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Dante Minniti

Professor

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS; VARIABLE STARS; ASTRONOMICAL SURVEYS; EXTRASOLAR PLANETS, GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS, STELLAR POPULATIONS, STELLAR EVOLUTION; GALAXY FORMATION, GALACTIC STRUCTURE, ASTROBIOLOGY

Educación

  •  Astronomy, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA. Argentina, 1987
  •  Astronomy, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA. Chile, 1997
  •  Astrophysics, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. Estados Unidos, 1993

Experiencia Académica

  •   Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Exact Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - At present

  •   Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Physics

    Santiago, Chile

    1998 - 2014

  •   ADJUNCT SCHOLAR Other

    VATICAN OBSERVATORY

    Castelgandolfo, Italia

    2008 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Professor Full Time

    Pont Univ Catolica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    1998 - 2014

  •   Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time

    European Southern Observatory

    Garching, Alemania

    1994 - 1995

  •   Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    San Francisco, Estados Unidos

    1996 - 1998

Formación de Capital Humano


THESIS ADVISOR
· PhD Thesis advisor: Marina Rejkuba (graduated Jun 2002, now Staff Member at ESO Garching)
· PhD Thesis advisor: Daniela Villegas (graduated Oct 2008, now Postdoc at ESO Garching)
· PhD Thesis advisor: José Miguel Fernández (graduated July 2009, now in charge of the Observatorio UC Santa Martina)
· PhD Thesis Advisor: Claudio Cáceres (graduated in Dec 2011, now Professor at Univ. Andrés Bello)
· PhD Thesis advisor: Pamela Arriagada (graduated in July 2012, now postdoc at DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington)
· PhD Thesis advisor: Juan Carlos Beamin (graduated in Oct 2015, now postdoc at Univ. Valparaiso)
· PhD Thesis advisor: Gabriela Navarro (since 2017, in progress)

· MSc Thesis advisor: José García (graduated July 2002)
· MSc Thesis advisor: Beatríz Sabogal (graduated July 2002)
· MSc Thesis advisor: José Gallardo (graduated Aug 2003)
· MSc Thesis advisor: Mario Soto (graduated Mar 2004)
· MSc Thesis advisor: Marcelo Mora (graduated Mar 2004)
· MSc Thesis advisor: Erika Labbé (graduated June 2007)
· MSc Thesis advisor: Sebastián Ramírez (graduated Jan 2008)
· MSc Thesis advisor: Alejandra Rojas (graduated Apr 2013)

· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Marcelo Mora (graduated Jul 2001)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Daniela Villegas (graduated Aug 2003)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Felipe Pérez (graduated Mar 2004)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Daniel Castillo (graduated Mar 2004)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Sebastián Ramírez (graduated Jan 2005)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Camilo Rada (graduated Jan 2005)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Sergio Hoyer (graduated Mar 2006)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Claudio Cáceres (graduated Mar 2006)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Pablo Espinoza (graduated Aug 2006)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Cristian Vega (graduated Aug 2007)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Cynthia Herrera (graduated Aug 2007)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Pamela Arriagada (graduated Aug 2008)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Joyce Pullen (graduated Jan 2009)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Juan Carlos Beamin (graduated Aug 2010)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Alejandra Rojas (graduated Aug 2010)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Paulo Ayala (graduated Aug 2010)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Felipe Gran (graduated Aug 2013)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Gabriela Muro (graduated Aug 2013)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Daniela Iglesias (graduated Aug 2013)
· Licenciado Thesis advisor: Francisco Surot (graduated Jan 2014)

GRANTS AND AWARDS
· Awarded Research Grant from MILENIO, as deputy-PI of project Nr. IC120019 “Millennium Institute of Astrophysics” (MAS) (2013-2022).
· Awarded Research Grant from FONDECYT, PI of project Nr. 1130196 “Variability and Proper Motions in the Inner Milky Way: Completion of the VVV Survey” (2013-2016).
· Awarded Research Grant from FONDECYT, PI of project Nr. 1090213 “VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea” (2009-2011).
· Awarded Research Grant from BASAL Center for Astrophysics and Associated Technologies CFP-06, Chile as PI of Area 5 (2008-2017).
· Awarded Research Grant from MILENIO, as deputy-PI of project “Millennium Nucleus of the Milky Way” (MWM) (2009-2011).
· Awarded Research Grant from CONICYT GEMINI Funds (2008-2009).
· Awarded Research Grant from CONICYT ALMA Funds (2008).
· Awarded Research Grant from FONDAP Center for Astrophysics No. 15010003, Chile (2001- 2012).
· Awarded Research Grant from FONDECYT, PI of project Nr. 1990440 (1999-2001).
· Three Grants for Teaching Projects FONDEDOC, Universidad Católica (2000, 2001, 2003).
· Awarded Research Grant from DIPUC Nr. 98/16E, Universidad Católica (1998).
· Awarded Research Grant from EU ALFA Program, as node coordinator of the Latin American-European Network for Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2003-2007.
· Awarded International Research Grants (France-Chile) from CNRS-CONICYT and ECOS-CONICYT C00U05 (1999-2003).
· Awarded International Research Grant Antorchas-CONICYT (1999-2003).
· Awarded Research Grants and time from NASA- Hubble Space Telescope (1996- present).
· Awarded grant from the Abdus Salaam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2003).
· Awarded telescope time from the European Southern Observatory, Las Campanas Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Gemini Observatory, etc.

