The primordial abundance of 4He, YP, is one of the hottest themes in present-day astronomy, mostly due to its cosmological relevance. The disagreement between...
The primordial helium abundance and the number of neutrino families
Based on observations of HII regions and on the new computations of the recombination coefficients of the HeI lines by Porter el al. we obtain a primordial...
The Pristine survey - III. Spectroscopic confirmation of an efficient search for extremely metal-poor stars
The Pristine survey is a narrow-band, photometric survey focused around the wavelength region of the Ca II H&K absorption lines, designed to efficiently search...
The Pristine survey - VI. The first three years of medium-resolution follow-up spectroscopy of Pristine EMP star candidates
We present the results of a 3-yr long, medium-resolution spectroscopic campaign aimed at identifying very metal-poor stars from candidates selected with the...
This is the first talk of a series of four aimed to discuss about Cosmology. Here, I will review the basic concepts of the standard cosmological model, which...
The star formation history of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy
We present the star formation history (SFH) of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy based on deep g, r photometry taken with Dark Energy Camera at the Blanco...
The star formation history of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy: a true fossil of the pre-reionization era
We present the star formation history (SFH) of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy based on deep archive B, I photometry taken with Suprime-Cam at Subaru...
The Young and the Wild: What Happens to Protoclusters Forming at Redshift z ≈ 4?
Using one of the largest volumes of the hydrodynamical cosmological simulation suit Magneticum, we study the evolution of protoclusters identified at redshift ≈...
Time Variation of the Electron Mass in the Early Universe and the Barrow-Magueijo Model
We put limits on the time variation of the electron mass in the early universe using observational primordial abundances of D, 4He, and 7Li, recent data from...