Browsing by Author "Marconi, M."

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    • 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 ...

    • New near-infrared period-luminosity-metallicity relations for RR Lyrae stars and the outlook for GAIA 

      Muraveva, T.; Palmer, Max; Clementini, Gisella; Luri, Xavier; Cioni, M-R.L.; Moretti, M.I.; Marconi, M.; Ripepi, V.; Rubele, S. (2015-07-07)
      We present results of the analysis of 70 RR Lyrae stars located in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Combining the spectroscopically determined metallicity of these stars from the literature with precise periods ...

    • 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. ...

    • STREGA: STRucture and Evolution of the GAlaxy - I : Survey overview and first results 

      Marconi, M.; Musella, Ilaria; Di Criscienzo, M; Cignoni, M.; Dall'Ora, Massimo; Bono, Giuseppe; Ripepi, V.; Brocato, Enzo; Raimondo, G.; Grado, A.; Limatola, L.; Coppola, G.; Moretti, M.I.; Stetson, P.; Calamida, A.; Cantiello, M.; Capaccioli, M.; Cappellaro, Enrico; Cioni, M-R.L.; Degl'Innocenti, S.; De Martino, D.; Di Cecco, A.; Ferraro, I.; Iannicola, G.; Prada Moroni, P.G.; Silvotti, R.; Buonanno, R.; Getman, F.; Napolitano, N.R.; Pulone, L.; Schipani, P. (2014-11-11)
      STREGA (STRucture and Evolution of the GAlaxy) is a guaranteed time survey being performed at the VST (the ESO Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope) to map about 150 square degrees in the Galactic halo, in order to constrain ...

    • 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 - 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 - XVI : Spatial variation of the cluster-formation activity in the innermost regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud 

      Piatti, Andrés E.; De Grijs, Richard; Ripepi, V.; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Marconi, M.; Rubele, S.; Bekki, K.; For, Bi-Qing (2015-11-21)
      We present results based on YJKs photometry of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), distributed throughout the central part of the galaxy's bar and the 30 Doradus region. We analysed the field-star-decontaminated ...

    • The VMC survey - XVII : The proper motions of the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way globular cluster 47 Tucanae 

      Cioni, M-R.L.; Bekki, K.; Girardi, L.; De Grijs, Richard; Irwin, M.; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Marconi, M.; Oliveira, Joana M.; Piatti, Andrés E.; Ripepi, V.; van Loon, J. Th (2016-01-28)
      In this study we use multi-epoch near-infrared observations from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system (VMC) to measure the proper motion of different stellar populations in a tile of 1.5 deg sq. in size in the ...

    • 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 ...