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In Pursuit of the Least Luminous Galaxies
The dwarf galaxy companions to the Milky Way are unique cosmological
laboratories. With luminosities as low as 10^-7 L_MW, they inhabit the lowest
mass dark matter halos known to host stars and are presently the most direct
tracers of the distribution, mass spectrum, and clustering scale of dark
matter. Their resolved stellar populations also facilitate detailed studies of
their history and mass content. To fully exploit this potential requires a
well-defined census of virtually invisible galaxies to the faintest possible
limits and to the largest possible distances. I review the past and present
impacts of survey astronomy on the census of Milky Way dwarf galaxy companions,
and discuss the future of finding ultra-faint dwarf galaxies around the Milky
Way and beyond in wide-field survey data.Comment: Review article, 20 pages. Accepted to Advances in Astronomy, Dwarf
Galaxy Cosmology issu
Desistance, reflexivity and relationality : a case study
This paper presents the analysis of a single life-story drawn from a larger study examining theindividual, relational and structural contributions to the desistance process. The emphasis here is on the contributions of key social relations in ‘Evan’s’ narrative of change. How people relate to one another, and what these relationships mean to them both as individuals and together, are critical aspects of understanding the role of social relations in desistance. This paper concludes by considering how penal practices might generate and sustain the kinds of social capital and reflexive, relational networks relevant to desistance
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