Gurtina Besla

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• Conroy, C., Naidu, R. P., Garavito-Camargo, N., Besla, G., Zaritsky, D., Bonaca, A., & Johnson, B. D. (2021). "All-sky dynamical response of the Galactic halo to the Large Magellanic Cloud". nat, 592(7855), 534-536.
• Garavito-Camargo, N., Besla, G., Laporte, C. F., Price-Whelan, A. M., Cunningham, E. C., Johnston, K. V., Weinberg, M., & G{'omez}, F. A. (2021). "Quantifying the Impact of the Large Magellanic Cloud on the Structure of the Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo Using Basis Function Expansions". apj, 919(2), 109.
• Garavito-Camargo, N., Patel, E., Besla, G., Price-Whelan, A. M., G{'omez}, F. A., Laporte, C. F., & Johnston, K. V. (2021). "The Clustering of Orbital Poles Induced by the LMC: Hints for the Origin of Planes of Satellites". apj, 923(2), 140.
• Jeon, M., Besla, G., & Bromm, V. (2021). "Highly r-process enhanced stars in ultra-faint dwarf galaxies". mnras, 506(2), 1850-1861.
• Jeon, M., Bromm, V., Besla, G., Yoon, J., & Choi, Y. (2021). "The role of faint population III supernovae in forming CEMP stars in ultra-faint dwarf galaxies". mnras, 502(1), 1-14.
• Nidever, D. L., Olsen, K., Choi, Y., Ruiz-Lara, T., Miller, A. E., Johnson, L. C., Bell, C. P., Blum, R. D., Cioni, M. L., Gallart, C., Majewski, S. R., Martin, N. F., Massana, P., Monachesi, A., No{"el}, N. E., Sakowska, J. D., Marel, R. P., Walker, A. R., Zaritsky, D., , Bell, E. F., et al. (2021). "The Second Data Release of the Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH)". aj, 161(2), 74.
• Sacchi, E., Richstein, H., Kallivayalil, N., Marel, R., Libralato, M., Zivick, P., Besla, G., Brown, T. M., Choi, Y., Deason, A., Fritz, T., Geha, M., Guhathakurta, P., Jeon, M., Kirby, E., Majewski, S. R., Patel, E., Simon, J. D., Tony, S. S., , Tollerud, E., et al. (2021). "Star Formation Histories of Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies: Environmental Differences between Magellanic and Non-Magellanic Satellites?". apjl, 920(1), L19.
• Cunningham, E. C., Garavito-Camargo, N., Deason, A. J., Johnston, K. V., Erkal, D., Laporte, C. F., Besla, G., Luger, R., & Sanderson, R. E. (2020). "Quantifying the Stellar Halo's Response to the LMC's Infall with Spherical Harmonics". apj, 898(1), 4.
• Garavito-Camargo, N., Besla, G., Laporte, C. F., Price-Whelan, A. M., Cunningham, E. C., Johnston, K. V., Weinberg, M. D., & Gomez, F. A. (2020). "Quantifying the impact of the Large Magellanic Cloud on the structure of the Milky Way's dark matter halo using Basis Function Expansions". arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2010.00816.
• Patel, E., Kallivayalil, N., Garavito-Camargo, N., Besla, G., Weisz, D. R., Marel, R. P., Boylan-Kolchin, M., Pawlowski, M. S., & G{'omez}, F. A. (2020). "The Orbital Histories of Magellanic Satellites Using Gaia DR2 Proper Motions". apj, 893(2), 121.
• Ruiz-Lara, T. .., Gallart, C., Monelli, M., Nidever, D., Dorta, A., Choi, Y., Olsen, K., Besla, G., Bernard, E., Cassisi, S., Massana, P., No{"el}, N., P{'erez}, I., Rusakov, V., Cioni, M. -., Majewski, S., Marel, R., Mart{'inez-Delgado}, D., Monachesi, A., , Monteagudo, L., et al. (2020). "The Large Magellanic Cloud stellar content with SMASH. I. Assessing the stability of the Magellanic spiral arms". aap, 639, L3.
