Astrophysical: Stellar populations

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    (1) Polarized Line Formation theories: the relevance of partial; (2) TBD; (3) On all things transit.
    1) Polarized Line Formation theories: the relevance of partial non-coherence in light scattering. Dr. Sampoorna Malali The basic theoretical tool for diagnosing...
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    (1) Stellar kinematics in double-barred galaxies: the sigma-hollows (2) A colorful view on the outskirt of spiral galaxies: clues on disk-formation scenarios
    (1) We present SAURON integral-field stellar velocity and velocity dispersion maps for four double-barred early-type galaxies: NGC2859, NGC3941,NGC4725 and...
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    (1) The search for starlight reflected from hot Jupiters (2) Distribución espacial de las poblaciones estelares y del medio interestelar en las galaxias HII
    (1) The search for starlight reflected from hot Jupiters. Dr. Florian Rodler To date, more than 300 extrasolar planets have been found, and their atmospheres...
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    (1) Understanding the formation of the central regions of disk galaxies (2) High angular resolution and high contrast to study exoplanetary systems
    (1) In the last decades, numerous exoplanetary systems have been detected and studied with different techniques. Obtaining direct images of such systems is...
  • Publication
    A Blueprint for the Milky Way's Stellar Populations. IV. A String of Pearls-the Galactic Starburst Sequence
    We continue our series of papers on phase-space distributions of stars in the Milky Way based on photometrically derived metallicities and Gaia astrometry, with...
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    A large spectroscopic survey facility at GTC for the next decade
    In the next decade astronomers will attempt to constrain the nature of dark matter, dark energy and the (perhaps inflationary) processes which generated...
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    A tale of a galaxy cluster: unraveling the formation of RX J0152.7-1357
    Galaxy clusters are the perfect places to study both the always controversial nature vs nurture problem and the still not well understood evolution that...
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    An Isolated Mass-gap Black Hole or Neutron Star Detected with Astrometric Microlensing
    We present the analysis of five black hole candidates identified from gravitational microlensing surveys. Hubble Space Telescope astrometric data and densely...
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    APOKASC-3: The Third Joint Spectroscopic and Asteroseismic Catalog for Evolved Stars in the Kepler Fields
    In the third APOKASC catalog, we present data for the complete sample of 15,808 evolved stars with APOGEE spectroscopic parameters and Kepler asteroseismology...