Lines of research: The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)

The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
  • Project
    Physical properties and evolution of Massive Stars
    This project aims at the searching, observation and analysis of massive stars in nearby galaxies to provide a solid empirical ground to understand their...
  • Publication
    Physical Properties of a Coma-analog Protocluster at z = 6.5
    We present evidence for the discovery of a protocluster of starburst galaxies (Lyα emitters, or LAEs) near the end of the epoch of reionization. The recent...
  • Publication
    Physical properties of the first spectroscopically confirmed red supergiant stars in the Sculptor Group galaxy NGC 55
    We present K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS) observations of 18 red supergiant (RSG) stars in the Sculptor Group galaxy NGC 55. Radial velocities are...
  • Publication
    Physics of Eclipsing Binaries. IV. The Impact of Interstellar Extinction on the Light Curves of Eclipsing Binaries
    Traditionally, the effects of interstellar extinction on binary star light curves have been treated as a uniform reduction in the observed brightness of the...
  • Publication
    Physics of Eclipsing Binaries. V. General Framework for Solving the Inverse Problem
    PHOEBE 2 is a Python package for modeling the observables of eclipsing star systems, but until now it has focused entirely on the forward model—that is...
  • Project
    Physics of Ionized Nebulae
    The research that is being carried out by the group can be condensed into two main lines: 1) Study of the structure, dynamics, physical conditions and chemical...
  • Publication
    Pisces VII/Triangulum III - M33's second dwarf satellite galaxy
    Pisces VII/Triangulum III (Pisc VII) was discovered in the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey and was shown to be a Local Group dwarf galaxy with follow-up imaging from...
  • Publication
    Pisces VII: discovery of a possible satellite of Messier 33 in the DESI legacy imaging surveys
    We report deep imaging observations with DOLoRes@TNG of an ultra-faint dwarf satellite candidate of the Triangulum galaxy (M33) found by visual inspection of...
  • Publication
    Planetary nebulae hosting accreting white dwarfs: a possible solution for the mysterious cut-off of planetary nebula luminosity function?
    Many binary companions to the central stars of planetary nebulae (PNe) are found to be inflated, perhaps indicating that accretion onto the central star might...