• Sohn, S. T., Patel, E., Fardal, M. A., Besla, G., Marel, R. P., Geha, M., & Guhathakurta, P. (2020). "HST Proper Motions of NGC 147 and NGC 185: Orbital Histories and Tests of a Dynamically Coherent Andromeda Satellite Plane". apj, 901(1), 43.
• Zaritsky, D., Conroy, C., Naidu, R. P., Cargile, P. A., Putman, M., Besla, G., Bonaca, A., Caldwell, N., Han, J. J., Johnson, B. D., Speagle, J. S., & Ting, Y. (2020). "Discovery of Magellanic Stellar Debris in the H3 Survey". apjl, 905(1), L3.
• Besla, G., Peter, A., & Garavito-Camargo, N. .. (2019). The highest-speed local dark matter particles come from the Large Magellanic Cloud. jcap, 2019(11), 013.
• Garavito-Camargo, N., Besla, G., Laporte, C. F., Johnston, K. V., G{'omez}, F. A., & Watkins, L. L. (2019). Hunting for the Dark Matter Wake Induced by the Large Magellanic Cloud. apj, 884(1), 51.
• Jeon, M., Besla, G., & Bromm, V. (2019). Probing the Assembly of Dwarf Galaxies through Cosmic Time with Damped Lyensuremath{alpha} Absorption Spectroscopy. apj, 878(2), 98.
• Marel, R., Fardal, M., Sohn, S., Patel, E., Besla, G., Pino, A., Sahlmann, J., & Watkins, L. (2019). First Gaia Dynamics of the Andromeda System: DR2 Proper Motions, Orbits, and Rotation of M31 and M33. apj, 872, 24.
• Mart{'inez-Delgado}, D., Katherina, V. A., Grebel, E. K., Gallart, C., Pieres, A., Bell, C. P., Zivick, P., Lemasle, B., Clifton, J. L., Carballo-Bello, J. A., No{"el}, N. E., Cioni, M. L., Choi, Y., Besla, G., Schmidt, J., Zaritsky, D., Gruendl, R. A., Seibert, M., Nidever, D., , Monteagudo, L., et al. (2019). Nature of a shell of young stars in the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud. aap, 631, A98.
• Nidever, D. L., Olsen, K., Choi, Y., Boer, T. J., Blum, R. D., Bell, E. F., Zaritsky, D., Martin, N. F., Saha, A., Conn, B. C., Besla, G., Marel, R. P., No{"el}, N. E., Monachesi, A., Stringfellow, G. S., Massana, P., Cioni, M. L., Gallart, C., Monelli, M., , Martinez-Delgado, D., et al. (2019). Exploring the Very Extended Low-surface-brightness Stellar Populations of the Large Magellanic Cloud with SMASH. apj, 874(2), 118.
• Zivick, P., Kallivayalil, N., Besla, G., Sohn, S. T., Marel, R. P., Pino, A., Linden, S. T., Fritz, T. K., & Anderson, J. (2019). The Proper-motion Field along the Magellanic Bridge: A New Probe of the LMC-SMC Interaction. apj, 874(1), 78.
• Besla, G., Patton, D., Stierwalt, S., Rodriguez-Gomez, V. .., Patel, E., Kallivayalil, N., Johnson, K., Pearson, S., Privon, G., & Putman, M. (2018). The frequency of dwarf galaxy multiples at low redshift in SDSS versus cosmological expectations. mnras, 480, 3376-3396.
• Choi, Y., Nidever, D., Olsen, K., Besla, G., Blum, R., Zaritsky, D., Cioni, M., Marel, R., Bell, E., Johnson, L., Vivas, A., Walker, A., Boer, T., No{"el}, N., Monachesi, A., Gallart, C., Monelli, M., Stringfellow, G., Massana, P., , Martinez-Delgado, D. .., et al. (2018). SMASHing the LMC: Mapping a Ring-like Stellar Overdensity in the LMC Disk. apj, 869, 125.
