Mark A. Norris

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• 2018


• The Fornax Cluster VLT Spectroscopic Survey. I - VIMOS spectroscopy of compact stellar systems in the Fornax core region
  V. Pota, N. R. Napolitano, M. Hilker, M. Spavone, C. Schulz, Michele Cantiello, C. Tortora, E. Iodice, M. Paolillo, R. D'Abrusco, M. Capaccioli, T. Puzia, R. F. Peletier, A. J. Romanowsky, G. van de Ven, C. Spiniello, M. Norris, T. Lisker, R. Munoz, P. Schipani, P. Eigenthaler, M. A. Taylor, R. Sánchez-Janssen, Y. Ordenes-Briceño
  
• The Origin of Faint Tidal Features around Galaxies in the RESOLVE Survey
  Callie E. Hood, Sheila J. Kannappan, David V. Stark, Ian P. Dell'Antonio, Amanda J. Moffett, Kathleen D. Eckert, Mark Norris, David Hendel
  
  
• 2017


• The Baryonic Collapse Efficiency of Galaxy Groups in the RESOLVE and ECO Surveys
  Kathleen D. Eckert, Sheila J. Kannappan, Claudia Lagos, Ashley Baker, Andreas Berlind, David V. Stark, Amanda Moffett, Zachary Nasipak, Mark Norris, ApJ,849, 20
• First confirmed ultra-compact dwarf galaxy in the NGC 5044 group
  Faifer, Favio R.; Escudero, Carlos G.; Scalia, Maria C.; Smith Castelli, Analia V.; Norris, Mark; De Rossi, Maria E.; Forte, Juan C.; Cellone, Sergio A., A&A 599, 8
  
  
• 2016


• Abundance ratios and IMF slopes in the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 1396 with MUSE
  Mentz, J. J.; La Barbera, F.; Peletier, R. F.; Falcon-Barroso, J.; Lisker, T.; van de Ven, G.; Loubser, S. I.; Hilker, M.; Sanchez-Janssen, R.; Napolitano, N.; Cantiello, M.; Capaccioli, M.; Norris, M.; Paolillo, M.; Smith, R.; Beasley, M. A.; Lyubenova, M.; Munoz, R.; Puzia, T., MNRAS, 463, 2819
• Being WISE II: Removing the Influence of Star Formation History on Mass-to-Light Ratios
  Mark A. Norris, Glenn van de Ven, Eva Schinnerer, Robert A. Crain, Sharon E. Meidt, Brent Groves, Richard G. Bower, Michelle Furlong, Matthieu Schaller, Joop Schaye, Tom Theuns, ApJ, 832, 198
• The RESOLVE Survey Atomic Gas Census and Environmental Influences on Galaxy Gas Reservoirs
  David V. Stark, Sheila J. Kannappan, Kathleen D. Eckert, Jonathan Florez, Kirsten Hall, Linda Watson, Erik Hoversten, Joseph Burchett, David Guynn, Ashley Baker, Amanda Moffett, Andreas Berlind, Mark Norris, Martha Haynes, Riccardo Giovanelli, Adam Leroy, D. J. Pisano, Lisa Wei, Roberto Gonzalez, Victor Calderon, ApJ, 832, 126
• A novel look at energy equipartition in globular clusters
  Paolo Bianchini, Glenn van de Ven, Mark A. Norris, Eva Schinnerer, Anna Lisa Varri MNRAS, 458, 3644
• RESOLVE and ECO: The Halo Mass-dependent Shape of Galaxy Stellar and Baryonic Mass Functions
  Kathleen D. Eckert, Sheila J. Kannappan, David V. Stark, Amanda Moffett,Andreas Berlind, Mark Norris, ApJ, 824, 124
• The Effect of Unresolved Binaries on Globular Cluster Proper-motion Dispersion Profiles
  Paolo Bianchini, Mark A. Norris, Glenn van de Ven, Eva Schinnerer, Andrea Bellini, Roeland van der Marel, Laura Watkins, Jay Anderson ApJ, 820, 2
• The AIMSS Project III: The Stellar Populations of Compact Stellar Systems
  Joachim Janz, Mark A. Norris, Duncan A. Forbes, Avon Huxor, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Matthias J. Frank, Carlos G. Escudero, Favio R. Faifer, Juan Carlos Forte, Sheila J. Kannappan, Claudia Maraston, Jean P. Brodie, Jay Strader, Bradley R. Thompson, MNRAS, 456, 617
  
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  2015


• ECO and RESOLVE: Galaxy Disk Growth in Environmental Context
  Amanda J. Moffett, Sheila J. Kannappan, Andreas A. Berlind, Kathleen D. Eckert, David V. Stark, David Hendel, Mark A. Norris and Norman A. Grogin, ApJ, 812, 89
• NGC 3628-UCD1: An Omega Cen-Like Star Cluster Embedded in a Stellar Stream.
  Zachary G. Jennings, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Jean P. Brodie, Joachim Janz, Mark A. Norris, Duncan A. Forbes, David Martinez-Delgado, Martina Fagioli, Samantha J. Penny, ApJ, 812, 10
• Hiding in Plain Sight: Record-Breaking Compact Stellar Systems in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
  Michael Sandoval, Richard Vo, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Jay Strader, Jieun Choi, Zachary G. Jennings, Charlie Conroy, Alexa Villaume, Jean P. Brodie, Mark A. Norris, Caroline Foster, Joachim Janz, Duncan A. Forbes, ApJ, 2015, 808L, 32
• Photometry and Volume-Limited Calibration of the Photometric Gas Fractions Technique for the RESOLVE Survey
  K. D. Eckert, S. J. Kannappan, D. V. Stark, A. J. Moffett, M. A. Norris, E. M. Snyder, and E. A. Hoversten, ApJ, 2015, 810, 166
• Understanding the central kinematics of globular clusters with simulated integrated-light IFU observationss
  Paolo Bianchini, Mark A. Norris, Glenn Van de Ven, Eva Schinnerer, MNRAS, 2015, 453, 365
• The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G): Precise Stellar Mass Distributions From Automated Dust Correction at 3.6μm
  Querejeta, M.; Meidt, S. E.; Schinnerer, E.; Cisternas, M.; Muńoz-Mateos, J. C.; Sheth, K.; Knapen, J.; van de Ven, G.; Norris, M. A.; Peletier, R.; Laurikainen, E.; Salo, H.; Holwerda, B. W.; Athanassoula, E.; Bosma, A.; Groves, B.; Ho, L. C.; Gadotti, D. A.; Zaritsky, D.; Regan, M.; Hinz, J.; Gil de Paz, A.; Menendez-Delmestre, K.; Seibert, M.; Mizusawa, T.; Kim, T.; Erroz-Ferrer, S.; Laine, J.; Comerón, S., ApJS, 2015, 219, 5
• An Extended Star Formation History in an Ultra Compact Dwarf
  Mark A. Norris, Carlos G. Escudero, Favio Raul Faifer, Sheila J. Kannappan, Juan Carlos Forte, Remco C. E. van den Bosch, MNRAS, 2015, 451, 3615
• A SLUGGS and Gemini/GMOS combined study of the elliptical galaxy M60: wide-field photometry and kinematics of the globular cluster system
  Vincenzo Pota, Jean P. Brodie, Terry Bridges, Jay Strader, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Alexa Villaume, Zach Jennings, Favio R. Faifer, Nicola Pastorello, Duncan A. Forbes, Ainsley Campbell, Christopher Usher, Caroline Foster, Lee R. Spitler, Nelson Caldwell Juan C. Forte, Mark A. Norris, Stephen E. Zepf, Michael A. Beasley, Karl Gebhardt, David A. Hanes, Ray M. Sharples, Jacob A. Arnold, MNRAS, 2015, 450, 1962
• How elevated is the dynamical-to-stellar mass ratio of the ultra-compact dwarf S999?
  Joachim Janz, Duncan A. Forbes, Mark A. Norris, Jay Strader, Samantha J. Penny, Martina Fagioli, Aaron J. Romanowsky, MNRAS, 2015, 449 1716
  
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  2014


• The AIMSS Survey II: Dynamical-to-Stellar Mass Ratios Across the Star Cluster - Galaxy Divide
  Duncan A. Forbes, Mark A. Norris, Jay Strader, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Vincenzo Pota, Sheila J. Kannappan, Jean Brodie, Avon Huxor, MNRAS, 2014, 444, 2993
• Being WISE I: Validating Stellar Population Models and M/L ratios at 3.4 and 4.6 μm
  Mark A. Norris, Sharon E. Meidt, Glenn van de Ven, Eva Schinnerer, Brent Groves, & Miguel Querejeta, ApJ, 2014, 797, 55.
• The AIMSS Survey I: Bridging the Star Cluster - Galaxy Divide
  Mark A. Norris, Sheila J. Kannappan, Duncan A. Forbes, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Jean Brodie, Favio Raúl Faifer, Avon Huxor, Claudia Maraston, Amanda J. Moffett, Samantha J. Penny, Vincenzo Pota, Analia Smith-Castelli, Jay Strader, David Bradley, Katie Eckert, Dora Fohring, JoEllen McBride, David Stark, Ovidiu Vaduvescu, MNRAS, 2014, 443, 1151
• NGC 3115 globular clusters in the near infrared: Demonstrating the correctness of two opposing scenarios
  Michele Cantiello, John P. Blakeslee, Gabriella Raimondo, Ana L. Chies-Santos, Zachary G. Jennings, Mark A. Norris, Harald Kuntschner, A&A, 2014, 564, 3
  
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  2013


• Connecting Transitions in Galaxy Properties to Refueling
  Kannappan, Sheila J.; Stark, David V.; Eckert, Kathleen D.; Moffett, Amanda J.; Wei, Lisa H.; Pisano, D. J.; Baker, Andrew J.; Vogel, Stuart N.; Fabricant, Daniel G.; Laine, Seppo; Norris, Mark A.; Jogee, Shardha; Lepore, Natasha; Hough, Loren E.; Weinberg-Wolf, Jennifer, 2013, ApJ, 77, 42.7
• The Distance to the Massive Galactic Cluster Westerlund 2 from a Spectroscopic and HST Photometric Study
  Vargas Àlvarez, Carlos A.; Kobulnicky, Henry A.; Bradley, David R.; Kannappan, Sheila J.; Norris, Mark A.; Cool, Richard J.; Miller, Brendan P. 2013, AJ, 145, 125.
  
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  2012


• The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 3923
  Norris, Mark A.; Gebhardt, Karl; Sharples, Ray M.; Faifer, Favio Raúl; Bridges, Terry; Forbes, Duncan A.; Forte, Juan C.; Zepf, Stephen E.; Beasley, Michael A.; Hanes, David A.; Proctor, Robert; Kannappan, Sheila J., 2012, MNRAS, 421, 1485.
  
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  2011


• Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular cluster systems in five early-type galaxies
  Faifer, Favio R.; Forte, Juan C.; Norris, Mark A.; Bridges, Terry; Forbes, Duncan A.; Zepf, Stephen E.; Beasley, Mike; Gebhardt, Karl; Hanes, David A.; Sharples, Ray M., 2011, MNRAS, 416, 155.
• The ubiquity and dual nature of ultra-compact dwarfs
  Norris, Mark A. ; Kannappan, Sheila J., 2011, MNRAS, 414, 739.
  
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  2008


• Gemini/GMOS spectroscopy of the spheroid and globular cluster system of NGC 3923
  Norris, Mark A. ; Sharples, Ray M.; Bridges, Terry; Gebhardt, Karl; Forbes, Duncan A.; Proctor, Robert; Faifer, Favio Raúl; Forte, Juan Carlos; Beasley, Michael A.; Zepf, Stephen E.; Hanes, David A., 2008, MNRAS, 385, 40.
  
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  2006


• GMOS spectroscopy of the S0 galaxy NGC 3115
  Norris, Mark A. ; Sharples, Ray M.; Kuntschner, Harald, 2006, MNRAS, 367, 815.
  
  
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  PhD Thesis

• The Formation of Early-Type Galaxies
  University of Durham - 2008
  
  My Thesis focussed on two main themes:
  
  1. The first dealt with the use of globular clusters (GCs) as probes of the formation of early-type galaxies. Both through the study of the stellar populations of GCs and through their use as dynamical probes of the gravitational potential of the host galaxy.
  
  2. The second dealt with using deep Gemini-GMOS longslit observations of edge-on S0 galaxies to probe the stellar populations of the disks and bulges of these galaxies.
  
  
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  Proceedings

• UCDs as Probes of the Major and Minor Merger Histories of Galaxies
  "A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies" (Lyon, France June 14-18, 2010)
  Norris, Mark A. ; Kannappan, Sheila J.
  
• Hawk-I - First Results from Science Verification
  ESO, The Messenger, vol. 132, p. 7
  Kissler-Patig, Markus; Fontana, Andrea; Venemans, Bram; Kneib, Jean-Paul; Doherty, Michelle; Lidman, Christopher; Kuntschner, Harald; Norris, Mark A.; Larsen, Soeren; Gieles, Mark; Mora Fernandes, Alcione; McCaughrean, Mark; Preibisch, Thomas; Seifahrt, Andreas; Willis, Jon; Wehner, Elizabeth
• The Galaxy - Globular Cluster Connection in NGC 3115
  Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Concepcion, Chile - 2006
  Norris, Mark A. ; Sharples, Ray M.; Kuntschner, Harald
• Ages, Abundances, and Kinematics of Globular Clusters in NGC 3379 and NGC 4649 with Gemini/GMOS
  Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Concepcion, Chile - 2006
  Bridges, T.; Beasley, M.; Faifer, F.; Forbes, D.; Forte, J.; Gebhardt, K.; Hanes, D.; Norris, Mark A.; Pierce, M.; Proctor, R.; Sharples, R.; Zepf, S.
• GMOS Photometry of Five Globular Cluster Systems: NGC 4649, NGC 3923, NGC 524, NGC 3115 and NGC 3379
  Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Concepcion, Chile - 2006
  Faifer, F. R.; Forte, J. C.; Beasley, M.; Bridges, T.; Forbes, D.; Gebhardt, K.; Hanes, D.; Norris, Mark A.; Pierce, M.; Proctor, R.; Sharples, R.; Zepf, S.
  
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  Other Media

• Star-Studied - Endeavours: the magazine of creative activity at UNC-Chapel Hill
  Article about my research into the formation of Ultra-Compact Dwarfs.
• Shedding light on dark matter - The Raleigh News & Observer
  Article about the RESOLVE survey as well as my research on UCDs.
  
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  Selected Talks

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  Aiming to Understand Compact Stellar Systems
  Invited talk at the ESO Conference:
  Satellites and Streams in Santiago
  Santiago, Chile
  13-17th April 2015
  
  

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  A WISE(R) View of Old Stellar Systems
  Invited talk at the Lorentz Center Meeting:
  Decoding the Assembly History of Galaxies
  Leiden, The Netherlands
  20-24th October 2014
  
  

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  The Zoo of Compact Stellar Systems: From GCs to cEs and Beyond
  Colloquium at Nottingham:
  Nottingham, UK
  16th October 2013
  
  

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  The UCD/cE Divide: Aiming to Bridge the Gap
  Invited Talk at the Conference:
  Small Stellar Systems in Tuscany: From Globular Clusters to Dwarf Galaxies and Everything in Between
  Prato, Italy
  10-14th June 2013
  
  
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  Posters

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  The Structure and Dynamics of Hot Stellar Systems
  Presented at the conference:
  UK National Astronomy Meeting 2012
  Manchester, UK
  27-30th March 2012
  
  

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  UCDs as Probes of the Merger Histories of Galaxies
  Presented at the conference:
  A Universe of dwarf galaxies - Observations, Theories, Simulations
  Lyon, France
  14-18th June 2010
  
  

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  S0s - Formation and Mass
  Presented at the conference:
  A Celebration of Vera Rubins Career - Unveiling the Mass: Extracting and Interpreting Galaxy Mass
  Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  15-19th June 2009
  
  

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  The Galaxy - Globular Cluster Connection in NGC 3115
  Presented at the conference:
  Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies
  Concepcion, Chile
  6-10th March 2006

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