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

The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
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    Searching for the next Galactic Luminous red nova
    Luminous red novae (LRNe) are astrophysical transients believed to be caused by the partial ejection of a binary star's common envelope (CE) and the merger of...
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    SEGUE-2: Old Milky Way Stars Near and Far
    The Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration 2 (SEGUE-2) obtained 128,288 low-resolution spectra (R ~ 1800) of 118,958 unique stars in the...
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    Self-enrichment in globular clusters: the extreme He-rich populationof NGC 2808
    Almost several decades after the discovery of the first multiple populations in galactic globular clusters (GC), the debate on their formation is still...
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    Sensitized Radiation-Induced Polymerization of Indene with 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
    Sensitized radiation-induced polymerization of indene monomer was achieved at a dose rate of 3 kGy/h. The sensitizer (1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane or TCE) leads to...
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    Separation between RR Lyrae and type II Cepheids and their importance for a distance determination: the case of omega Cen
    The separation between RR Lyrae (RRLs) and type II Cepheid (T2Cs) variables based on their period is debated. Both types of variable stars are distance...
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    Seven young star clusters in the inner region of the Small Magellanic Cloud
    We present CCD photometry in the Washington system C and T1 passbands down to T1 ~ 22 in the fields of L35, L45, L49, L50, L62, L63 and L85, seven poorly...
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    Sextans: the smallest cannibal galaxy discovered until now
    A team at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered a new case of galactic cannibalism in the neighbourhood of the Milky Way, which has...
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    Short-lived radioactivity in the early solar system: The Super-AGB star hypothesis
    The composition of the most primitive solar system condensates, such as calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) and micron-sized corundum grains, show that...
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    SIGNALS: I. Survey description
    SIGNALS, the Star formation, Ionized Gas, and Nebular Abundances Legacy Survey, is a large observing programme designed to investigate massive star formation...