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


NGC 147, NGC 185 and Cass II: a genetic approach to orbital properties, star formation and tidal debris

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


The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XIX. Tomography of Milky Way substructures in the NGVS footprint

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


Toward Precision Photometry for the ELT Era: The Double Subgiant Branch of NGC 1851 Observed with the Gemini/GeMS MCAO System

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


The Nature and Origin of Substructure in the Outskirts of M31 – II. Detailed Star Formation Histories

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


Delayed star formation in isolated dwarf galaxies: HST star formation history of the Aquarius dwarf irregular

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


The PAndAS Field of Streams: stellar structures in the Milky Way halo towards Andromeda and Triangulum

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


The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey - Infrared (NGVS-IR): A new near- UV/optical/near-IR globular cluster selection tool

Munoz, R., et al. (including McConnachie, A.W.), 2014, ApJS, 210, 4


The large scale structure of the halo of the Andromeda Galaxy Part 1: Global stellar density, morphology and metallicity properties

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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