• Choi, Y., Nidever, D., Olsen, K., Blum, R., Besla, G., Zaritsky, D., Marel, R., Bell, E., Gallart, C., Cioni, M., Johnson, L., Vivas, A., Saha, A., Boer, T., No{"el}, N., Monachesi, A., Massana, P., Conn, B., Martinez-Delgado, D. .., , Mu{~noz}, R., et al. (2018). SMASHing the LMC: A Tidally Induced Warp in the Outer LMC and a Large-scale Reddening Map. apj, 866, 90.
• Fritz, T., Battaglia, G., Pawlowski, M., Kallivayalil, N., Marel, R., Sohn, S., Brook, C., & Besla, G. (2018). Gaia DR2 proper motions of dwarf galaxies within 420 kpc. Orbits, Milky Way mass, tidal influences, planar alignments, and group infall. aap, 619, A103.
• Hendel, D., Scowcroft, V., Johnston, K., Fardal, M., Marel, R., Sohn, S., Price-Whelan, A., Beaton, R., Besla, G., Bono, G., Cioni, M., Clementini, G., Cohen, J., Fabrizio, M., Freedman, W., Garofalo, A., Grillmair, C., Kallivayalil, N., Kollmeier, J., , Law, D., et al. (2018). SMHASH: anatomy of the Orphan Stream using RR Lyrae stars. mnras, 479, 570-587.
• Kallivayalil, N., Sales, L., Zivick, P., Fritz, T., Del Pino, A., Sohn, S., Besla, G., Marel, R., Navarro, J., & Sacchi, E. (2018). The Missing Satellites of the Magellanic Clouds? Gaia Proper Motions of the Recently Discovered Ultra-faint Galaxies. apj, 867, 19.
• Laporte, C., G{'omez}, F., Besla, G., Johnston, K., & Garavito-Camargo, N. .. (2018). Response of the Milky Way's disc to the Large Magellanic Cloud in a first infall scenario. mnras, 473, 1218-1230.
• Laporte, C., Johnston, K., G{'omez}, F., Garavito-Camargo, N. .., & Besla, G. (2018). The influence of Sagittarius and the Large Magellanic Cloud on the stellar disc of the Milky Way Galaxy. mnras, 481, 286-306.
• Oey, M., Dorigo Jones, J., Castro, N., Zivick, P., Besla, G., Januszewski, H., Moe, M., Kallivayalil, N., & Lennon, D. (2018). Resolved Kinematics of Runaway and Field OB Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. apjl, 867, L8.
• Patel, E., Besla, G., Mandel, K., & Sohn, S. (2018). Estimating the Mass of the Milky Way Using the Ensemble of Classical Satellite Galaxies. apj, 857, 78.
• Pearson, S., Privon, G., Besla, G., Putman, M., Mart{'{i}nez-Delgado}, D., Johnston, K., Gabany, R., Patton, D., & Kallivayalil, N. (2018). Modelling the baryon cycle in low-mass galaxy encounters: the case of NGC 4490 and NGC 4485. mnras, 480, 3069-3090.
• Sohn, S., Watkins, L., Fardal, M., Marel, R., Deason, A., Besla, G., & Bellini, A. (2018). Absolute Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion (HSTPROMO) of Distant Milky Way Globular Clusters: Galactocentric Space Velocities and the Milky Way Mass. apj, 862, 52.
• Zivick, P., Kallivayalil, N., Marel, R., Besla, G., Linden, S., Koz{lowski}, S., Fritz, T., Kochanek, C., Anderson, J., Sohn, S., Geha, M., & Alcock, C. (2018). The Proper Motion Field of the Small Magellanic Cloud: Kinematic Evidence for Its Tidal Disruption. apj, 864, 55.
