One of the most widely researched topics in Extragalactic Astrophysics in the last decades is how early-type galaxies have formed their stars and assembled. In...
Reconstructing the stellar mass distributions of nearby galaxies using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 micron images
With imaging at 3.6 and 4.5 microns where the light in nearby galaxies is dominated by old stars, the Spitzer Survey of Nearby Galaxies (S4G) stands poised for...
Recovering lenticular galaxies past histories using planetary nebulae kinematics: the case of NGC1023
We present a detailed study of the lenticular galaxy NGC 1023 kinematics. To perform this analysis we use planetary nebulae (PNe). which can be observed in the...
The epoch of reionization has been predicted to leave an imprint on the star formation histories of dwarf galaxies. I will briefly review theoretical ideas and...
Relationship between Hubble type and spectroscopic class in local galaxies
We compare the Hubble type and the spectroscopic class of the galaxies with spectra in SDSS/DR7. As it is long known, elliptical galaxies tend to be red whereas...
Relativistic hydro and magnetohydrodynamic models for AGN jet propagation and deceleration
I will present grid-adaptive computational studies of both magnetized and unmagnetized jet flows, with significantly relativistic bulk speeds, as appropriate...
Results from CanariCam Polarimetry: A Mid-Infrared Polarized View of Active Galactic Nuclei
Little is known about the mid-infrared (MIR) polarization at high-angular resolution of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), however, the polarimetric mode of...
S4G: The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies
Galaxies are the basic building blocks of the Universe, and understanding their formation and evolution is crucial to many areas of current astrophysical...
Shedding light on the darkest galaxies: the Local Group dwarfs
Crucial issues in cosmology and astrophysics are to understand the process of galaxy formation and evolution and the nature of what appears to be the dominant...