Nicolas F. Martin
Nicolas F. Martin
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Königstuhl 17
D-69117 Heidelberg
Germany
martin [at] mpia-hd.mpg.de
Tel: +49 (0)6221 528 453
Fax: +49 (0)6221 528 246
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. Before that, I did my PhD at the Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory under the supervision of Rodrigo Ibata on the search and analysis of stellar structures in the Local Group.
My research revolves around understanding the role of past and present accretions of dwarf galaxies onto the Milky Way and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. I am also involved in the up-coming Pan-STARRS and PAndAS surveys that will provide a deep stellar maps of the Local Group and will reveal yet undetected faint dwarf galaxies and stellar streams produced by currently disrupting or already disrupted dwarf galaxies.
Recent publications
•A spectroscopic survey of EC4, an Extended Cluster in Andromeda’s halo
M. Collins, S. C. Chapman, M. J. Irwin, R. A. Ibata, N. F. Martin, A. M. N. Ferguson, A. Huxor, G. F. Lewis, A. D. Mackey, A. W. McConnachie & N. Tanvir, 2009, MNRAS in press, arXiv:0903.4701
•The signature of Galactic Tides in Local Group Dwarf Spheroidals
J. Peñarrubia, J. F. Navarro, A. W. McConnachie & N. F. Martin, 2009, ApJ, 698, 222
•Kinematic and chemical constraints on the formation of M31’s inner and outer halo
A. Koch, R. M. Rich, D. B. Reitzel, N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata, S. C. Chapman, S. R. Majewski, M. Mori, Y.-S. Loh, J. C. Ostheimer & M. Tanaka, 2008, ApJ, 689, 958
•A trio of new Local Group galaxies with extreme properties
A. W. McConnachie, A. Huxor, N. F. Martin, M. J. Irwin, S. C. Chapman, G. Fahlman, A. M. N. Ferguson, R. A. Ibata, G. F. Lewis, H. Richer & N. R. Tanvir, 2008, ApJ, 688, 1009
•The kinematic footprints of five stellar streams in Andromeda’s halo
S. C. Chapman, R. Ibata, M. Irwin, A. Koch, B. Letarte, N. F. Martin, M. Collins, G. F. Lewis, A. McConnachie, J. Peñarrubia, R. M. Rich, D. Trethewey, A. M. N. Ferguson, A. Huxor & N. Tanvir, 2008, MNRAS, 390, 1437
•The AAT/WFI survey of the Monoceros Ring and Canis Major dwarf galaxy – II. From l=(280–25)º
B. C. Conn, R. R. Lane, G. F. Lewis, M. J. Irwin, R. A. Ibata, N. F. Martin, M. Bellazzini & A. V. Tuntsov, 2008, MNRAS, 390, 1388
•A comprehensive Maximum Likelihood analysis of the structural properties of faint Milky Way satellites
N. F. Martin, J. T. A. de Jong & H.-W. Rix, 2008, ApJ, 684, 1075
•The nucleus of the Sagittarius dSph galaxy and M54: a window on the process of galaxy nucleation
M. Bellazzini, R. A. Ibata, S. C. Chapman, A. D. Mackey, L. Monaco, M. J. Irwin, N. F. Martin, G. F. Lewis & E. Dalessandro, 2008, AJ, 136, 1147
•The Structural Properties and Star Formation History of Leo T from Deep LBT Photometry
J. T. A. de Jong, J. Harris, M. G. Coleman, N. F. Martin et al., 2008, ApJ, 680, 1112
•Numerical Color-Magnitude Diagram Analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data and Application to the New Milky Way Satellites
J. T. A. de Jong, H.-W. Rix, N. F. Martin, D. B. Zucker, A. E. Dolphin, E. F. Bell, V. Belokurov & N. W. Evans, 2008, AJ, 135, 1361
•A Deep Large Binocular Telescope View of the Canes Venatici I Dwarf Galaxy
N. F. Martin, M. G. Coleman, J. T. A. de Jong, H.-W. Rix et al., 2008, ApJ, 672, L13