Publications

DR.LAURA L.WATKINS

PUBLICATIONS

SUMMARY 39 refereed publications, 8 as ﬁrst author (?), 1 by supervised student () 7 conference proceedings, 4 other publications >4120 total citations, H-index: 24, 7 papers (4 as ﬁrst author) with >100 citations

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. Faint Objects in Motion: The New Frontier of High-Precision Astrometry F. Malbet; et al. (86 co-authors including L.L. Watkins) 2021, Experimental Astronomy

2. Internal Rotation of Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Satellites with Gaia EDR3 A.M. Mart´ınez-Garc´ıa; A. del Pino; A. Aparicio; R.P. van der Marel; L.L. Watkins 2021, MNRAS, 505, 5884

3. Hunting for Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters: an Astrometric Study of NGC 6441 M. Haberle;¨ M. Libralato; A. Bellini; L.L. Watkins; J.-U. Pott; N. Neumayer; R.P. van der Marel; G. Piotto; D. Nardiello 2021, MNRAS, 503, 1490

4. Breaking Beta: A Comparison of Mass Modelling Methods for Spherical Systems J.I. Read; G.A. Mamon; E. Vasiliev; L.L. Watkins; M.G. Walker; J. Penarrubia;˜ M. Wilkinson; W. Dehnen; P. Das 2021, MNRAS, 501, 978

5. Disentangling the Formation History of Galaxies via Population-Orbit Superposition: Method Validation L. Zhu; G. van de Ven; R. Leaman; R.J.J. Grand; J. Falcon-Barroso; P. Jethwa; L.L. Watkins; S. Mao; A. Poci; R.M. McDermid; D. Xu; D. Nelson 2020, MNRAS, 496, 1579

6. A Deep View Into the Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with MUSE. II. Kinematic Characterization of the Stellar Populations M. Alfaro-Cuello; N. Kacharov; N. Neumayer; P. Bianchini; A. Mastrobuono-Battisti; N. Lutzgendorf;¨ A.C. Seth; T. Boker;¨ S. Kamman; R. Leaman; G. van de Ven; L.L. Watkins; M. Lyubenova 2020, ApJ, 892, 20

7. The Peculiar Kinematics of the Multiple Populations in the Globular Cluster M80 (NGC 6093) S. Kamman; E. Dalessandro; N. Bastian; J. Brinchmann; M. den Brok; S. Dreizler; B. Giesers; F. Gottgens;¨ T.-O. Husser; D. Krajovic;´ G. van de Ven; L.L. Watkins; L. Wisotzki 2020, MNRAS, 492, 966

8. A Deep View Into the Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with MUSE. I. Data and Stellar Population Characterisation M. Alfaro-Cuello; N. Kacharov; N. Neumayer; N. Lutzgendorf;¨ A.C. Seth; T. Boker;¨ S. Kamman; R. Lea- man; G. van de Ven; P. Bianchini; L.L. Watkins; M. Lyubenova 2019, ApJ, 886, 57 LISTOF PUBLICATIONS DR.LAURA L.WATKINS

