Talk type: Stars

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    Automatic unsupervised classification of all Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 galaxy spectra
    Using the k-means cluster analysis algorithm, we carry out an unsupervised classification of all galaxy spectra in the seventh and final Sloan Digital Sky...
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    Barium stars as tracers of binary evolution in the Gaia era
    About half of the stars in our Galaxy are born in binary systems meaning that their evolution might be affected by the presence of a companion. Many aspects of...
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    Binary stars as the key to understand planetary nebulae
    Binarity and mass transfer appear to play a key role in the shaping and, most likely, in the formation of planetary nebulae (PNe), thereby explaining the large...
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    Black holes
    In his public talk, Prof. Narayan will summarize our knowledge of Black Holes in the universe. He will describe how Black Holes are discovered, how their...
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    Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey
    CALIFA is the largest IFS survey ever performed up to date. Recently started, it will observe ~600 galaxies in the Local Universe with PPAK at the 3.5m of the...
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    Chemical composition of cosmic dust in the solar vicinity
    Cosmic dust is an elusive component of the interstellar medium (ISM) because it is difficult to be observed. Despite the dust is a key ingredient in the...
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    CoRoT-9b, a Jupiter-like transiting giant planet
    Among the over 450 known exoplanets, the planets that transit their central star stand out, due to the wealth of information that can be gained about both...
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    Discovery and characterization of a planetary mass companion to the nearby M dwarf VHS J125601.92–125723.9
    Direct imaging of wide planetary mass companions provide a unique opportunity to fully characterize their spectroscopic and photometric properties. They share...
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    Discovery of Two Rare Highly-Magnetized B Stars in the APOGEE Survey
    The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) - one of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III programs -- is using near-infrared spectra of ~100...