Dwarf Galaxies Galore: stellar populations of disrupted Milky Way satellites

Unveiling the driving mechanisms behind galaxy growth is one of the main goals of Astrophysics, from the tiniest ultra-faint dwarfs in the Local Group to the most luminous blue galaxies beyond the epoch of reionization. In this thesis, we combine observations of Galactic halo stars from Gaia space m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Limberg, Guilherme
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:teses.usp.br:tde-07032025-172736
Acceso en línea:https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/14/14131/tde-07032025-172736/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Abundâncias químicas
Chemical abundances
Dwarf galaxies
Galáxias anãs
Milky Way dynamics
Milky Way stellar halo
Populações estelares
Population II stars
Stellar populations
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Sumario:Unveiling the driving mechanisms behind galaxy growth is one of the main goals of Astrophysics, from the tiniest ultra-faint dwarfs in the Local Group to the most luminous blue galaxies beyond the epoch of reionization. In this thesis, we combine observations of Galactic halo stars from Gaia space mission and large-scale spectroscopic surveys to study the stellar populations of tidally disrupted dwarf galaxies that merged with the Milky Way during its process of hierarchical assembly. Overall, we cover a stellar mass range of 10^7 < M*/M < 10^9 within a redshift interval of 0.5 < z < 2.0. This thesis compiles papers either published (Limberg et al., 2021a, 2022, 2023, 2024) or submitted during the period of this PhD program (20202024).