9. Hunting for the Dark Matter Wake induced by the Large Magellanic Cloud N. Garavito-Camargo; G. Besla; C.F.P Laporte; K.V. Johnston; F. Gomez; L.L. Watkins 2019, ApJ, 884, 51 10. Globular Cluster Number Density Proﬁles Using Gaia DR2 T.J.L. de Boer; M. Gieles; E. Balbinot; V. Henault-Brunet;´ A. Sollima; L.L. Watkins; I. Claydon 2019, MNRAS, 485, 4906 ? 11. Evidence for an Intermediate-Mass Milky Way from Gaia DR2 Halo Globular Cluster Motions L.L. Watkins; R.P. van der Marel; S.T. Sohn; N.W. Evans 2019, ApJ, 873, 118 12. Mass modelling globular clusters in the Gaia era: a method comparison using mock data from an N-body simulation of M 4 V. Henault-Brunet;´ M. Gieles; A. Sollima; L.L. Watkins; A. Zocchi; I. Claydon, E. Pancino; H. Baumgardt 2019, MNRAS, 483, 1400 13. First Gaia Dynamics of the Andromeda System: DR2 Proper Motions, Rotation, and Orbits of M31 and M33 R.P. van der Marel; M.A. Fardal; S.T. Sohn; E. Patel; G. Besla; A. del Pino; J. Sahlmann; L.L. Watkins 2019, ApJ, 872, 24 14. The Internal Rotation of Globular Clusters Revealed by Gaia DR2 P. Bianchini; R.P. van der Marel; A. del Pino; L.L. Watkins; A. Bellini; M.A. Fardal; M. Libralato; A. Sills 2018, MNRAS, 481, 2125 15. The Astropy Project: Building an inclusive, open-science project and status of the v2.0 core package The Astropy Collaboration; et al. (136 co-authors including L.L. Watkins) 2018, ApJ, 156, 123 16. HST astrometry in the 30 Doradus region. II. Runaway stars from new proper motions in the Large Magellanic Cloud I. Platais; D.J. Lennon; R.P. van der Marel; A. Bellini; E. Sabbi; L.L. Watkins; S.T. Sohn; N.R. Walborn; L.R. Bedin; C.J. Evans; S.E. de Mink; H. Sana; A. Herrero; N. Langer; P. Crowther 2018, AJ, 156, 98 17. Absolute HST Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) Catalog of Distant Milky Way Globular Clusters: Three- dimensional Systemic Velocities and the Milky Way Mass S.T. Sohn; L.L. Watkins; M.A. Fardal; R.P. van der Marel; A.J. Deason; G. Besla; A. Bellini 2018, ApJ, 862, 52 18. Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) catalogs of Galactic globular clusters. VI. Im- proved data reduction and internal-kinematic analysis of NGC 362 M. Libralato; A. Bellini; R.P. van der Marel; J. Anderson; L.L. Watkins; G. Piotto; F.R. Ferraro; D. Nardiello; E. Vesperini 2018, ApJ, 861, 99 19. LBT/MODS spectroscopy of globular clusters in the irregular galaxy NGC 4449 F. Annibali; E. Morandi; L.L. Watkins; M. Tosi; A. Aloisi; A. Buzzoni; F. Cusano; M. Fumana; A. Marchetti; M. Mignoli; A. Mucciarelli; D. Romano; R.P. van der Marel 2018, MNRAS, 476, 1942 20. The HST Large Program on omega Centauri. III. Absolute Proper Motion M. Libralato; A. Bellini; L.R. Bedin; E. Moreno D.; J.G. Fernandez-Trincado;´ B. Pichardo; R.P. van der Marel; J. Anderson; D. Apai; A.J. Burgasser; A.F. Marino; A.P. Milone; J.M. Rees; L.L. Watkins 2018, ApJ, 854, 45 LISTOF PUBLICATIONS DR.LAURA L.WATKINS

21. Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) catalogs of Galactic globular clusters. V. The rapid rotation of 47 Tuc traced and modeled in three dimensions A. Bellini; P. Bianchini; A.L. Varri; J. Anderson; G. Piotto; R.P. van der Marel; E. Vesperini; L.L. Watkins 2017, ApJ, 844, 167

22. On the origins of sub-subgiant stars. I. Demographics A.M. Geller; E.M. Leiner; A. Bellini; R. Gleisinger; D. Haggard; S. Kamman; N.W.C. Leigh; R.D. Mathieu; A. Sills; L.L. Watkins, D. Zurek 2017, ApJ, 840, 66

? 23. Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution parallaxes and proper motions for 5 Galactic globular clusters L.L. Watkins, R.P. van der Marel 2017, ApJ, 839, 89

