Publications
Publications
2009
•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
2008
•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
2007
•The Haunted Halos of Andromeda and Triangulum: A Panorama of Galaxy Formation in Action
R. A. Ibata, N. F. Martin, M. Irwin, S. Chapman, A. M. N. Ferguson, G. F. Lewis & A. W. McConnachie, 2007, ApJ, 671, 1591
•Galactic Halo Stellar Structures in the Triangulum-Andromeda Region
N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata & M. Irwin, 2007, ApJ, 668, L123
•The Elongated Structure of the Hercules Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy From Deep Large Binocular Telescope Imaging
M. G. Coleman, J. T. A. de Jong, N. F. Martin, H.-W. Rix et al., 2007, ApJ, 668, L43
•A Keck/DEIMOS spectroscopic survey of faint Galactic satellites: searching for the least massive dwarf galaxies
N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata, S. C. Chapman, M. Irwin & G. F. Lewis, 2007, MNRAS, 380, 281
•Strangers in the Night: Discovery of a Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy on Its First Local Group Infall
S. C. Chapman, J. Peñarrubia, R. Ibata, A. McConnachie, N. F. Martin, M. Irwin, A. Blain, G. F. Lewis, B. Letarte, K. Lo, A. Ludlow & K. O’neil, 2007, ApJ, 662, L79
•The AAT/WFI survey of the Monoceros Ring and Canis Major dwarf galaxy – I. From l=(193–276)º
B. C. Conn, R. R. Lane, G. F. Lewis, R. Gil-Merino, M. J. Irwin, R. A. Ibata, N. F. Martin, M. Bellazzini, R. Sharp, A. V. Tuntsov & A. M. N. Ferguson, 2007, MNRAS, 376, 939
•Draco, a flawless dwarf galaxy
M. Ségall, R. A. Ibata, M. J. Irwin, N. F. Martin & S. Chapman, 2007, MNRAS, 375, 831
2006
•A near-zero velocity dispersion stellar component in the Canes Venatici dwarf spheroidal galaxy
R. Ibata, S. Chapman, M. Irwin, G. Lewis & N. F. Martin , 2006, MNRAS, 373, L70
•Discovery and analysis of three faint dwarf galaxies and a globular cluster in the outer halo of the Andromeda galaxy
N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata, M. Irwin, S. Chapman, G. Lewis, A. M. N. Ferguson & A. W. McConnachie, 2006, MNRAS, 371, 1983
•The Stellar Halo and Outer Disk of M33
A. W. McConnachie, S. C. Chapman, R. A. Ibata, A. M. N. Ferguson, M. J. Irwin, G. F. Lewis, N. R. Tanvir & N. F. Martin, 2006, ApJ, 647, L25
•A radial velocity survey of low Galactic latitude structures – III. The Monoceros Ring in front of the Carina and Andromeda galaxies
N. F. Martin, M. J. Irwin, R. A. Ibata, B. C. Conn, G. F. Lewis, M. Bellazzini, S. C. Chapman, N. R. Tanvir &, 2006, MNRAS, 367, L69
•The core of the Canis Major galaxy as traced by red clump stars
M. Bellazzini, R. A. Ibata, N. F. Martin, G. F. Lewis, B. C. Conn & M. J. Irwin, 2006, MNRAS, 366, 865
2005
•A radial velocity survey of low Galactic latitude structures – II. The Monoceros Ring behind the Canis Major dwarf galaxy
B. C. Conn, N. F. Martin, G. F. Lewis, R. A. Ibata, M. Bellazzini & M. J. Irwin, 2005, MNRAS, 364, L13
•A radial velocity survey of low Galactic latitude structures – I. Kinematics of the Canis Major dwarf galaxy
N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata, B. C. Conn, G. F. Lewis, M. Bellazzini & M. J. Irwin, 2005, MNRAS, 362, 906
•Correcting the Influence of an Asymmetric Line Spread Function in 2-Degree Field Spectrograph Data
N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata, B. C. Conn, M. J. Irwin & G. F. Lewis, 2005, PASA, 22, 236
2004
•The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
G. F. Lewis, R. A. Ibata, M. J. Irwin, N. F. Martin, M. Bellazzini & B. C. Conn, 2004, PASA, 21, 371
•Why the Canis Major overdensity is not due to the Warp: analysis of its radial profile and velocities
N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata, B. C. Conn, G. F. Lewis, M. Bellazzini, M. J. Irwin & A. W. McConnachie, 2004, MNRAS, 355, L33
•Detection of the Canis Major galaxy at (l,b) = (244º,-8º) and in the background of Galactic open clusters
M. Bellazzini, R. Ibata, L. Monaco, N. F. Martin, M. J. Irwin & G. F. Lewis, 2004, MNRAS, 354, 1263
•A dwarf galaxy remnant in Canis Major: the fossil of an in-plane accretion on to the Milky Way
N. F. Martin, R. A. Ibata, M. Bellazzini, M. J. Irwin, G. F. Lewis & W. Dehnen, 2004, MNRAS, 348, 12