SPONSOR OF YOUNG FACULTY
· Bárbara Rojas Ayala (2016-2018) - UNAB - PAI CONICYT Sponsor
· Claudio Cáceres (2016-2018) - UNAB - PAI CONICYT Sponsor

SPONSOR OF POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH GRANTS FROM FONDECYT
· Nr. 3990024 (Dr. Frederic Courbin, 2000)
· Nr. 3120153 (Dr. Kris Helminiak, 2011)
· Nr. 3130552 (Dr. Javier Alonso, 2012)
· Nr. 3140562 (Dr. Millarca Valenzuela)
· Nr. 3140351 (Dr. Karla Peña)

SUPERVISION OF POSTDOCS
· Frederic Courbin (1999-2001) - FONDECYT Sponsor
· Jura Borissova (2002-2004)
· Lorenzo Morelli (2005-2007)
· Pawel Pietrukowicz (2007-2009)
· Maren Hempel (2008-2018) - BASAL Sponsor and FONDECYT Co-Investigator
· Roberto Saito (2009-2013) - GEMINI Sponsor and FONDECYT Co-Investigator
· Javier Alonso (2010-2015) - FONDECYT Sponsor
· Istvan Dekany (2010-2016) - MAS Sponsor
· Kris Helminiak (2011-2013) - FONDECYT Sponsor
· Karla Peña (2013-2014) - FONDECYT Sponsor
· Millarca Valenzuela (2013-2014) - FONDECYT Sponsor
· Tali Palma (2014-2016) - MAS Sponsor
· Carlos Contreras (2015-2016) - MAS Sponsor
· Vittorio Braga (2016-2017) - MAS Sponsor

SPONSOR OF STUDENT GRANTS
· Nr. 2010091 (Mrs. Erika Labbe, 2003)
· Nr. 21130248 (Mr. Juan Carlos Beamín)

TEACHING
· UNAB Tópicos de Astrofísica (for graduate and advanced undergraduate students)
· UNAB Astrofísica Estelar Avanzada (for graduate students)
· UNAB Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology (for graduate students)
· FIA 0111 Astronomía (Section for Physics and Astronomy students)
· FIS 1512 Física Clásica (Section for Physics and Engineering students)
· FIS 1510 Física I (Section for Engineering students)
· FIA 0111 Astronomía (Section for students of other careers)
· FIA 3012 Planetas Extrasolares (for undergraduates)
· FIM 9506 Planetas Extrasolares (for graduate students)
· FIM 8000 Tópicos de Astrofísica (for graduate and advanced undergraduate students)
· FIA 2000 Astrofísica Estelar (for undergraduate students)
· FIA 3000 Astronomía Galáctica (for undergraduate students)
· FIA 0211 Taller de Astronomía I (for undergraduate students)
· Prácticas de Verano (for undergraduate students)


