Examinando por Autor "Marconi, Marcella"

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    Discovery of tidal RR lyrae stars in the bulge globular cluster M62
    (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2018-12) Minniti, Dante; Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Ripepi, Vincenzo; Alonso-García, Javier; Contreras Ramos, Rodrigo; Marconi, Marcella
    The RR Lyrae (RRL) rich globular cluster M62 (NGC 6266) is one of the most massive globular clusters in the Milky Way, located in the dense region of the Galactic bulge, where dynamical processes that affect the survival of globular clusters are maximized. Using Gaia second data release data we have found clear evidence for an excess of RRLs beyond the cluster tidal radius of M62, associated partly with stars stripped into the Galaxy field. This is confirmed with new Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy Variables in the Via Lactea Extended survey observations, which discard any differential reddening effect as the possible cause of the observed RRL density excess. We also determined the orbit of M62 using accurate new measurements of its distance, radial velocity, and proper motions, finding that its orbit is prograde with respect to the direction of the Galactic rotation. Orbits are integrated in the non-axisymmetric galactic model GravPot16, which includes the perturbations due to the central Galactic bar. M62 shows a particular orbital behavior, having a dynamical signature of the bar-bulge region. The small extra-tidal RRLs extensions that are observed are roughly aligned toward the galactic center, and the direction is almost perpendicular to the galactic plane, not with its motion along its orbit. This may be a clear sign of bulge-crossing shocks during the last passage close of the cluster toward its perigalacticon. M62 would be the first clear observed case of bulge shocking in the inner Galaxy acting on a globular cluster
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    Impact of Distance Determinations on Galactic Structure. II. Old Tracers
    (Springer Netherlands, 2018-08) Kunder, Andrea; Valenti, Elena; Dall’Ora, Massimo; Pietrukowicz, Pawel; Sneden, Chris; Bono, Giuseppe; Braga, Vittorio F.; Ferraro, Iván; Fiorentino, Giuliana; Iannicola, Giacinto; Marconi, Marcella; Martínez-Vázquez, Clara E.; Monelli, Matteo; Musella, Ilaria; Ripepi, Vincenzo; Salaris, Maurizio; Stetson, Peter B.
    Here we review the efforts of a number of recent results that use old tracers to understand the build up of the Galaxy. Details that lead directly to using these old tracers to measure distances are discussed. We concentrate on the following: (1) the structure and evolution of the Galactic bulge and inner Galaxy constrained from the dynamics of individual stars residing therein; (2) the spatial structure of the old Galactic bulge through photometric observations of RR Lyrae-type stars; (3) the three-dimensional structure, stellar density, mass, chemical composition, and age of the Milky Way bulge as traced by its old stellar populations; (4) an overview of RR Lyrae stars known in the ultra-faint dwarfs and their relation to the Galactic halo; and (5) different approaches for estimating absolute and relative cluster ages. © 2018, Springer Nature B.V.
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    Rubin Observatory LSST Transients and Variable Stars Roadmap
    (Institute of Physics, 2023-10) Hambleton, Kelly M.; Bianco, Federica B.; Street, Rachel; Bell, Keaton; Buckley, David; Graham, Melissa; Hernitschek, Nina; Lund, Michael B.; Mason, Elena; Pepper, Joshua; Prša, Andrej; Rabus, Markus; Raiteri, Claudia M.; Szabó, Róbert; Szkody, Paula; Andreoni, Igor; Antoniucci, Simone; Balmaverde, Barbara; Bellm, Eric; Bonito, Rosaria; Bono, Giuseppe; Botticella, Maria Teresa; Brocato, Enzo; Bricman, Katja Bučar; Cappellaro, Enrico; Carnerero, Maria Isabel; Chornock, Ryan; Clarke, Riley; Cowperthwaite, Phil; Cucchiara, Antonino; D’Ammando, Filippo; Dage, Kristen C.; Dall’Ora, Massimo; Davenport, James R.A.; de Martino, Domitilla; de Somma, Giulia; Criscienzo, Marcella Di; Stefano, Rosanne Di; Drout, Maria; Fabrizio, Michele; Fiorentino, Giuliana; Gandhi, Poshak; Garofalo, Alessia; Giannini, Teresa; Gomboc, Andreja; Greggio, Laura; Hartigan, Patrick; Hundertmark, Markus; Johnson, Elizabeth; Johnson, Michael; Jurkic, Tomislav; Khakpash, Somayeh; Leccia, Silvio; Li, Xiaolong; Magurno, Davide; Malanchev, Konstantin; Marconi, Marcella; Margutti, Raffaella; Marinoni, Silvia; Mauron, Nicolas; Molinaro, Roberto; Möller, Anais; Moniez, Marc; Muraveva, Tatiana; Musella, Ilaria; Ngeow, Chow-Choong; Pastorello, Andrea; Petrecca, Vincenzo; Piranomonte, Silvia; Ragosta, Fabio; Reguitti, Andrea; Righi, Chiara; Ripepi, Vincenzo; Rivera Sandoval, Liliana; Stassun, Keivan G.; Stroh, Michael; Terreran, Giacomo; Trimble, Virginia; Tsapras, Yiannis; van Velzen, Sjoert; Venuti, Laura; Vink, Jorick S.
    The Vera C. Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) holds the potential to revolutionize time domain astrophysics, reaching completely unexplored areas of the Universe and mapping variability time scales from minutes to a decade. To prepare to maximize the potential of the Rubin LSST data for the exploration of the transient and variable Universe, one of the four pillars of Rubin LSST science, the Transient and Variable Stars Science Collaboration, one of the eight Rubin LSST Science Collaborations, has identified research areas of interest and requirements, and paths to enable them. While our roadmap is ever-evolving, this document represents a snapshot of our plans and preparatory work in the final years and months leading up to the survey’s first light. © 2023 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.