pp. 383 - 394
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2012

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