• Hendel, D., Scowcroft, V., Johnston, K., Fardal, M., Marel, R., Sohn, S., Price-Whelan, A., Beaton, R., Besla, G., Bono, G., Cioni, M., Clementini, G., Cohen, J., Fabrizio, M., Freedman, W., Garofalo, A., Grillmair, C., Kallivayalil, N., Kollmeier, J., , Law, D., et al. (2017). "SMHASH: Anatomy of the Orphan Stream using RR Lyrae stars". ArXiv e-prints.
• Jeon, M., Besla, G., & Bromm, V. (2017). "Connecting the First Galaxies with Ultrafaint Dwarfs in the Local Group: Chemical Signatures of Population III Stars". apj, 848, 85.
• Laporte, C., Johnston, K., G{'omez}, F., Garavito-Camargo, N. .., & Besla, G. (2017). "The Influence of Sagittarius and the Large Magellanic Cloud on the Milky Way Galaxy". ArXiv e-prints.
• Nidever, D., Olsen, K., Walker, A., Vivas, A., Blum, R., Kaleida, C., Choi, Y., Conn, B., Gruendl, R., Bell, E., Besla, G., Mu{~noz}, R., Gallart, C., Martin, N., Olszewski, E., Saha, A., Monachesi, A., Monelli, M., Boer, T., , Johnson, L., et al. (2017). "SMASH: Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History". aj, 154, 199.
• Patel, E., Besla, G., & Mandel, K. (2017). "Orbits of massive satellite galaxies - II. Bayesian estimates of the Milky Way and Andromeda masses using high-precision astrometry and cosmological simulations". mnras, 468, 3428-3449.
• Patel, E., Besla, G., & Sohn, S. (2017). "Orbits of massive satellite galaxies - I. A close look at the Large Magellanic Cloud and a new orbital history for M33". mnras, 464, 3825-3849.
• Pieres, A., Santiago, B., Drlica-Wagner, A. .., Bechtol, K., Marel, R., Besla, G., Martin, N., Belokurov, V., Gallart, C., Martinez-Delgado, D. .., Marshall, J., N{"oel}, N., Majewski, S., Cioni, M., Li, T., Hartley, W., Luque, E., Conn, B., Walker, A., , Balbinot, E., et al. (2017). "A stellar overdensity associated with the Small Magellanic Cloud". mnras, 468, 1349-1360.
• Privon, G., Stierwalt, S., Patton, D., Besla, G., Pearson, S., Putman, M., Johnson, K., Kallivayalil, N., Liss, S., & Titans, T. (2017). "A Widespread, Clumpy Starburst in the Isolated Ongoing Dwarf Galaxy Merger dm1647+21". apj, 846, 74.
• Sohn, S., Patel, E., Besla, G., Marel, R., Bullock, J., Strigari, L., Ven, G., Walker, M., & Bellini, A. (2017). "Space Motions of the Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies Draco and Sculptor Based on HST Proper Motions with a {tilde10 yr Time Baseline}". apj, 849, 93.
• Stierwalt, S., Liss, S., Johnson, K., Patton, D., Privon, G., Besla, G., Kallivayalil, N., & Putman, M. (2017). "Direct evidence of hierarchical assembly at low masses from isolated dwarf galaxy groups". Nature Astronomy, 1, 0025.
• Besla, G., Mart{'{i}nez-Delgado}, D., Marel, R., Beletsky, Y., Seibert, M., Schlafly, E., Grebel, E., & Neyer, F. (2016). "Low Surface Brightness Imaging of the Magellanic System: Imprints of Tidal Interactions between the Clouds in the Stellar Periphery". apj, 825, 20.
• Martin, N., Jungbluth, V., Nidever, D., Bell, E., Besla, G., Blum, R., Cioni, M., Conn, B., Kaleida, C., Gallart, C., Jin, S., Majewski, S., Martinez-Delgado, D. .., Monachesi, A., Mu{~noz}, R., No{"el}, N., Olsen, K., Stringfellow, G., Marel, R., , Vivas, A., et al. (2016). "SMASH 1: A Very Faint Globular Cluster Disrupting in the Outer Reaches of the LMC?". apjl, 830, L10.
