The basis of stellar population modeling was established around 40 years ago somehow optimized to the technical facilities and observational data available at...
Timing the r-process Enrichment of the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II
The ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Reticulum II (Ret II) exhibits a unique chemical evolution history, with ${72}_{-12}^{+10}$ % of its stars strongly enhanced in r...
The SAURON survey has revised our view of early type galaxies discovering that central disks and multiple kinematic components are common; 75% of the sample...
Understanding the Milky Way galaxy - prospects from on-going and future surveys
Galactic Archeology is today a vibrant field of research. The adoption and launch of the Gaia astrometric satellite by ESA has resulted in many spectroscopic...
Unusual abundance patterns across the Milky Way: Evident signatures of dissolving GC stars
APOGEE contains more than hundred thousands new giant stars. This enabled us to collected an unprecedented and homogeneous sample of giant stars with light...
Updated BaSTI Stellar Evolution Models and Isochrones. II. α-enhanced Calculations
This is the second paper of a series devoted to presenting an updated release of the BaSTI (a Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones) stellar model and isochrone...
The authors have shown how two extensive stellar spectral libraries of very high quality obtained with telescopes of small size can help us in determining the...