Browsing by Author "Clementini, G."

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    • Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud : results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys 

      Tatiana, Muraveva; Clementini, G.; Maceroni, Carla; Evans, Chris J.; Moretti, M.I.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Marquette, J-B.; Ripepi, V.; de Grijs, R.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Piatti, Andres; van Loon, J. Th (2014-09-01)
      We present a catalogue of 1768 eclipsing binary stars (EBs) detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by the second generation of the EROS survey (hereinafter EROS-2); 493 of them are new discoveries located in outer ...

    • The Magellanic Clouds as a Template for the Study of Stellar Populations and Galaxy Interactions 

      Cioni, M-R.L.; Bekki, K.; Clementini, G.; de Blok, W.J.G.; Emerson, J.P.; Evans, Chris J.; de Grijs, R.; Gibson, B. K.; Girardi, L.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Ivanov, V.D.; Leisy, P.; Marconi, M.; Mastropietro, C.; Moore, B.; Naylor, T.; Oliveira, J.M.; Ripepi, V.; van Loon, J. Th; Wilkinson, Mark; Wood, P.R. (2008-01)
      The Magellanic System represents one of the best places to study the formation and evolution of galaxies. Photometric surveys of various depths, areas and wavelengths have had a significant impact on our understanding of ...

    • Preliminary results for RR Lyrae stars and classical Cepheids from VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) survey 

      Ripepi, V.; Moretti, M.I.; Clementini, G.; Marconi, M.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Marquette, J-B.; Tisserand, P. (2012-09)
      The Vista Magellanic Cloud (VMC, PI M.R. Cioni) survey is collecting K S -band time series photometry of the system formed by the two Magellanic Clouds (MC) and the "bridge" that connects them. These data are used to build ...

    • STEP: the VST survey of the SMC and the Magellanic Bridge - I : Overview and first results 

      Ripepi, V.; Cignoni, M.; Tosic, M.; Marconi, M.; Musella, Ilaria; Grado, A.; Limatola, L.; Clementini, G.; Brocato, Enzo; Cantiello, M.; Capaccioli, M.; Cappellaro, Enrico; Cioni, M-R.L.; Cusano, F.; Dall'Ora, Massimo; Gallagher, Jay S.; Grebel, Eva K.; Nota, Antonella; Palla, Francesco; Romano, D.; Raimondo, G.; Sabbi, Elena; Getman, F.; Napolitano, N.R.; Schipani, P.; Zaggia, S. (2014-08-11)
      STEP (the SMC in Time: Evolution of a Prototype interacting late-type dwarf galaxy) is a Guaranteed Time Observation survey being performed at the VST (the ESO VLT Survey Telescope). STEP will image an area of 74 sq. deg. ...

    • The VMC survey - IX : Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data 

      Cioni, M-R.L.; Giradi, L.; Moretti, M.I.; Piffl, T.; Ripepi, V.; Rubele, S.; Scholz, R.D.; Bekki, K.; Clementini, G.; Ivanov, V.D.; Oliveira, J.M.; van Loon, J. Th (2014-02)
      Proper motion (PM) studies are fundamental ingredients in the understanding of the orbital history of galaxies. Current measurements do not yet provide a satisfactory answer to the possible scenarios for the formation and ...

    • The VMC survey - V : First results for classical Cepheids 

      Ripepi, V.; Moretti, M.I.; Marconi, M.; Clementini, G.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Marquette, J-B.; Girardi, L.; Rubele, S.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; de Grijs, R.; Gibson, B. K.; Oliveira, J.M.; van Loon, J. Th; Emerson, J.P. (2012-08)
      The VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC; PI: M.-R. L. Cioni) survey is collecting deep Ks-band time series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted by the system formed by the two Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and the bridge ...

    • The VMC survey - VII : Reddening map of the 30 Doradus field and the structure of the cold interstellar medium 

      Tatton, B.; van Loon, J. Th; Cioni, M-R.L.; Clementini, G.; Emerson, J.P.; Girardi, L.; de Grijs, R.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Gullieuszik, M.; Ivanov, V.D.; Moretti, M.I.; Ripepi, V.; Rubele, S. (2013-06)
      The details of how galaxies have evolved over cosmological times are imprinted in their star formation history, chemical enrichment and morpho-kinematic structure. Parameters behind these, such as effective temperature and ...

    • The VMC survey - VIII : First results for anomalous Cepheids 

      Ripepi, V.; Marconi, M.; Moretti, M.I.; Clementini, G.; Cioni, M-R.L.; de Grijs, R.; Emerson, J.P.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Ivanov, V.D.; Oliveira, J.M. (2014-01-21)
      The VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic Clouds System (VMC, PI M.-R. L. Cioni) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted in the system formed by the two Magellanic ...

