Publications
Publications
2016
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. The luminosity and mass function of galaxies in the core of the Virgo Cluster and the contribution from disrupted satellites
Ferrarese, L., Cote, P., Sanchez-Janssen, R., Roediger, J., McConnachie, A.W., et al., 2016, ApJ, submitted
Major substructure in the M31 outer halo: distances and metallicities along the Giant Stellar Stream
Conn, A.R., McMonigal, B., Lewis, G.F., Bate, N.F., Ibata, R.A., Martin, N.F., McConnachie, A.W., Ferguson, A.M.N., Irwin, M.J. Elahi, P.J., Venn, K.A., Mackey, A.D., 2016, MNRAS, submitted
Solo Dwarfs I: Survey introduction and first results for the Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy
Higgs, C.R., McConnachie, A.W., Irwin, M., Bate, N.F., Lewis, G.F., Walker, M.G., Cote, P., Venn, K., Battaglia, G., 2016, MNRAS, in press
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. VII. The intrinsic shapes of low luminosity galaxies in the core of the Virgo cluster, and a comparison with the Local Group
Sanchez-Janssen, R., et. al. (including McConnachie, A.W.), 2016, ApJ, in press
The extended star formation of the low mass dwarf spheroidal galaxy Andromeda XVI
Monelli, M, et. al. (including McConnachie, A.W.), MNRAS, 2016, in press
Arias, V., Guglielmo, M., Fernando, N., Lewis, G.F., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bate, N.F., Conn, A., Irwin, M.J., Ferguson, A.M.N., Ibata, R., McConnachie, A.W., Martin, N., 2016, MNRAS, 456, 1654
Lokhorst, D., Starkenburg, E., McConnachie, A.W., Navarro, J.,, Ferrarese, L., C{\^o}t{\'e}, Liu, C., Peng, E., Gwyn, S., Cuillandre, J.-C., 2016, ApJ, in press
GeMS MCAO observations of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 2808: the absolute age
Massari, D., Fiorentino, G., McConnachie, A.W., Bono, G., Dall’Ora, M., Ferraro, I., Iannicola, G., Stetson, P.B., Turri, P., Tolstoy, E., 2016, A&A, in press
Major substructure in the M31 outer halo: the East Cloud
McMonigal, B., Bate, N.F., Conn, A.R., Mackey, A.D., Lewis, G.F., Irwin, M.J., Martin, N.F., McConnachie, A.W., Ferguson, A.M.N., Ibata, R.A., Huxor, A.P., 2016, MNRAS, 456, 405
2015
The red extended structure of IC10, the nearest blue compact galaxy
Gerbrandt, S., McConnachie, A.W., Irwin, M., MNRAS, 2015, in press
Turri, P., McConnachie, A.W., Stetson, P.B., Fiorentino, G., Andersen, D.R., Bono, G., 2015, ApJL, 811, L15
The Spatially-Resolved Star Formation History of the M31 Outer Disc
Bernard, E., Ferguson, A.M.N., Chapman, S.C., Ibata, R.A., Irwin, M.J., Lewis, G.F., McConnachie, A.W., 2015, MNRAS, in press
Galactic Tides and the Shape and Orientation of Dwarf Galaxy Satellites
Barber, C., Starkenburg, E., Navarro, J., McConnachie, A.W., 2015, MNRAS, 447, 1116
Bernard, E., Ferguson, A., Richardson, J., Irwin, M., Barker, M., Hidalgo, S., Aparicio, A., Chapman, S., Ibata, R., Lewis, G., McConnachie, A.W., Tanvir, N., 2015, MNRAS, 446, 2789
Comparing the dwarf galaxies on and off the Andromeda Plane
Collins, M., Martin, N., Rich, R.M., Ibata, R., Chapman, S., McConnachie, A.W., Ferguson, A., Irwin, M., Lewis, G., 2015, ApJL, in press
2014
A PAndAS view of M31 dwarf elliptical satellites: NGC147 and NGC185
Crnojevic, D., Ferguson, A., Irwin, M., McConnachie, A.W., Bernard, E., Fardal, M., Lewis, G., Martin, N., Navarro, J., Noel., N., Pasetto, S., 2014, MNRAS, 445, 3862
Accretion in action: phase space coherence of stellar debris and globular clusters in Andromeda’s South-West Cloud
Mackey, A.D., Lewis, G.F., Collins, M., Bate, N., Ibata, R., Martin, N., Chapman, S., Conn, A., Elahi, P., Ferguson, A., Huxor, A., Irwin, M., McConnachie, A.W., McMonigal, B., Penarrubia, J., Veljanoski, J., 2014, MNRAS, 445, 89
Sailing under the Magellanic Clouds: A DECam View of the Carina Dwarf
McMonigal, B., Bate, N., Lewis, G., Irwin, M., Battaglia, G., Ibata, R., Martin, N., McConnachie, A.W., Gugliemo, M., Conn, A., 2014, MNRAS, 444, 3139
Cole, A., Weisz, D.R., Dolphin, A., Skillman, E., McConnachie, A.W., Brooks, A., Leaman, R., ApJ, 2014, 795, 54
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey VIII. The spatial distribution of globular clus- ters in the Virgo Cluster
Durrell, P., et al. (including McConnachie, A.W.), 2014, ApJ, 794, 103
