Galaxy groups and clusters are believed to influence galaxy evolution. It has been shown that the groups with early formation epoch, also known as fossil groups...
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TalkBeyond the gap; do galaxies care about group dynamics?
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TalkBinary 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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TalkBinary stars in stellar population synthesis models and the UV upturn in early type galaxies.
Many stars are observed to belong to multiple systems. Interactions between binary stars may change the evolutionary track of a star, creating atypical stars...
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TalkBlack holes in globular clusters
In the past few years, a series of discoveries have been made of objects which appear to be accreting stellar mass black holes in globular clusters -- both in...
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TalkBridging Gaps in Stellar Population Synthesis
Stellar population synthesis has reached a high degree of sophistication that has been exploited to understand to a certain extent the mechanisms of formation...
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TalkBRITE-Constellation: Nano-Satellites for Stellar Astrophysics Research: Why Centimeter-Class Telescopes in Space need Meter-Class Telescopes on Ground?
BRITE-Constellation (BRight Target Explorer) consists of six nano-satellites aiming to study of variability of the brightest stars in the sky. Austria, Poland...
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TalkBuried in the noise.
As astrophysicists, we are used to extracting physical information from the observations. The usual procedure is to propose a parametric physical model to...
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TalkCalar 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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TalkCan solar activity and cosmic rays save us from global warming?
Global warming has often been portrayed as being connected only to greenhouse gasses in widespread media. However, these are just one of many factors...