24. A discrete chemo-dynamical model of the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Sculptor: internal rotation in the metal- rich population L. Zhu; G. van de Ven; L.L. Watkins, L. Posti 2016, MNRAS, 463, 1117

25. A discrete chemo-dynamical model of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5846: dark matter fraction, internal rotation and velocity anisotropy out to six effective radii L. Zhu; A.J. Romanowsky; G. van de Ven; R.J. Long; L.L. Watkins, V. Pota; N.R. Napolitano; D.A. Forbes; J. Brodie; C. Foster 2016, MNRAS, 462, 4001

26. Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) catalogs of Galactic globular clusters. IV. Kine- matic proﬁles and average masses of blue straggler stars A.T. Baldwin; L.L. Watkins; R.P. van der Marel; P. Bianchini; A. Bellini; J. Anderson 2016, ApJ, 827, 12

27. The Effect of Unresolved Binaries on Globular Clusters Proper-Motion Dispersion Proﬁles P. Bianchini; M.A. Norris; G. van de Ven; E.Schinnerer; A. Bellini; R.P. van der Marel; L.L. Watkins; J. Anderson 2016, ApJL, 820, L22

? 28. Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) catalogs of Galactic globular clusters. III. Dy- namical distances and mass-to-light ratios L.L. Watkins; R.P. van der Marel; A. Bellini; J. Anderson 2015, ApJ, 812, 149

29. The Tilt of the Velocity Ellipsoid in the Milky Way Disk A. Budenbender;¨ G. van de Ven; L.L. Watkins 2015, MNRAS, 452, 956

? 30. Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) catalogs of Galactic globular clusters. II. Kine- matic proﬁles and maps L.L. Watkins; R.P. van der Marel; A. Bellini; J. Anderson 2015, ApJ, 803, 29

31. Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) catalogs of Galactic globular clusters. I. Sample selection, data reduction and NGC 7078 results A. Bellini; J. Anderson; R.P. van der Marel; L.L. Watkins; I.R. King; P. Bianchini; J. Chaname;´ R. Chandar; A.M. Cool; F.R. Ferraro; H. Ford; D. Massari 2014, ApJ, 797, 115 LISTOF PUBLICATIONS DR.LAURA L.WATKINS

32. The Central Mass and Mass-to-Light Proﬁle of the Galactic Globular Cluster M15 M. den Brok; G. van de Ven; R.C.E. van den Bosch; L.L. Watkins 2014, MNRAS, 438, 487

? 33. Discrete Dynamical Modelling of omega Centauri L.L. Watkins; G. van de Ven; M. den Brok; R.C.E. van den Bosch 2013, MNRAS, 436, 2598

? 34. A Census of Orbital Properties of the M31 Satellites L.L. Watkins; N. W. Evans; G. van de Ven 2013, MNRAS, 430, 971

35. The stretching of Hercules A.J. Deason; V. Belokurov; N.W. Evans; L.L. Watkins; M. Fellhauer 2012, MNRAS, 425, L101

? 36. The Masses of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies L.L. Watkins; N.W. Evans; J. An 2010, MNRAS, 406, 264

37. Big Fish, Little Fish: Two New Ultra-faint Satellites of the Milky Way V. Belokurov; M.G. Walker; N.W. Evans; G. Gilmore; M.J. Irwin; D. Just; S. Koposov; M. Mateo; E. Ol- szewski; L.L. Watkins; L. Wyrzykowski 2010, ApJL, 712, L103

? 38. Substructure Revealed by RR Lyraes in SDSS Stripe 82 L.L. Watkins; N.W. Evans; V. Belokurov; M.C. Smith; P.C. Hewett; D.M. Bramich; G.F. Gilmore; M.J. Ir- win; S. Vidrih; L. Wyrzykowski; D.B. Zucker 2009, MNRAS, 398, 1757