• Pearson, S., Besla, G., Putman, M., Lutz, K., Fern{'andez}, X., Stierwalt, S., Patton, D., Kim, J., Kallivayalil, N., Johnson, K., & Sung, E. (2016). "Local Volume TiNy Titans: gaseous dwarf-dwarf interactions in the Local Universe". mnras, 459, 1827-1846.
• Penarrubia, J., Gomez, F. A., Besla, G., Erkal, D., & Ma, Y. (2016). A timing constraint on the (total) mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud. MNRAS, 456(1), 5. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slv160
• Sohn, S., Marel, R., Kallivayalil, N., Majewski, S., Besla, G., Carlin, J., Law, D., Siegel, M., & Anderson, J. (2016). "Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motions of Individual Stars in Stellar Streams: Orphan, Sagittarius, Lethe, and the New ``Parallel Stream''". apj, 833, 235.
• Vivas, A., Olsen, K., Blum, R., Nidever, D., Walker, A., Martin, N., Besla, G., Gallart, C., Marel, R., Majewski, S., Kaleida, C., Mu{~noz}, R., Saha, A., Conn, B., & Jin, S. (2016). "Variable Stars in the Field of the Hydra II Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy". aj, 151, 118.
• Gomez, F., Besla, G., Carpintero, D., Villalobos, A., O'Shea, B., & Bell, E. (2015). And Yet it Moves: The Dangers of Artificially Fixing the Milky Way Center of Mass in the Presence of a Massive Large Magellanic Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal, 802(2), 16. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/128
• Nicolas, M. F., Nidever, D. L., Besla, G., & Olsen, K. (2015). Hydra II: A Faint and Compact Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Found in the Survey of the Magellanic Stellar History. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 804(1), 6. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/804/1/L5
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  + 25 co-authorsDiscovery of a new dwarf galaxy, Hydra II Part of the SMASH survey, with many collaborators at NOAO and Steward Observatory.
• Salem, M., Besla, G., Bryan, G., Putman, M., van der Marel, R. P., & Tonnesen, S. (2015). Ram Pressure Stripping of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s Disk as a Probe of the Milky Way’s Hot Gaseous Halo Density and Mass.. The Astrophysical Journal, 815(1), 30. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/815/1/77
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  First Author was a graduate student at Columbia university co-advised by G. Besla and G. Bryan. Project was conducted under the supervision of G. Besla.
• Stierwalt, S., Besla, G., Patton, D., Johnson, K., Kallivayalil, N. J., Putman, M., Privon, G., & Ross, G. (2015). TiNy Titans: The Role of Dwarf-Dwarf Interactions in Low-mass Galaxy Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal, 805(1), 16. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/2
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  G. Besla is PI of the TiNy Titans program. This pilot paper was devised by G. Besla.
• Besla, G., Hernquist, L., & Loeb, A. (2013). The origin of the microlensing events observed towards the LMC and the stellar counterpart of the Magellanic stream. mnras, 428, 2342-2365.
• Boylan-Kolchin, M. .., Bullock, J., Sohn, S., Besla, G., & Marel, R. (2013). "The Space Motion of Leo I: The Mass of the Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo". apj, 768, 140.
• Kallivayalil, N., Marel, R. P., Besla, G., Anderson, J., & Alcock, C. (2013). Third-epoch Magellanic Cloud Proper Motions. I. Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 Data and Orbit Implications. apj, 764, 161.
• Sohn, S., Besla, G., Marel, R., Boylan-Kolchin, M. .., Majewski, S., & Bullock, J. (2013). "The Space Motion of Leo I: Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion and Implied Orbit". apj, 768, 139.
• Besla, G., Kallivayalil, N., Hernquist, L., Marel, R. P., Cox, T. J., & s, D. (2012). The role of dwarf galaxy interactions in shaping the Magellanic System and implications for Magellanic Irregulars. mnras, 421, 2109-2138.
