Outputs (11)

The evolution of the stellar mass versus halo mass relationship (2015)
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Mitchell, P. D., Lacey, C. G., Baugh, C. M., & Cole, S. (2016). The evolution of the stellar mass versus halo mass relationship. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2), 1459-1483. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2741

We present an analysis of the predictions made by the GALFORM semi-analytic galaxy formation model for the evolution of the relationship between stellar mass and halo mass. We show that for the standard implementations of supernova feedback and gas r... Read More about The evolution of the stellar mass versus halo mass relationship.

The orbital PDF: the dynamical state of Milky Way sized haloes and the intrinsic uncertainty in the determination of their masses (2015)
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Han, J., Wang, W., Cole, S., & Frenk, C. S. (2016). The orbital PDF: the dynamical state of Milky Way sized haloes and the intrinsic uncertainty in the determination of their masses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(1), 1017-1029. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2522

Using realistic cosmological simulations of Milky Way sized haloes, we study their dynamical state and the accuracy of inferring their mass profiles with steady-state models of dynamical tracers. We use a new method that describes the phase-space dis... Read More about The orbital PDF: the dynamical state of Milky Way sized haloes and the intrinsic uncertainty in the determination of their masses.

The orbital PDF: general inference of the gravitational potential from steady-state tracers (2015)
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Han, J., Wang, W., Cole, S., & Frenk, C. S. (2016). The orbital PDF: general inference of the gravitational potential from steady-state tracers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(1), 1003-1016. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2707

We develop two general methods to infer the gravitational potential of a system using steady-state tracers, i.e. tracers with a time-independent phase-space distribution. Combined with the phase-space continuity equation, the time independence implie... Read More about The orbital PDF: general inference of the gravitational potential from steady-state tracers.

Formation of in situ stellar haloes in Milky Way-mass galaxies (2015)
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Cooper, A. P., Parry, O. H., Lowing, B., Cole, S., & Frenk, C. (2015). Formation of in situ stellar haloes in Milky Way-mass galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(3), 3185-3199. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2057

We study the formation of stellar haloes in three Milky Way-mass galaxies using cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations, focusing on the subset of halo stars that form in situ, as opposed to those accreted from satellites. In situ st... Read More about Formation of in situ stellar haloes in Milky Way-mass galaxies.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): projected galaxy clustering (2015)
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Farrow, D., Cole, S., Norberg, P., Metcalfe, N., Baldry, I., Bland-Hawthorn, J., …Sridhar, S. (2015). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): projected galaxy clustering. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(2), 2120-2145. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2075

We measure the projected two-point correlation function of galaxies in the 180 deg2 equatorial regions of the GAMA II survey, for four different redshift slices between z = 0.0 and 0.5. To do this, we further develop the Cole method of producing suit... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): projected galaxy clustering.

Erratum: Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers (2015)
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Wang, W., Han, J., Cooper, A., Cole, S., Frenk, C., & Lowing, B. (2016). Erratum: Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2535

Our paper ‘Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers’ published in MNRAS, 2015, 453, 377 contained typographic errors in equations (12) and (6) as detailed below. Our code used the correct expressions in both cases... Read More about Erratum: Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers.

Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, W., Han, J., Cooper, A. P., Cole, S., Frenk, C., & Lowing, B. (2015). Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(1), 377-400. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1647

The mass of the dark matter halo of the Milky Way can be estimated by fitting analytical models to the phase-space distribution of dynamical tracers. We test this approach using realistic mock stellar haloes constructed from the Aquarius N-body simul... Read More about Estimating the dark matter halo mass of our Milky Way using dynamical tracers.

Optical confirmation and redshift estimation of the Planck cluster candidates overlapping the Pan-STARRS Survey (2015)
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Liu, J., Hennig, C., Desai, S., Hoyle, B., Koppenhoefer, J., Mohr, J., …Waters, C. (2015). Optical confirmation and redshift estimation of the Planck cluster candidates overlapping the Pan-STARRS Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(4), 3370-3380. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv458

We report results of a study of Planck Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect selected galaxy cluster candidates using the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) imaging data. We first examine 150 Planck-confirmed galaxy clusters with spe... Read More about Optical confirmation and redshift estimation of the Planck cluster candidates overlapping the Pan-STARRS Survey.

Detection of a supervoid aligned with the cold spot of the cosmic microwave background (2015)
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Szapudi, I., Kovács, A., Granett, B., Frei, Z., Silk, J., Burgett, W., …Wainscoat, R. (2015). Detection of a supervoid aligned with the cold spot of the cosmic microwave background. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(1), 288-294. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv488

We use the WISE-2MASS infrared galaxy catalogue matched with Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) galaxies to search for a supervoid in the direction of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) cold spot (CS). Our imaging catalogue has median redshift z ≃ 0.14, and we obt... Read More about Detection of a supervoid aligned with the cold spot of the cosmic microwave background.

Orbital parameters of infalling satellite haloes in the hierarchical ΛCDM model (2015)
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Jiang, L., Cole, S., Sawala, T., & Frenk, C. (2015). Orbital parameters of infalling satellite haloes in the hierarchical ΛCDM model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(2), 1674-1686. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv053

We present distributions of orbital parameters of infalling satellites of Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) haloes in the mass range 1012–1014 M⊙, which represent the initial conditions for the subsequent evolution of substructures within the host halo. We u... Read More about Orbital parameters of infalling satellite haloes in the hierarchical ΛCDM model.