39. Light and Motion in SDSS Stripe 82: The Catalogues D.M. Bramich; S. Vidrih; L. Wyrzykowski; J.A. Munn; H. Lin; N.W. Evans; M.C. Smith; V. Belokurov; G. Gilmore; D.B. Zucker; P.C. Hewett; L.L. Watkins; D.C. Faria; M. Fellhauer; G. Miknaitis; D. Bizyaev; Z.ˇ Ivezic;´ D.P. Schneider; S.A. Snedden; E. Malanushenko; V. Malanushenko; K. Pan 2008, MNRAS, 386, 887

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Imprints of Evolution on the Internal Kinematics of Globular Clusters L.L. Watkins; R.P. van der Marel; A. Bellini; M. Libralato; J. Anderson 2019, Proceedings of ‘IAUS 351 & MODEST 19: Star Clusters from the Milky Way to the Early Universe’, IAU Symposium Series, 351, 544

2. A Deep View into the Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: M54 M. Alfaro-Cuello; N. Kacharov; N. Neumayer; A. Mastrobuono-Battisti; N. Lutzgendorf;¨ A.C. Seth; T. Boker;¨ S. Kamman; R. Leaman; G. van de Ven; P. Bianchini; L.L. Watkins; M. Lyubenova 2019, Proceedings of ‘IAUS 351 & MODEST 19: Star Clusters from the Milky Way to the Early Universe’, IAU Symposium Series, 351, 47

3. Constraining the Formation and Mass of the Milky Way Halo using Globular Cluster Orbits from HST Proper Motions S.T. Sohn; R.P. van der Marel; A.D. Deason; A. Bellini; G. Besla; L.L. Watkins 2018, Proceedings of ‘IAUS 334: Rediscovering Our Galaxy’, IAU Symposium Series, 334, 47 LISTOF PUBLICATIONS DR.LAURA L.WATKINS

4. HST Proper Motions of Distant Globular Clusters: Constraining the Formation & Mass of the Milky Way S.T. Sohn; R.P. van der Marel; A.D. Deason; A. Bellini; G. Besla; L.L. Watkins 2018, Proceedings of ‘IAUS 330: Astrometry and Astrophysics in the Gaia Sky’, IAU Symposium Series, 330, 261

5. HST proper motions in Galactic globular clusters L.L. Watkins; R.P. van der Marel; A. Bellini; A.T. Baldwin; P. Bianchini; J. Anderson 2016, Proceedings of ‘MODEST 16: Star Clusters as Cosmic Laboratories for Astrophysics, Dynamics and Fundamental Physics’, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, 87, 610

6. Local Group and Star Cluster Dynamics from HSTPROMO: The Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion Collaboration R.P. van der Marel; J. Anderson; A. Bellini; G. Besla; P. Bianchini; M. Boylan-Kolchin; J. Chaname; A. Deason; T. Do; P. Guhathakurta; N. Kallivayalil; D. Lennon; D. Massari; E. Meyer; I. Platais; E. Sabbi; S.T. Sohn; M. Soto; M. Trenti; L.L. Watkins 2014, Proceedings of ‘Structure and Dynamics of Disk Galaxies’, ASP Conference Series, 480, 43

7. Galactic substructure traced by RR Lyraes in SDSS Stripe 82 L.L. Watkins 2012, Proceedings of ‘Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way’, EPJ Web of Conferences, 19, 24

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. Theia: Faint objects in motion or the new astrometry frontier The Theia Collaboration: C. Bœhm; A. Krone-Martins; et al. (96 co-authors including L.L. Watkins) 2017, arXiv:1706.08974

2. Studying gender in conference talks: data from the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society J.A. Davenport; M. Fouesneau; E. Grand; A. Hagen; K. Poppenhaeger; L.L. Watkins 2014, arXiv:1403.3091

3. CJAM: First and second velocity moments calculations L.L. Watkins; M. den Brok 2013, Astrophysics Source Code Library, 1312.013

4. Tracer Populations in the Local Group L.L. Watkins 2011, PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge