The DECam local volume exploration survey: Overview and first data release

A Drlica-Wagner, JL Carlin, DL Nidever… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The DECam Local Volume Exploration survey (DELVE) is a 126-night survey
program on the 4 m Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in …

Proper motions, orbits, and tidal influences of milky way dwarf spheroidal galaxies

AB Pace, D Erkal, TS Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We combine Gaia early data release 3 astrometry with accurate photometry and utilize a
probabilistic mixture model to measure the systemic proper motion of 52 dwarf spheroidal …

Gaia early DR3 systemic motions of Local Group dwarf galaxies and orbital properties with a massive Large Magellanic Cloud

G Battaglia, S Taibi, GF Thomas, TK Fritz - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 - aanda.org
Aims. We perform a comprehensive determination of the systemic proper motions of 74
dwarf galaxies and dwarf galaxy candidates in the Local Group based on Gaia early data …

Milky Way satellite census. I. The observational selection function for Milky Way satellites in DES Y3 and Pan-STARRS DR1

A Drlica-Wagner, K Bechtol, S Mau… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of a systematic search for ultra-faint Milky Way satellite galaxies using
data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and Pan-STARRS1 (PS1). Together, DES and PS1 …

Charting the Galactic Acceleration Field. II. A Global Mass Model of the Milky Way from the STREAMFINDER Atlas of Stellar Streams Detected in Gaia DR3

R Ibata, K Malhan, W Tenachi… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an atlas and follow-up spectroscopic observations of 87 thin stream-like
structures detected with the STREAMFINDER algorithm in Gaia DR3, of which 28 are new …

Milky way satellite census. ii. galaxy–halo connection constraints including the impact of the large magellanic cloud

EO Nadler, RH Wechsler, K Bechtol… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The population of Milky Way (MW) satellites contains the faintest known galaxies
and thus provides essential insight into galaxy formation and dark matter microphysics. Here …

Legacy analysis of dark matter annihilation from the Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies with 14 years of -LAT data

A McDaniel, M Ajello, CM Karwin, M Di Mauro… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The Milky Way dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxies (dSphs) are particularly intriguing targets
to search for gamma rays from weakly interacting massive particle dark matter (DM) …

The discovery of the faintest known Milky Way satellite using UNIONS

SET Smith, W Cerny, CR Hayes, F Sestito… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
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Tucana B: A Potentially Isolated and Quenched Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy at D≈ 1.4 Mpc

DJ Sand, B Mutlu-Pakdil, MG Jones… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of Tucana B, an isolated ultra-faint dwarf galaxy at a distance of D=
1.4 Mpc. Tucana B was found during a search for ultra-faint satellite companions to the …

Six More Ultra-faint Milky Way Companions Discovered in the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey

W Cerny, CE Martínez-Vázquez… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of six ultra-faint Milky Way satellites identified through matched-filter
searches conducted using Dark Energy Camera (DECam) data processed as part of the …