    • The VMC survey - X : The technique of using Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and binaries to probe the Magellanic system structure 

      Moretti, M.I.; Clementini, G.; Tatiana, Muraveva; Ripepi, V.; Marquette, J-B.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Marconi, M.; Girardi, L.; Rubele, S.; Tisserand, P.; de Grijs, R.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Guandalini, Roald; Ivanov, V.D.; van Loon, J. Th (2014-01)
      The VISTA near-infrared Y, J, Ks survey of the Magellanic System (VMC) survey is obtaining multi-epoch photometry in the Ks band of the Magellanic System down to a limiting magnitude of Ks~19.3 for individual epoch data. ...

    • The VMC survey - XI : Radial Stellar Population Gradients in the Galactic Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae 

      Chengyan, Li; de Grijs, R.; Deng, Licai; Rubele, S.; Wang, Chuchu; Bekki, K.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Clementini, G.; Emerson, J.P.; For, Bi-Qing; Girardi, L.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Guandalini, Roald; Gullieuszik, M.; Marconi, M.; Piatti, Andres; Ripepi, V.; van Loon, J. Th. (2014-07)
      We present a deep near-infrared color-magnitude diagram of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae, obtained with the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) as part of the VISTA near-infrared Y, J, ...

    • The VMC Survey - XIII : Type II Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud 

      Ripepi, V.; Moretti, M.I.; Marconi, M.; Clementini, G.; Cioni, M-R.L.; de Grijs, R.; Emerson, J.P.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Muraveva, T.; Piatti, A.E.; Subramanian, S. (2015-01-21)
      The VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) survey of the Magellanic Clouds System (VMC) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted in the system formed by ...

    • The VMC survey - XIV : First results on the look-back time star formation rate tomography of the Small Magellanic Cloud 

      Rubele, S.; Girardi, L.; Kerber, L.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Piatti, A.E.; Zaggia, S.; Bekki, K.; Bressan, A.; Clementini, G.; de Grijs, R.; Emerson, J.P.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Marconi, M.; Marigo, P.; Moretti, M.I.; Ripepi, V.; Subramanian, S.; Tatton, B.L.; van Loon, J. Th (2015-05-01)
      We analyse deep images from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds in the YJKs filters, covering 14 deg2 (10 tiles), split into 120 subregions, and comprising the main body and Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). ...

    • The VMC survey - XX. Identification of new Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud 

      Moretti, M. I.; Clementini, G.; Ripepi, V.; Marconi, M.; Rubele, S.; Cioni, M. R L; Muraveva, T.; Groenewegen, M. A T; Cross, N. J G; Ivanov, V. D.; Piatti, A. E.; de Grijs, R. (2016-06-21)
      We present Ks-band light curves for 299 Cepheids in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) of which 288 are new discoveries that we have identified using multi-epoch near-infrared photometry obtained by the VISTA survey of the ...

    • The VMC survey I. Strategy and first data 

      Cioni, M-R.L.; Clementini, G.; Girardi, L.; Guandalini, R.; Gullieuszik, M.; Miszalski, B.; Moretti, M.I.; Ripepi, V.; Rubele, S.; Bagheri, G.; Bekki, K.; Cross, N.J.G.; de Blok, W.J.G.; de Grijs, R.; Emerson, J.P.; Evans, C.J.; Gibson, B.; Gonzales-Solares, E.; Groenewegen, M.A.T.; Irwin, M.J.; Ivanov, V.D.; Lewis, J.; Marconi, M.; Marquette, J-B.; Mastropietro, C.; Moore, B.; Napiwotzki, R.; Naylor, T.; Oliveira, J.M.; Read, M.; Sutorius, E.; van Loon, J.T.; Wilkinson, M.I.; Wood, P.R. (2011-03)
      Context: The new VISual and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has started operations. Over its first five years it will be collecting data for six public surveys, one of which is the near-infrared YJK(s) VISTA survey ...

    • THE VMC SURVEY. XIX. CLASSICAL CEPHEIDS in the SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD 

      Ripepi, V.; Marconi, M.; Moretti, M. I.; Clementini, G.; Cioni, M. R L; De Grijs, R.; Emerson, J. P.; Groenewegen, M. A T; Ivanov, V. D.; Piatti, A. E. (2016-06-01)
      The VISTA near-infrared YJK s survey of the Magellanic Clouds System (VMC) is collecting deep K s-band time-series photometry of pulsating variable stars hosted by the two Magellanic Clouds and their connecting Bridge. In ...