Difusión y Transferencia


OUTREACH TALKS
· Invited public talk at the Escuela de Profesores on “Descubriendo nuestra galaxia en el infrarojo”, Concepcion, 19 Jan 2017
· Invited public talk at the Academia Chilena de Ciencias on “Descubriendo la Via Lactea”, Santiago, 02 Nov 2016
· Invited public talk on “Búsqueda de vida en el Universo” at the Planetario de Bogotá, Colombia, 30 Sep 2016
· Invited public talk for the Asteroid Day “Colisiones Cósmicas”, Campus La Casona, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, 30 Jun 2016
· Invited talk on “Outreach with the VVV Survey: Lessons Learned”, Viña del Mar, Chile, 26 May 2016
· Invited talk at the Workshop of Journalists on “Búsqueda de Vida en el Universo”, Univ. de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 18 Jan 2016
· Invited talk at the III Encuentro Vasco-Chileno de Neurobiologia on “Búsqueda de Vida en el Universo”, PUC, Santiago, Chile, 30 Nov 2015
· Invited talk at the Workshop de Periodistas on “Búsqueda de Vida en el Universo”, Univ. de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 26 Oct 2015
· Invited talk at Universidad Adolfo Ibanez on “Búsqueda de Vida en el Universo”, Viña del Mar, Chile, 4 Sep 2015
· Invited talk at Universidad Catolica del Norte on “Vida en el Universo”, Antofagasta, Chile, 4 Sep 2015
· Invited talk at the Academia Chilena de Ciencias on “Buscando vida en el Universo”, Santiago, 26 Aug 2015
· Invited talk at the Feria de Ciencias de Osorno on “Buscando Otros Planetas Como la Tierra”, Osorno, Chile, 25 Aug 2015
· Invited public talk for the Asteroid Day “Colisiones Cósmicas”, Campus La Casona, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, 30 Jun 2015
· Invited talk at the Facultad de Medicina Universidad Catolica on “Buscando otras Tierras”, Univ. Catolica, Santiago, 28 Apr 2015
· Invited talk on “Searching for Life in the Universe”, at the Encuentros Workshop, Santiago, 17 Dec 2014
· Invited talk for students on “The VVV Survey”, at the Campus República of UNAB, 27 Oct 2014
· Talk for the public “Buscando otras Tierras”, Encuentros El Mercurio, Municipalidad de Vitacura, 15 Apr 2014
· Talk for the public “Buscando otras Tierras”, Encuentros El Mercurio, Auditorio La Reina, 16 Apr 2014
· Talk for the public "Hacia la búsqueda de otras Tierras", Observatorio Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, 25 Oct 2013
· Talk for the public “Búsqueda de otros planetas terrestres”, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile, 26 Sep 2013
· Talk for School children "El nuevo Sistema Solar y mas allá", Colegio Francisco de Asis, Santiago, 30 Aug 2013
· Talk for the public “Astronomía en el Alma”, Campus La Casona, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, 13 Aug 2013
· Talk for the public “Estrellas, planetas y vida”, ciclo El Mercurio, Municipalidad de Vitacura, Santiago, 3 Apr 2013
· Talk for the public “Astrobiología: Planetas extrasolares”, II Congreso del Futuro del Senado, Santiago, Chile, 18 Jan 2013
· Talk for the public "Planetas Extrasolares y Vida en el Universo", Centro de Extension UC, Santiago, 19 November 2012
· Talk for the public “Vida en el Universo” at Papelera Arauco, Valdivia, Mayo 2012
· Talk for the public “Astronomía de Película” at Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Julio 2012
· Talk for the public "Planetas Extrasolares y Vida en el Universo", Centro de Extension UC, Santiago, 4 October 2010
· Talk for the public "Planetas Extrasolares", Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, 15 June 2011
· Public Talk "Mundos Cercanos y Lejanos", P. Universidad Católica, Santiago, 4 Oct 2011
· Talk for the public "Origen del Cosmos", Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, 5 August 2010
· Talk for the public"Mundos Lejanos: el Sistema Solar y mas alla", Colegio Francisco de Asis, Santiago, 10 Sep 2010
· Semester Lectures for Gifted School Children "Mundos lejanos" with R. Saito, and J. Alonso, PENTA UC, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Aug-Nov 2010
· Talk for the public "Mundos cercanos y mundos lejanos", Planetario USACH, Santiago, 5 October 2010"
· Talk for the public "Descubriendo Mundos Lejanos", Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, 8 October 2010
· Talk for the public "Origen del Cosmos", Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, 8 November 2010
· Talk for the public "Sistemas planetarios y vida en el universo", Centro de Extension UC, Santiago, 24 November 2010
· Talk for children of the Programa Educacional para Niños con Talentos Académicos (PENTA-UC), Santiago, Jan 2010
· Talk for children at the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Valparaíso) for EXPLORA Program, Oct 2010
· Invited public talk for high school professors at the Chilean Academy of Sciences, Santiago, Oct 2009
· Talk for children at the Colegio Republica de Siria for EXPLORA Program, (Santiago), Oct 2009
· Talk for children at the Universidad de Las Américas, Maipú (Santiago) for EXPLORA Program, Aug 2009
· Talk for children at the Mall of Concepción (Concepción) for EXPLORA Program, Oct 2009
· Talk for children at the Liceo Santa María de Las Condes (Santiago) for EXPLORA Program, Jul 2009
· Talk for the general public at the Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda (Santiago), Jun 2009
· Talk for the general public at the Centro Cultural de Las Condes (Santiago) for EXPLORA Jun Program, 2009
· Talk for children at the Colegio Italiano, Santiago, for 100 hs of Astronomy Program, Apr 2009
· Invited public talk at the Planetarium of Malargue, Argentina, Jul 2009
· Talk for children at the School Teniente Dagoberto Godoy of La Granja (Santiago) for EXPLORA Program, Nov 2008
· Talk for children at the School of Maipú (Santiago) for EXPLORA Program, 2006
· Talk for children at the Colegio Aleman (Córdoba, Argentina), 2007
· Talk for children at the Colegio San Francisco (Santiago), 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
· Talk for children at the Fruchthendlers Elementary School (Tucson, Arizona, USA), 2006
· Talk for children at the Wenlock Elementary School (Santiago), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
· Talk for children at the Kintergarden Games and Learning House (Santiago), 2005
· Invited public talk at the Inauguration of the Astronomy Department of the Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, June 2008
· Invited talk at the Meeting with Friends of the Universidad Católica, Santiago, Apr 2008
· Invited public talk at the Planetarium of the Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile, May 2008
· Invited public talk at Universidad Catolica Sede Villarrica, Villarrica, Chile, Nov 2008
· Invited Public talk at Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomía, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2007
· Invited Public talk at Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, May 2007
· Invited Public talk at European Southern Observatory, Vitacura, Santiago, May 2007
· Invited Public talk at La Falda, Argentina, for the Annual Meeting of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, Sep 2006
· Invited public lecture at the Centro de Extension in Astronomy of the Universidad Católica (Santiago), yearly since 2003.
· Organizer of the Curso de Extension in Astronomy year 2005-2007.
· Invited Deep Impact panelist for the nacional school network, node UMCE (Santiago), 2005

