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Journal Article

• Pakmor, R., Bieri, R., van de Voort, F., Werhahn, M., Fattahi, A., Guillet, T., …Talbot, R. Y. (2024). Magnetic field amplification in cosmological zoom simulations from dwarf galaxies to galaxy groups. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(2), 2308-2325. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae112
• Carrillo, A., Deason, A. J., Fattahi, A., Callingham, T. M., & Grand, R. J. J. (2024). Can we really pick and choose? Benchmarking various selections of Gaia Enceladus/Sausage stars in observations with simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(2), 2165–2184. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3274
• Orkney, M. D. A., Laporte, C. F. P., Grand, R. J. J., Gómez, F. A., van de Voort, F., Fattahi, A., …Springel, V. (2023). Exploring the diversity and similarity of radially anisotropic Milky Way-like stellar haloes: implications for disrupted dwarf galaxy searches. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(1), 683-705. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2361
• Blanchette, K., Piccirillo, E., Bozorgnia, N., Strigari, L. E., Fattahi, A., Frenk, C. S., …Sawala, T. (2023). Velocity-dependent J-factors for Milky Way dwarf spheroidal analogues in cosmological simulations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2023(03), Article 021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2023/03/021
• Belokurov, V., Vasiliev, E., Deason, A. J., Koposov, S. E., Fattahi, A., Dillamore, A. M., …Grand, R. J. (2023). Energy wrinkles and phase-space folds of the last major merger. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(4), 6200-6215. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3436
• Deason, A. J., Koposov, S. E., Fattahi, A., & Grand, R. J. (2023). Unravelling the mass spectrum of destroyed dwarf galaxies with the metallicity distribution function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(4), 6091-6103. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad535
• Evans, T. A., Fattahi, A., Deason, A. J., & Frenk, C. S. (2022). Observing EAGLE galaxies with JWST: predictions for Milky Way progenitors and their building blocks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 516(3), 3861-3877. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2410
• Sales, L. V., Wetzel, A., & Fattahi, A. (2022). Baryonic solutions and challenges for cosmological models of dwarf galaxies. Nature Astronomy, 6(8), 897-910. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01689-w
• Borukhovetskaya, A., Navarro, J. F., Errani, R., & Fattahi, A. (2022). Galactic tides and the Crater II dwarf spheroidal: a challenge to LCDM?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(4), 5247-5257. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac653
• Borukhovetskaya, A., Errani, R., Navarro, J. F., Fattahi, A., & Santos-Santos, I. (2022). The tidal evolution of the Fornax dwarf spheroidal and its globular clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(4), 5330-5339. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2912
• Santos-Santos, I. M., Fattahi, A., Sales, L. V., & Navarro, J. F. (2021). Magellanic satellites in ΛCDM cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of the Local Group. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504(3), 4551-4567. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1020
• Thomas, G. F., Martin, N. F., Fattahi, A., Ibata, R. A., Helly, J., McConnachie, A. W., …Pakmor, R. (2021). Observing the Stellar Halo of Andromeda in Cosmological Simulations: The AURIGA2PANDAS Pipeline. Astrophysical Journal, 910(2), Article 92. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abdfd2
• Board, E., Bozorgnia, N., Strigari, L. E., Grand, R. J., Fattahi, A., Frenk, C. S., …Oman, K. A. (2021). Velocity-dependent J-factors for annihilation radiation from cosmological simulations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2021(04), Article 070. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/04/070
• Deason, A. J., Erkal, D., Belokurov, V., Fattahi, A., Gómez, F. A., Grand, R. J., …Zhao, G. (2021). The mass of the Milky Way out to 100 kpc using halo stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(4), 5964-5972. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3984
• Deason, A. J., Oman, K. A., Fattahi, A., Schaller, M., Jauzac, M., Zhang, Y., …Evans, T. A. (2021). Stellar splashback: the edge of the intracluster light. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(3), 4181-4192. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3590
• Lovell, M., Hellwing, W., Ludlow, A., Zavala, J., Robertson, A., Fattahi, A., …Hardwick, J. (2020). Local group star formation in warm and self-interacting dark matter cosmologies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498(1), 702-717. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2525
• Fattahi, A., Deason, A. J., Frenk, C. S., Simpson, C. M., Gómez, F. A., Grand, R. J., …Pakmor, R. (2020). A tale of two populations: surviving and destroyed dwarf galaxies and the build-up of the Milky Way’s stellar halo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(4), 4459-4471. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2221
