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

The Milky Way and the Local Group (MWLG)
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    A study on poly(indene)
    Indene was polymerized to polyindene (PI) through a cationic mechanism using TiCl4•2THF complex as initiator. The cationic mechanism was investigated through...
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    A super-Chandrasekhar mass type Ia supernova progenitor at 49 pc set to detonate in 23 Gyr
    Double white dwarf binaries are a leading explanation of the origin of type Ia supernovae, but no system exceeding the Chandrasekhar mass limit (1.4 M ⊙) has...
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    A super-Earth and a mini-Neptune near the 2:1 MMR straddling the radius valley around the nearby mid-M dwarf TOI-2096
    Context. Several planetary formation models have been proposed to explain the observed abundance and variety of compositions of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes...
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    A swarm of dusty objects in orbit around the central star of planetary nebula WeSb 1
    Exoplanets and smaller bodies have been detected orbiting different kind of stars. However, we do not know of any such objects in planetary nebulae, the short...
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    A test for asymptotic giant branch evolution theories: planetary nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    We used a new generation of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stellar models that include dust formation in the stellar winds to find the links between evolutionary...
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    A theoretical investigation of the possible detection of C24 in space
    Astronomical infrared spectral features at ~6.6, 9.8 and 20 micronm have recently been suggested as being due to the planar graphene form of C24 carbon cluster...
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    A Third Massive Star Component in the σ Orionis AB System
    We report on the detection of a third massive star component in the σ Orionis AB system, traditionally considered as a binary system. The system has been...
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    A tidally tilted sectoral dipole pulsation mode in the eclipsing binary TIC 63328020
    We report the discovery of the third tidally tilted pulsator, TIC 63328020. Observations with the TESS satellite reveal binary eclipses with an orbital period...
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    A unified model for age-velocity dispersion relations in Local Group galaxies: disentangling ISM turbulence and latent dynamical heating
    We analyse age-velocity dispersion relations (AVRs) from kinematics of individual stars in eight Local Group galaxies ranging in mass from Carina (M* ˜ 106 M⊙)...