A dynamical model of the local cosmic expansion
Penarrubia, J., Ma, Y.-Z., Walker, M., McConnachie, A.W., 2014, MNRAS, 443, 2204
The outer halo globular cluster system of M31 II. Kinematics
Veljanoski, J., Mackey, A.D., Ferguson, A.M.N., Huxor, A., Coˆt ́e, P., Irwin, M.J., Tanvir, N., Penarrubia, J., Bernard, E.J., Fardal, M., Martin, N.F., McConnachie, A.W., Lewis, G.F., Chapman, S.C., Ibata, R.A., Babul, A., 2014, MNRAS, 442, 2929
The outer halo globular cluster system of M31 I. The final PAndAS catalogue
Huxor, A., Mackey, A.D., Ferguson, A.M.N., Irwin, M.J., Martin, N.F., Tanvir, N., Vel- janoski, J., McConnachie, A.W., Fishlock, C.K., Ibata, R., Lewis, G.F., 2014, MNRAS, 442, 2165
Comparing M31 and Milky Way satellites: The extended star formation histories of An- dromeda II and Andromeda XVI
Weisz, D., Skillman, E., Hidalgo, S., Monelli, M., Dolphin, A., McConnachie, A.W., et al., 2014, ApJ, 789, 24
Binarity in Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars
Starkenburg, E., Shetrone, M., McConnachie, A.W., Venn, K., 2014, MNRAS, 441, 1217
Martin, N, et al. (including McConnachie, A.W.), 2014, ApJ, 787, 19
The masses of Local Group dwarf spheroidals: not too small after all?
Collins, M.L.M., Chapman, S.C., Rich, R.M., Ibata, R., Martin, N., Irwin, M.J., Bate, N.F., Lewis, G.F., Penarrubia, J., Arimoto, N., Casey, C.M., Ferguson, A.M.N., Koch, A., McConnachie, A.W., Tanvir, N., 2014, ApJ, 783, 7
Major substructure in the M31 outer halo: the South-West Cloud
Bate, N.F., Conn, A.R., McMonigal, B., Lewis, G.F., Martin, N., McConnachie, A.W., Veljanoski, J., Mackey, A.D., Ferguson, A.M.N., Ibata, R., Irwin, M., Fardal, M., Huxor, A, 2014, MNRAS, 437, 3362
The orbital ellipticity of satellite galaxies and the mass of the Milky Way
Barber, C., Starkenburg, E., Navarro, J., McConnachie, A.W., Fattahi, A., 2014, MNRAS, 437, 959
Munoz, R., et al. (including McConnachie, A.W.), 2014, ApJS, 210, 4
Ibata, R.A, Lewis, G.F., McConnachie, A.W., Martin, N.F., Irwin, M.J., Ferguson, A.M.N., Babul, A., Bernard, E., Chapman, S.C., Collins, M., Fardal, M., Mackey, A.D., Navarro, J., Penarrubia, J., Rich, R.M., Tanvir, N., Widrow, L., 2014, ApJ, 780, 128
2013
Newly discovered globular clusters in NGC147 and NGC185 from PAndAS
Veljanoski, J., Ferguson, A.M.N., Huxor, A., Mackey, A.D., Fishlock, C.K., Irwin, M.J., Tanvir, N., Chapman, S.C., Ibata, R.A., Lewis, G.F., McConnachie, A.W., 2013, MNRAS, 435, 3654
The PAndAS view of the Andromeda satellite system - I. A bayesian search for dwarf galaxies using spatial and color-magnitude information
Martin, N., Ibata, R., McConnachie, A.W., Mackey, A.D., Ferguson, A., Irwin, M., Lewis, G., Fardal, M., 2013, ApJ, 776, 80
A peculiar faint satellite in the remote outer halo of M31
Mackey, A.D., Huxor, A., Martin, N., Ferguson, A.M.N., Dotter, A., McConnachie, A.W., Ibata, R., Irwin, M., Lewis, G., Sakari, C., Tanvir, N., Venn, K., 2013, ApJL, 770, 17
Kinematics of outer halo globular clusters in M31
Veljanoski, J., Ferguson, A.M.N., Mackey, A.D., Huxor, A., Irwin, M.J., Cote, P., Tanvir, N., Chapman, S.C., Ibata, R.A., Fardal, M., Lewis, G.F., Martin, N., McConnachie, A.W., Penarrubia, J., 2013, ApJL, 768, 33
A kinematic study of the Andromeda dwarf spheroidal system
Collins, M.L.M., Chapman, S.C., Rich, R.M., Ibata, R., Bate, N.F., Martin, N., Lewis, G.F., Irwin, M.J., Pen ̃arrubia, J., Arimoto, N., Casey, C.M., Ferguson, A.M.N., Koch, A., McConnachie, A.W., Tanvir, N., 2013, ApJ, 768, 172
Galaxy pairs in the Local Group
Fattahi, A., Navarro, J., Starkenburg, E., Barber, C., McConnachie, A.W., 2013, MNRAS, 431L, 73
The comparative chemical evolution of an isolated dwarf galaxy: a VLT and Keck spectroscopic survey of WLM
Leaman, R., Venn, K., Brooks, A., Battaglia, G., Cole, A., Ibata, R., Irwin, M., McConnachie, A.W., Mendel, J.T., Starkenburg, E., Tolstoy, E., 2013, ApJ, 767, 131
The three dimensional structure of the M31 satellite system: strong evidence for an inhomogeneous distribution of satellites
Conn, A., Lewis, G., Ibata, R., Parker, Q., Zucker, D., McConnachie, A.W., & 6 additional co-authors, 2013, ApJ, 766, 120
Dynamics in the satellite system of Triangulum: Is AndXXII a dwarf satellite of M33?