• Evans, T. A., Fattahi, A., Deason, A. J., & Frenk, C. S. (2020). How Unusual is the Milky Way’s Assembly History?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(4), 4311-4321. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2202
• Pakmor, R., Marinacci, F., Gómez, F. A., Fragkoudi, F., Fattahi, A., Deason, A. J., …Grand, R. J. (2020). The dual origin of the Galactic thick disc and halo from the gas-rich Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage merger. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(2), 1603-1618. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2057
• Deason, A. J., Fattahi, A., Frenk, C. S., Grand, R. J., Oman, K. A., Garrison-Kimmel, S., …Navarro, J. F. (2020). The Edge of the Galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(3), 3929-3942. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1711
• Bozorgnia, N., Fattahi, A., Frenk, C., Cheek, A., Cerdeño, D., Gómez, F., …Marinacci, F. (2020). The dark matter component of the Gaia radially anisotropic substructure. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2020(7), Article 036. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2020/07/036
• Santos-Santos, I. M., Navarro, J. F., Robertson, A., Benítez-Llambay, A., Oman, K. A., Lovell, M. R., …Ritz, A. (2020). Baryonic clues to the puzzling diversity of dwarf galaxy rotation curves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495(1), 58-77. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1072
• Cautun, M., Benítez-Llambay, A., Deason, A. J., Frenk, C. S., Fattahi, A., Gómez, F. A., …Simpson, C. M. (2020). The Milky Way total mass profile as inferred from Gaia DR2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(3), 4291-4313. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1017
• Grand, R. J., Evans, N. W., Deason, A. J., Smith, M. C., Fattahi, A., Sanders, J. L., & Belokurov, V. (2020). The biggest Splash. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(3), 3880-3898. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa876
• Fattahi, A., Navarro, J. F., & Frenk, C. S. (2020). The missing dwarf galaxies of the Local Group. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(2), 2596-2605. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa375
• Lane, J. M., Navarro, J. F., Fattahi, A., Oman, K. A., & Bovy, J. (2020). The Ophiuchus stream progenitor: a new type of globular cluster and its possible Sagittarius connection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(3), 4164-4174. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa095
• Richings, J., Frenk, C., Jenkins, A., Robertson, A., Fattahi, A., Grand, R. J., …Oman, K. (2020). Subhalo destruction in the Apostle and Auriga simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(4), 5780-5793. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3448
• Genina, A., Frenk, C. S., Benítez-Llambay, A., Cole, S., Navarro, J. F., Oman, K. A., & Fattahi, A. (2019). The distinct stellar metallicity populations of simulated Local Group dwarfs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(2), 2312-2331. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1852
• Riley, A. H., Fattahi, A., Pace, A. B., Strigari, L. E., Frenk, C. S., Gómez, F. A., …White, S. D. (2019). The velocity anisotropy of the Milky Way satellite system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(2), 2679-2694. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz973
• Bozorgnia, N., Fattahi, A., Cerdeño, D. G., Frenk, C. S., Gómez, F. A., Grand, R. J., …Pakmor, R. (2019). On the correlation between the local dark matter and stellar velocities. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2019(06), Article 045. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/06/045
• Deason, A. J., Fattahi, A., Belokurov, V., Evans, N. W., Grand, R. J., Marinacci, F., & Pakmor, R. (2019). The local high-velocity tail and the Galactic escape speed. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(3), 3514-3526. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz623
• Fattahi, A., Belokurov, V., Deason, A. J., Frenk, C. S., Gómez, F. A., Grand, R. J., …Springel, V. (2019). The origin of galactic metal-rich stellar halo components with highly eccentric orbits. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(4), 4471-4483. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz159
• Digby, R., Navarro, J. F., Fattahi, A., Simpson, C. M., Oman, K., Gomez, F. A., …Pakmor, R. (2019). The star formation histories of dwarf galaxies in Local Group cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(4), 5423-5437. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz745
• Genina, A., Benítez-Llambay, A., Frenk, C. S., Cole, S., Fattahi, A., Navarro, J. F., …Theuns, T. (2017). The core–cusp problem: a matter of perspective. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(1), 1398-1411. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2855
• Fattahi, A., Navarro, J. F., Starkenburg, E., Barber, C. R., & McConnachie, A. W. (2013). Galaxy pairs in the Local Group. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 431(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slt011