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

The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
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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...
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    Signatures of the Galactic bar on stellar kinematics unveiled by APOGEE
    Bars are common galactic structures in the local universe that play an important role in the secular evolution of galaxies, including the Milky Way. In...
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    Single Rotating Stars and the Formation of Bipolar Planetary Nebula
    We have computed new stellar evolution models that include the effects of rotation and magnetic torques under different hypotheses. The goal is to test whether...
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    Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
    We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic...
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    Small-Scale Behavior of the Physical Conditions and the Abundance Discrepancy in the Orion Nebula
    We present the results of long-slit spectroscopy, in several positions, of the Orion Nebula. Our goal is to study the spatial distributions of a large number of...
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    Small-spatial-scale variations of nebular properties and the abundance discrepancy in three Galactic HII regions
    We present the results of long-slit spectroscopy in several slit positions that cover different morphological structures of the central parts of three bright...
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    SMASH: Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History
    The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are unique local laboratories for studying the formation and evolution of small galaxies in exquisite detail. The Survey...