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

The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
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    Angular Size Test on the Expansion of the Universe
    Assuming the standard cosmological model to be correct, the average linear size of the galaxies with the same luminosity is six times smaller at z = 3.2 than at...
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    Animations galaxies
    Animations made at the IAC between 2000 and 2007
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    Anisotropic satellite accretion on to the Local Group with HESTIA
    How the cosmic web feeds haloes, and fuels galaxy formation is an open question with wide implications. This study explores the mass assembly in the Local Group...
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    Anomalous Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Insight into their origin and connection with the star formation history
    Context. The properties of variable stars can give independent constraints on the star formation history of the host galaxy, by determining the age and...
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    APOGEE Chemical Abundance Patterns of the Massive Milky Way Satellites
    The SDSS-IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey has obtained high-resolution spectra for thousands of red giant stars...
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    APOGEE chemical abundances of globular cluster giants in the inner Galaxy
    We report chemical abundances obtained by Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)-III/Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment for giant stars in five...
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    APOGEE Chemical Abundances of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
    The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment provides the opportunity of measuring elemental abundances for C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, K, Ca, V...
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    APOGEE Data and Spectral Analysis from SDSS Data Release 16: Seven Years of Observations Including First Results from APOGEE-South
    The spectral analysis and data products in Data Release 16 (DR16; 2019 December) from the high-resolution near-infrared Apache Point Observatory Galactic...
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    APOGEE Data Releases 13 and 14: Data and Analysis
    The data and analysis methodology used for the SDSS/APOGEE Data Releases 13 and 14 are described, highlighting differences from the DR12 analysis presented in...