Browsing Research publications by Author "Matsunaga, Noriyuki"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

    • The globular cluster VVV CL002 falling down to the hazardous Galactic centre 

      Minniti, Dante; Matsunaga, Noriyuki; Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Otsubo, Shogo; Sarugaku, Yuki; Takeuchi, Tomomi; Katoh, Haruki; Hamano, Satoshi; Ikeda, Yuji; Kawakita, Hideyo; Lucas, Philip W.; Smith, Leigh C.; Petralia, Ilaria; Rita Garro, Elisa; Saito, Roberto K.; Alonso-García, Javier; Gómez, Matías; Gabriela Navarro, María (2024-03-15)
      Context. The Galactic centre is hazardous for stellar clusters because of the strong tidal force in action there. It is believed that many clusters were destroyed there and contributed stars to the crowded stellar field ...

    • Mira variables in the Milky Way’s nuclear stellar disc: discovery and classification 

      Sanders, Jason L.; Matsunaga, Noriyuki; Kawata, Daisuke; Smith, Leigh C.; Minniti, Dante; Lucas, Philip W. (2022-11-30)
      The properties of the Milky Way's nuclear stellar disc give crucial information on the epoch of bar formation. Mira variables are promising bright candidates to study the nuclear stellar disc, and through their period-age ...