Astrophysical: Stellar dynamics

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    Past and Present of Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters
    Dwarf galaxies are a complex population. They comprise objects with young and old stellar populations, slow and fast rotation, as well as single- and multi...
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    Photometric binaries in 50 globular clusters
    The HST/ACS Survey of Galactic globular clusters (GGCs) is a HST Treasury project aimed at obtaining high precision photometry in a large sample of globular...
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    Quantification of bar strength and the structure of galaxies
    Bars are important engines for the evolution of structure in galaxies. Bars can cause secular evolution of both the gas and stellar distributions in galaxies...
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    Reconstructing the history of the Milky Way and probing the dark matter nature in WEAVE and LSST era
    At present, our understanding of the formation history of the MW is limited due to the complexity of observing the imprints of accretion events and of...
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    Sounding the treasure trove - Asteroseismology of red-giant stars and binaries systems
    Understanding stellar structure and evolution significantly impacts our understanding of the tight-knit evolution of galaxies and exoplanet systems. However...
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    Stellar black holes at the dawn of the Universe: cosmological implications
    The so called "dark ages" of the universe began about 400.000 years after the Big Bang as matter cooled down and space became filled with neutral hydrogen for...
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    Supergiants with an Interesting Past
    Exciting things may have happened sometimes to the stars we see in the sky today. For example, Betelgeuse, also known as Alpha-Ori, an M-type red supergiant...
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    Tango for three and ballet for thirty: the interaction of the Milky Way with its satellites
    I discuss the dynamical interactions between the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies, focusing on the closest and most massive satellites - the Large...
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    The binary population in Galactic globular clusters: theory versus observations
    I present the first results of a long term project devoted to the study of the evolution of the binary population in globular clusters. Using deep ACS@HST...