Chapman, S.C., Widrow, L., Collins, M.L.M., Dubinski, J., Ibata, R., Rich, R.M., Ferguson, A.M.N., Irwin, M.J., Lewis, G.F., Martin, N., McConnachie, A.W., Penarrubia, J., Tanvir, N., 2013, MNRAS, 430, 37
Young accreted globular clusters in the outer halo of M31
Mackey, A.D., Huxor, A., Ferguson, A., Irwin, M., Veljanoski, J., McConnachie, A.W., Ibata, R., Lewis, G., Tanvir, N., 2013, MNRAS, 429, 281
A Vast Thin Plane of Co-rotating Dwarf Galaxies Orbiting the Andromeda Galaxy
Ibata, R., Lewis, G.F., Conn, A., Irwin, M.J., McConnachie, A.W., Chapman, S.C., Collins, M.L.M., Ferguson, A.M.N., Ibata, N.G., & 6 additional co-authors, 2013, Nature, 493, 62
Unearthing Foundations of a Cosmic Cathedral: Searching the Stars for M33’s Halo
Cockcroft, R., McConnachie, A.W., Harris, W.E., Ibata, R., Irwin, M.J., Ferguson, A.M.N., Fardal, M.A., Babul, A., Chapman, S.C., Lewis, G.F., Martin, N.F., Puzia, T.H., 2013, MNRAS, 428, 1248
PAndAS in the mist: the stellar and gaseous mass within the halos of M31 and M33
Lewis, G.F., Braun, R., McConnachie, A.W., Irwin, M.J., Ibata, R., Chapman, S.C., Ferguson, A.M.N., Martin, N., & 7 additional co-authors, 2013, ApJ, 763, 4
2012
A bayesian approach to locating the red giant branch tip magnitude (Part II): Distances to the satellites of M31
Conn, A.R., Ibata, R.A., Lewis, G.F., Parker, Q.A., Zucker, D.B., Martin, N.F., McConnachie, A.W., Irwin, M.J., Tanvir, N., Fardal, M.A., Ferguson, A.M.N., Chapman, S.C., Valls-Gabaud, D., 2012, ApJ, 758, 11
The observed properties of dwarf galaxies in and around the Local Group
McConnachie, A.W., 2012, AJ, 144, 4
The structure of star clusters in the outer halo of M31
Tanvir, N.R., Mackey, A.D., Ferguson, A.M.N., Huxor, A., Read, J.I., Lewis, G., Irwin, M.J., Chapman, S., Ibata, R., Wilkinson, M.I., McConnachie, A.W., Martin, N.F., Davies, M.B., Bridges, T.J., 2012, MNRAS, 422, 162
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). I. Introduction to the Survey
Ferrarese, L, Cote, P., Cuillandre, J.-C., Gwyn, S., Peng, E., MacArthur, L., Duc, P.-A., Boselli, A., Mei, S., Erben, T., McConnachie, A.W. & 41 additional co-authors, 2012, ApJS, 200, 4
The recent stellar archaeology of M31 - the nearest red disk galaxy
Davidge, T.J., McConnachie, A.W., Fardal, M.A., Fliri, J., Valls-Gabaud, D., Chap- man, S.C., Lewis, G.F., Rich, R.M., 2012, ApJ, 751, 74
The resolved structure and dynamics of an isolated dwarf galaxy: a VLT and Keck spectroscopic survey of WLM
Leaman, R., Venn, K., Brooks, A., Battaglia, G., Cole, A., Ibata, R., Irwin, M., McConnachie, A.W., Mendel, J.T., Tolstoy, E., 2012, ApJ, 750, 33
The Star Formation History and Dust Content in the Far Outer Disc of M31
Bernard, E.J., Ferguson, A.M.N., Barker, M.K., Chapman, S.C., Ibata, R.A., Irwin, M.J., Lewis, G.F., McConnachie, A.W., 2012, MNRAS, 420, 2625
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