• Marel, R., Besla, G., Cox, T., Sohn, S., & Anderson, J. (2012). "The M31 Velocity Vector. III. Future Milky Way M31-M33 Orbital Evolution, Merging, and Fate of the Sun". apj, 753, 9.
• Marel, R., Fardal, M., Besla, G., Beaton, R., Sohn, S., Anderson, J., Brown, T., & Guhathakurta, P. (2012). "The M31 Velocity Vector. II. Radial Orbit toward the Milky Way and Implied Local Group Mass". apj, 753, 8.
• Boylan-Kolchin, M. .., Besla, G., & Hernquist, L. (2011). "Dynamics of the Magellanic Clouds in a Lambda cold dark matter universe". mnras, 414, 1560-1572.
• Besla, G., Kallivayalil, N., Hernquist, L., Marel, R., Cox, T., & Kere{v, s. D. (2010). "Simulations of the Magellanic Stream in a First Infall Scenario". apjl, 721, L97-L101.
• Bush, S., Cox, T., Hayward, C., Thilker, D., Hernquist, L., & Besla, G. (2010). "Spiral-Induced Star Formation in the Outer Disks of Galaxies". apj, 713, 780-799.
• D'Onghia, E., Besla, G., Cox, T., & Hernquist, L. (2009). "Resonant stripping as the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies". nat, 460, 605-607.
• Kallivayalil, N., Besla, G., Sanderson, R., & Alcock, C. (2009). "Revisiting the Role of M31 in the Dynamical History of the Magellanic Clouds". apj, 700, 924-930.
• Hopkins, P., Hernquist, L., Cox, T., Younger, J., & Besla, G. (2008). "The Radical Consequences of Realistic Satellite Orbits for the Heating and Implied Merger Histories of Galactic Disks". apj, 688, 757-769.
• Younger, J., Besla, G., Cox, T., Hernquist, L., Robertson, B., & Willman, B. (2008). "On the Origin of Dynamically Cold Rings around the Milky Way". apjl, 676, L21.
• Besla, G., & Wu, Y. (2007). "Formation of Narrow Dust Rings in Circumstellar Debris Disks". apj, 655, 528-540.
• Besla, G., Kallivayalil, N., Hernquist, L., Robertson, B., Cox, T., Marel, R., & Alcock, C. (2007). "Are the Magellanic Clouds on Their First Passage about the Milky Way?". apj, 668, 949-967.
• Percy, J., Besla, G., Velocci, V., & Henry, G. (2003). "Multiperiodicity in Five Small-Amplitude Pulsating Red Giants". pasp, 115, 479-483.

Proceedings Publications

• Besla, G., Huppenkothen, D., Lloyd-Ronning, N. .., Schneider, E., Behroozi, P., Burkhart, B., Chan, C., Jacobson, S., Morrison, S., Nam, N., Naoz, S., Peter, A., Ramirez-Ruiz, E. .., Abrahams, E., Bailin, J., Blecha, L., Bostroem, A., Bogdanovi{'c}, T., Boylan-Kolchin, M. .., , Bellm, E., et al. (2019, Sep). Training the Future Generation of Computational Researchers. In baas, 51.
• Monteagudo, L., Monelli, M., Galart, C., Nidever, D., Olsen, K., Gruendl, R., Blum, R., Walker, A., Saha, A., & Besla, G. (2015, 05). Star Formation History of the Magellanic Clouds: a survey program with DECam@4mCTIO. In XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society.
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  29 authors. G. Besla as co-author
• Besla, G. (2014, November). The Orbits of the Magellanic Clouds. In Lessons from the Local Group - A Conference in Honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen.
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  Invited talk at a conference honoring the careers of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen.
• Olsen, K. A., Nidever, D. L., Gruendl, R. A., Blum, R. D., Walker, A. R., Saha, A., Olszewski, E. W., Munoz, R., Kunder, A. M., Kaleida, C. C., Conn, B., Besla, G., Majewski, S. R., Gallart, C., Monelli, M., Stringfellow, G. S., Zaritsky, D. F., Chu, Y., Van Der Marel, R. P., , Martin, N., et al. (2014, jan). SMASH: The Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223, #254.44.
