Astrophysical: Local Group

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    The MAGellanic Inter-Cloud (MAGIC) project - II. Slicing up the Bridge
    The origin of the gas in between the Magellanic Clouds (MCs), known as the Magellanic Bridge, has always been the subject of controversy. To shed light into...
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    The Magellanic Inter-Cloud Project (MAGIC) III: first spectroscopic evidence of a dwarf stripping a dwarf
    The Magellanic Bridge (MB) is a gaseous stream that links the Large (LMC) and Small (SMC) Magellanic Clouds. Current simulations suggest that the MB forms from...
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    The MAGellanic Inter-Cloud Project (MAGIC). I. Evidence for Intermediate-age Stellar Populations in between the Magellanic Clouds
    The origin of the gas in between the Magellanic Clouds (MCs)—known as the "Magellanic Bridge" (MB)—is puzzling. Numerical simulations suggest that the MB formed...
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    The Missing Satellites of the Magellanic Clouds? Gaia Proper Motions of the Recently Discovered Ultra-faint Galaxies
    According to LCDM theory, hierarchical evolution occurs on all mass scales, implying that satellites of the Milky Way should also have companions. The recent...
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    The molecular gas mass of M 33
    Do some environments favor efficient conversion of molecular gas into stars? To answer this, we need to be able to estimate the H2 mass. Traditionally, this is...
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    The nature and origin of substructure in the outskirts of M31 - II. Detailed star formation histories
    While wide-field surveys of M31 have revealed much substructure at large radii, understanding the nature and origin of this material is not straightforward from...
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    The NIR Ca ii triplet at low metallicity. Searching for extremely low-metallicity stars in classical dwarf galaxies
    The NIR Ca ii triplet absorption lines have proven to be an important tool for quantitative spectroscopy of individual red giant branch stars in the Local Group...
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    The Orbit and Origin of the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Segue 1
    We present the first proper motion measurement for an ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy, Segue 1, using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the...
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    The PAndAS View of the Andromeda Satellite System. III. Dwarf Galaxy Detection Limits
    We determine the detection limits of the search for dwarf galaxies in the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS) using the algorithm developed by the...