Optical and infrared studies of Galactic open clusters
In the first (optical) part, we present our recent results on mass and luminosity function of Galactic open clusters, a new statistical study based on the ASCC...
Optical and NIR studies of short period low mass X-ray binaries (LMXB)
I present some recent results from our Optical and NIR studies of five short period low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB's; X1822-371, X1957+115, UW CrB, X1916-05 and...
Part 1: A supernova search in starburst galaxies & Part 2: Starbursts and EMIR project
With the aim of testing the relation between supernova (SN) rate and star formation rate, we conducted a SN search in a sample of local starburst galaxies (SBs)...
Photometric study of Pre-Main Sequence Stars in massive star-burst clusters
Current planet formation theories are bound to comply with the observational constraint that protoplanetary disks have lifetime of ~3 Myr. This timescale is...
The initial mass function describes the distribution of masses for a population of stars and substellar objects when they are born. It defines the evolution of...
Planning the WHT future: the WEAVE wide-field massive-multiplex spectrograph
The vision for the use of the WHT in the coming decade is taking shape. A key element is the construction and deployment of WEAVE, a wide-field massive...
PLATO: The ESA Cosmic Vision planetray system characterizer
I present a general overview of the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) space mission. PLATO was approved by ESA’s Science Programme Committee...
Population synthesis of massive stars with compact companions in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Most high mass X-ray binaries contain neutron stars as companions to an OB star, while high mass black hole binaries are very rare. We use rapid binary...
We will start by recalling the effects of rotation on stellar evolution and briefly explain its implementation in a stellar evolution code. We will present a...