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We use the integral-field spectrograph SAURON to measure the stellar line-of-sight velocity distribution and absorption line strengths out to four effective radii (Re) in the early-type galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 821. With our newly…

Galactic rotation curves are crucial for understanding the distribution of mass in galaxies. Despite advances in precision observations, there are discrepancies between the inferred mass from luminosity and the observed rotational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-05 Gabriela Garcia-Arroyo , Isidro Gómez-Vargas , J. Alberto Vázquez

We introduce an adaptable kinematic modelling tool called ROHSA-SNAPD, "Spatially Non-parametric Approach to PSF Deconvolution using ROHSA". ROHSA-SNAPD utilises kinematic regularisation to forward model the intrinsic emission-line flux and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-22 Isaac Kanowski , Emily Wisnioski , J. Trevor Mendel , Antoine Marchal , Takafumi Tsukui

We have developed a simple yet surprisingly accurate analytic scheme for tracking the dynamical evolution of substructure within larger dark halos. The scheme incorporates the effects of dynamical friction, tidal mass loss and tidal heating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. E. Taylor , Arif Babul

We summarise the results and achievements of integral-field spectroscopy of early-type galaxies, observed as part of a survey using both the SAURON and OASIS spectrographs. From the perspective of integral-field spectroscopy, these…

The basic ingredients of models for the internal dynamics of globular clusters are reviewed, with an emphasis on the description of equilibrium configurations. The development of progressive complexity in the models is traced, concentrating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dean E. McLaughlin

This paper is part of a program that aims to understand the connection between the emergence of chaotic behaviour in dynamical systems in relation with the multi-valuedness of the solutions as functions of complex time $\tau$. In this work…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-04-13 Yuri N. Fedorov , David Gomez-Ullate

We present here a model for simulating the panchromatic spectral energy distribution of galaxies, which aims to be a complete tool to study the complex multi-wavelength picture of the universe. The model take into account all important…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Panuzzo , L. Silva , G. L. Granato , A. Bressan , O. Vega

Galaxies can be described by features of their optical spectra such as oxygen emission lines, or morphological features such as spiral arms. Although spectroscopy provides a rich description of the physical processes that govern galaxy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-01 John F. Wu , J. E. G. Peek

Characterization of uncooperative Resident Space Objects (RSO) play a crucial role in On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions to assess the geometry and motion properties. To address the challenges of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Bala Prenith Reddy Gopu , Timothy Jacob Huber , George M. Nehma , Patrick Quinn , Madhur Tiwari , Matt Ueckermann , David Hinckley , Christopher McKenna

Determining the dynamical mass profiles of dispersion-supported galaxies is particularly challenging due to projection effects and the unknown shape of their velocity anisotropy profile. Our goal is to develop a machine learning algorithm…

Knowing the conserved quantities that a galaxy's stellar orbits conform to is important in helping us understand the stellar distribution and structures within the galaxy. Isolating integrals of motion and resonances are particularly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-10 Richard J. Long , Shude Mao , Yougang Wang

Context. Dynamically self-consistent galactic models are necessary for analysing and interpreting star counts, stellar density distributions, and stellar kinematics in order to understand the formation and the evolution of our Galaxy. Aims.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-12 Olivier Bienaymé , Jérome Leca , Annie C. Robin

We detail an innovative new technique for measuring the 2-D velocity moments (rotation velocity, velocity dispersion and Gauss-Hermite coefficients h$_3$ and h$_4$) of the stellar populations of galaxy halos using spectra from Keck DEIMOS…

(Abridged) We present observations of the stellar and gas kinematics for a representative sample of 24 Sa galaxies obtained with our custom-built integral-field spectrograph SAURON operating on the William Herschel Telescope. Our maps…

Dwarf elliptical galaxies (dEs) are the most common galaxy type in nearby galaxy clusters; even so, many of their basic properties have yet to be quantified. Here we present the results of our study of 4 Virgo dwarf ellipticals obtained…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Agnieszka Ryś , Jesús Falcón-Barroso

We present a 3D Bayesian method to model the kinematics of strongly lensed galaxies from spatially-resolved emission-line observations. This technique enables us to simultaneously recover the lens-mass distribution and the source kinematics…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-21 Francesca Rizzo , Simona Vegetti , Filippo Fraternali , Enrico Di Teodoro

We introduce a neural approach to dynamical modeling of galaxies that replaces traditional imaging-based deprojections with a differentiable mapping. Specifically, we train a neural network to translate Nuker profile parameters into…

The status of kinematic observations in Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) is reviewed. Various approaches to the dynamical modelling of these data are discussed and some general features of dSph dark matter haloes based on…

Deconvolution of astronomical images is a key aspect of recovering the intrinsic properties of celestial objects, especially when considering ground-based observations. This paper explores the use of diffusion models (DMs) and the Diffusion…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Alessio Spagnoletti , Alexandre Boucaud , Marc Huertas-Company , Wassim Kabalan , Biswajit Biswas