Browsing Theses by Subject "Local Group"
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Advancing Techniques for Detecting Dwarf Satellite Populations Beyond the Local Group
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-20)This thesis includes material from three papers that develop techniques for quantifying faint dwarf satellite populations outside the Local Group. Dwarf satellites are important for our understanding of small-scale structure ... -
Virtues of the Visible; Voluminous Vistas & Velocities
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-11)Peculiar velocities are the motions of objects in excess of that resulting from the expansion of the Universe. They arise from gravitational interactions, and as such, probe the underlying distribution of dark matter on ...