History: astroparticle physics emerged from particle physics and connects it to astrophysics. Early particle physics was based on cosmic ray studies. The 1930s...
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CharlaUnification in astroparticle physics: history and phenomena
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CharlaUnraveling the Galactic Thick Disk with QUEST-I RR Lyrae stars
I will present results from the QUEST RR Lyrae Survey of the Galactic Thick Disk. The survey spans ~480 sq. deg. at low latitude |b|<30 deg with multi-epoch VRI...
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CharlaUnveiling the inner Milky Way globular cluster system
A serious limitation in the study of the Galactic inner halo and bulge globular clusters has been the existence of large and differential extinction by...
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CharlaUpgrading VIMOS
VIMOS is visible multi-object spectrometer operating on the VLT. The high multiplex of the VLT visible imager and multi object/integral-field spectrometer...
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CharlaUsing artificial sky glow to retrieve night time aerosol optical depth
Measuring the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) is of particular importance in monitoring aerosol contributions to global radiative forcing and air quality. Most...
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CharlaUsing big data to understand galaxies in our neighborhood
How galaxies form and evolve remains one of the cornerstone questions in our understanding of the universe on grand scales. While much progress has been made by...
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CharlaUsing kinetic theory to model galaxies: an overview of the Vlasov-Poisson system
The Vlasov-Poisson system is the mean field limit of the classical N-body problem as N goes to infinity. First considered in plasma physics, it has been also...
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CharlaUsing nitrogen as a tracer of the chemical content of the Universe: from WR nebulae to early star-forming galaxies
Chemical abundances derived using emission-line spectra in ionized gaseous nebulae are between the most useful properties that can be derived to understand the...
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CharlaUsing the WHT and INT until and during the WEAVE years
An exciting series of changes are taking place at the venerable WHT and INT on La Palma. WEAVE, the next generation multi-fibre spectrograph is being completed...