• Stierwalt, S., Johnson, K. E., Kallivayalil, N., Patton, D. R., Putman, M. E., Besla, G., & Geha, M. C. (2014, jan). Star Formation in Dwarf-Dwarf Mergers: Fueling Hierarchical Assembly. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 223, #355.25.
• van der Marel, R., Anderson, J., Bellini, A., & Besla, G. (2014, March). Local Group and Star Cluster Dynamics from HSTPROMO: The Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion Collaboration. In Structure and Dynamics of Disk Galaxies, 480, 43.

Presentations

• Besla, G. (2021). Milky Way in Motion. ICCUB Astrophysics Seminar, Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain: ICCUB.
• Besla, G. (2021). Milky Way in Motion. U. Victoria Astrophysics Seminar. Victoria, Canada: U. Victoria.
• Besla, G. (2021). Milky Way in Motion. U. Washington Department Colloquium. Seattle: U. Washington.
• Besla, G. (2021). The Milky Way in Motion. Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquium. Munich: Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquium: ESO, the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the Observatory of the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich.
• Besla, G. (2020, May). The Milky Way in Motion: Novel Directions for the Search for Dark Matter. Astrophysics Colloquium. Stanford KIPAC: Stanford KIPAC.
• Besla, G. (2020, May). The Milky Way in Motion: Novel Directions for the Search for Dark Matter. Departmental Colloquium. U Arizona: Physics Department.
• Besla, G. (2020, November). The Milky Way in Motion. Departmental Colloquium. UC Merced: UC Merced.
• Besla, G. (2020, October). The LMC vs. the Milky Way. Departmental Colloquium. Harvard University: Harvard University.
• Besla, G. (2020, October). The LMC vs. the Milky Way. Departmental Colloquium. The Ohio State University.
• Besla, G. (2019, December). The Fastest Local Dark Matter Particles come from the LMC. SuperCDMS General MeetingSuperCDMS collaboration.
• Besla, G. (2019, December). The Milky Way in Motion. Departmental Colloquium, MSU. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University.
• Besla, G. (2019, July). The Magellanic System. IAU Symposium: Galactic Dynamics in the Era of Large Surveys. Shanghai, China: IAU.
• Besla, G. (2019, June). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, PUC, Chile. Santiago, Chile: Pontificia Universidad Católica.
• Besla, G. (2019, June). The Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, U. La Serena. La Serena, Chile: Universidad de La Serena.
• Besla, G. (2019, June). The LMC vs. the Milky Way. Vera Rubin Prize Lecture, Division on Dynamical Astronomy annual meeting. Boulder, CO: Division on Dynamical Astronomy, American Astronomical Society.
• Besla, G. (2019, May). The Dynamics of the Local Group. Astronomy Colloquium, MIT. Boston, MA: MIT.
• Besla, G. (2019, Sep 2019). Invited Review: Dynamical Models of the Magellanic Clouds. Synoptic view of the Magellanic Clouds: VMC, Gaia and beyond. Munich, Germany: ESO.
• Besla, G. (2019, September). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, U Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto.
• Besla, G. (2019, September). The Moving Milky Way. Simons Society of Fellows Alumni Symposium. New York, NY: Simons Foundation, Center for Computational Astrophysics.
• Besla, G. (2018, April). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, Carnegie Observatories. Carnegie Observatories.
• Besla, G. (2018, February). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium Texas A&M. Texas A&M: Astronomy & Physics.
• Besla, G. (2018, July). Massive Satellites and The Dark Matter Distribution of the Milky Way. Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Conference. Budapest, Hungary.
