A light curve of the eclipsing binary CM Draconis has been analyzed for the presence of transits of planets of size >=2.5 Earth radii (RE), with periods of 60 days or less, and in coplanar orbits around the binary system. About 400 million model light curves, representing transits from planets with periods ranging from 7 to 60 days, have been

We apply non-extensive methods to the statistical analysis of fully developed turbulent flows. Probability density functions of velocity differences at distance r obtained by extremizing the Tsallis entropies coincide well with what is measured in turbulence experiments. We derive a set of relations between the hyperflatness factors F_m and the non

In this contribution we discuss new results of a program aimed at studying the physical properties, origin and evolution of ``low-ionization, small-scale structures in PNe''. Within this project we classify and discuss the properties of a sample of more than 50 PNe, collected from the literature, in the light of their possible formation mechanisms

We describe a new LTE inversion code for the analysis of Stokes profiles emerging from unresolved magnetic elements. It has been specifically designed to obtain the thermal, dynamic, and magnetic properties of these structures in a self-consistent manner by fitting the whole shape of the observed spectra. The inversion code is based on a previous

Let $X$ be a compact Kahler manifold, and let $L$ be a line bundle on $X.$ Define $I_k(L)$ to be the kernel of the multiplication map $ Sym^k H^0 (L) o H^0 (L^k).$ For all $h leq k,$ we define a map $ ho : I_k(L) o Hom (H^{p,q} (L^{-h}), H^{p+1,q-1} (L^{k-h})).$ When $L = K_X$ is the canonical bundle, the map $ ho$ computes a second fundamental

SAO 85766 (b = +20o) is an IRAS source with far-infrared colours similar to planetary nebulae. According to the HDE catalogue, its spectrum in 1940 was that of an A5 star. The UV fluxes and colours derived from data obtained by the TD1 satellite in 1972 also indicate that SAO 85766 was an A-type supergiant at that epoch. However, high resolution