Lines of research: The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
Publication
Nonaxisymmetric models of galaxy velocity maps
Galaxy velocity mapsoften show the typical pattern of a rotating disk, consistent with the dynamical model where emitters rotate in circular orbits around the...
Nube, the almost invisible galaxy which challenges the dark matter model
A group of astrophysicists led by Mireia Montes, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered the largest and most diffuse...
Nucleosynthesis and molecular processes in evolved stars: from (radio) isotopes to complex molecular nanostructures
Low- to intermediate-mass (M < 8 solar masses, Ms) stars represent the majority of stars in the Cosmos. They finish their lives on the Asymptotic Giant Branch...
Nucleosynthesis and molecular processes in the late stages of Stellar Evolution
Low- to intermediate-mass (M < 8 solar masses, Ms) stars represent the majority of stars in the Cosmos. They finish their lives on the Asymptotic Giant Branch...
Observational constraints to boxy/peanut bulge formation time
Boxy/peanut bulges are considered to be part of the same stellar structure as bars and both could be linked through the buckling instability. The Milky Way is...
Observational Evidence for a Correlation Between Macroturbulent Broadening and Line-profile Variations in OB Supergiants
The spectra of O and B supergiants (Sgs) are known to be affected by a significant form of extra line broadening (usually referred to as macroturbulence) in...
Observational hints of radial migration in disc galaxies from CALIFA
Context. According to numerical simulations, stars are not always kept at their birth galactocentric distances but they have a tendency to migrate. The...
Observers measure how Andromeda’s central black hole is fed
A team of scientists led by the Observatory of Munich University and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias have obtained direct visualization of the process...
Observing and Reducing IFUs: INTEGRAL and PMAS—Properties of the Ionized Gas in HH 202
The reduction of integral field spectroscopy (IFS) data requires several stages and many repetitive operations to convert raw data into, typically, a large...