• Besla, G. (2018, July). The CGM of Low Mass Galaxies in a Hierarchical Framework.. Circumgalactic Medium Workshop. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
• Besla, G. (2018, July). The Dark Matter Distribution around the Milky Way. Special Theoretical Astrophysics Workshop. DARK institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Besla, G. (2018, June). The Interactions between the Milky Way and its Satellites. Plenary Talk, 232nd American Astronomical Society meeting. Denver, Colorado.
• Besla, G. (2018, March). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, Princeton & IAS. Princeton & IAS: Astronomy.
• Besla, G. (2018, November). Dynamics of the Local Group. CIERA Seminar, Northwestern. Northwestern University.
• Besla, G. (2018, October). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley: Astronomy.
• Besla, G. (2018, September). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, UMKC. University of Missouri-Kansas City.
• Besla, G. (2018, September). Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium, University of Indiana. University of Indiana, Bloomington.
• Besla, G. (2017, June). Ram Pressure Stripping of the LMC. The European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences (EWASS). Prague, Czech Republic.
• Besla, G. (2017, June). The Evolution of Massive Satellites. Dwarf Galaxies on the Shoulders of Giants. Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western.
• Besla, G. (2017, May 17). The Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Seminar. Sandiego, CA: UCSD.
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• Besla, G. (2017, October 26). The Dynamics of our Local Group. Bok Prize Lecture. Harvard University.
• Besla, G. (2016, December). The Dynamics of the Local Group. Departmental Colloquium. University of Colorado.
• Besla, G. (2016, July). Environment and the Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies. Mapping the Pathways of Galaxy Transformation Across Time and Space. Catalina Island, California.
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• Besla, G. (2016, March). Galaxy Collisions in our Local Neighborhood. Departmental Colloquium. University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
• Besla, G. (2016, May). HSTPROMO and the Dynamics of the Local Group. AAS Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting: “Impact of Astrometry on Dynamics: Present and Future. Vanderbilt University.
• Besla, G. (2016, May). The Dynamics of our Local Group: The Role of Massive Satellites. Departmental Colloquium. UC Santa Cruz.
• Besla, G. (2016, November). Environment and the Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies. Departmental Colloquium. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD.
• Besla, G. (2016, September). Gaseous Evolution of Massive Satellites. Gas and Gravitational Dynamics MODEST-16. New York, NY: American Natural History Museum.
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• Besla, G. (2015, April 13-17). A Review of the Magellanic System. Satellites and Streams in Santiago. Santiago, Chile: European Southern Observatory.
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• Besla, G. (2015, Aug 31-Sep 4). Modeling the Gaseous Magellanic System. Life Cycle of Gas in Galaxies: A Local Perspective. Dwingeloo, Netherlands: ASTRON.
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• Besla, G. (2015, Dec 1). The Evolution of the Magellanic System. Departmental Colloquium. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.
• Besla, G. (2015, June 1-4). Simulations of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies. Local Group Astrostatistics. Ann Arbor, Michigan: U. Michigan.
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• Besla, G. (2015, June 8-12). Dwarf-Dwarf Galaxy Interactions and the Removal/Supply of Gas. IGM@50. Abbazia di Spineto, Italy.
• Besla, G. (2015, Nov 18). Galaxy Collisions in our Backyard. Departmental Colloquium. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame.
• Besla, G. (2015, Oct 29). Galaxy Interactions In our Backyard. Departmental Colloquium. Haverford, PA: Haverford College.
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• Besla, G. (2015, Oct 5-7). The LMC/SMC Interaction and the Dynamics of the Magellanic System. Feedback in the Magellanic Clouds. Baltimore, MD: STScI.
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• Besla, G. (2014, April). The Dwarf Galaxy Zoo. Department Colloquium, Columbia University. Columbia University, New York, New York.
• Besla, G. (2014, February). Galaxy Collisions in Our Local Neighborhood. Department Colloquium, Dartmouth College. Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.
• Besla, G. (2014, November). Establishing the Merger Sequence of Dwarf Galaxies. NOAO FLASH seminar. NOAO, Tucson, Arizona.