Stellar Kinematics of the Faintest Dwarf Galaxies Josh Simon
Carnegie Observatories Marla Geha Beth Willman Louie Strigari Evan
Kirby James Bullock Manoj Kaplinghat Erik Tollerud Joe Wolf...
Slide 2 What Can Dwarf Galaxies Do For You? Wei-Hao Wang Johannes
Schedler 2006 Dwarf irregularDwarf elliptical/spheroidal Slide 3
What Can Dwarf Galaxies Do For You? Dwarf galaxies are nearby Can
be studied in great detail Dwarf galaxies are dark matter-
dominated Perhaps they can be useful laboratories for studying dark
matter Dwarf galaxies are astrophysically simple systems Slide 4
What Can Dwarf Galaxies Do For You? Dwarf galaxies are nearby Can
be studied in great detail Dwarf galaxies are dark matter-
dominated Perhaps they can be useful laboratories for studying dark
matter Dwarf galaxies are astrophysically simple systems not as
#%@#$ complicated as bigger galaxies Slide 5 What Can Dwarf
Galaxies Do For You? Dwarf galaxies are nearby Can be studied in
great detail Dwarf galaxies are dark matter- dominated Perhaps they
can be useful laboratories for studying dark matter Dwarf galaxies
are astrophysically simple systems not as #%@#$ complicated as
bigger galaxies Cave man version: dwarf galaxies good. Big galaxies
bad. Slide 6 Despite claims to the contrary, no Can You Measure
Cusps in Dwarfs? Slide 7 Dwarf Galaxies Five Years Ago SDSS
Luminosity: ~10 5 -10 6 L Distance: ~100 kpc Mass-to-light ratio:
~10-100 M /L Mean density:
