Peter Smith

I'm a PhD student at the MPIA in Heidelberg as part of the IMPRS-HD program. I work in the galactic nuclei group on dynamical models of massive star clusters as a member of the oMEGACat collaboration.

I am also a member of the SDSS-V collaboration, contributing to the analysis of data from the Milky Way Mapper program and using it to study the dynamics of the inner Milky Way.

Previously, I was a graduate student at Saint Mary's University where I worked with Vincent Hénault-Brunet on the internal dynamics of globular clusters.

My research interests:

Dynamical modelling of dense stellar systems.

My publications:

For the most up-to-date list, see my ADS page.

oMEGACat. VI. Analysis of the overall kinematics of Omega Centauri in 3D: velocity dispersion, kinematic distance, anisotropy, and energy equipartition.
M. Häberle, N. Neumayer, C. Clontz, A. Seth, P. Smith, S. Kamann, R. Pechetti, M. S. Nitschai, M. Alfaro-Cuello, H. Baumgardt, A. Bellini, A. Feldmeier-Krause, N. Kacharov, M. Libralato, A. P. Milone, S. Souza, G. van de Ven, Z. Wang.
ApJ, 983, 95 (2025). ADS arXiv

Probing populations of dark stellar remnants in the globular clusters 47 Tuc and Terzan 5 using pulsar timing.
P. Smith, V. Hénault-Brunet, N. Dickson, M. Gieles, H. Baumgardt.
ApJ, 975, 268 (2024). ADS arXiv

Multimass modelling of milky way globular clusters - II. Present-day black hole populations.
N. Dickson, P. Smith, V. Hénault-Brunet, M. Gieles, H. Baumgardt.
MNRAS, 529, 331-347 (2024). ADS arXiv

Multimass modelling of Milky Way globular clusters - I. Implications on their stellar initial mass function above 1 M_☉.
N. Dickson, V. Hénault-Brunet, H. Baumgardt, M. Gieles, P. Smith.
MNRAS, 522, 5320-5339 (2023). ADS arXiv

My CV:

Download a PDF of my CV or contact me for more information.

Get in touch with me:

Send me an email at pesmith@mpia.de