PRESS APPEARANCES
· TV Program: “Exploradores: del átomo al Cosmos” with Nicolás Vial, Canal 24, Apr 2017
· TV Program: “Cultura Verdadera” with Ignacio Franzani, La Red TV, 21 Nov 2016
· TV Program: “Hijos de las Estrellas” with Gonzalo Argandoña at Observatorio ESO Paranal, Aug 2013
· TV Program: “Tecnociencia” with Andrea Obaid at Observatorio ESO Paranal, May 2013
· Interview for Revista “El Sabado” of newspaper “El Mercurio”, Oct 2012
· Interview for “Tendencias” supplement of newspaper “La Tercera”, Sep 2011
· Interview for “Vida Actual” supplement of newspaper “El Mercurio”, Oct 2011
· TV Programs: "La belleza del pensar" TV Program with Gonzalo Saavedra, Canal 13 Cable, 23 August 2010; Two TV Programs for UC Cycle Canal 13 Cable
· University press (Revista Universitaria, Visión Universitaria, etc),
· Written press (Chile: El Mercurio, La Tercera, La Nación, Diario Financiero; Italia: L´Osservatore Romano; Argentina: La Nación, Clarín; Brazil: OGlobo, etc),
· Radio interviews (Radio Cooperativa, Radio Duna, Radio UC, Radio Futuro, Radio El Conquistador, Radio Concierto, etc)
· TV interviews (Canal 13, Canal 13 Cable, TVN, La Red, CNN, etc).
· For the newspaper Vision Universitaria about the Guggenheim Fellowship 2005.
· For the newspaper Vision Universitaria about the PhD programs at Universidad Católica 2008.
· Invited article for the newspaper El Mercurio about comets and the Deep Impact misión, 2007.
· NOAO press release about the Nature paper on the discovery of SN Light echoes, 2006.
· Book “Mundos Lejanos” featured in “Muy Interesante” magazine, Jan 2008.
· Interview for “Mujer” magazine of the newspaper “La Tercera”, Feb 2008.
· Interview for newspaper El Mercurio about the book “Mundos Lejanos”, Jan 2008.
· For the TV Canal 13 about the Deep Impact mision, 2007.
· With Radio Duna about the book “Mundos Lejanos”, Dec 2007.
· With Radio 10 and the newspaper Clarin of Buenos Aires about extrasolar planet searches 2006.
· With the Amigos of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía about extrasolar planets 2007.
· For TVN television about the discovery of a new Solar System minor planet beyond Pluto 2007.
· With Radio Cooperativa about water in Mars and the NASA/ESA missions to the red planet 2006.

OUTREACH BOOKS
· "Mundos Lejanos", Dante Minniti, Ediciones B, ISBN 9563040392, 2008
· "Vistas de la Galaxia", Dante Minniti, Joyce Pullen, Ignacio Toledo, ISBN 9789563512571, 2012
· "Nuevos Mundos", Dante Minniti, Juan José Clariá, Editorial Comunicarte, Córdoba, Argentina, ISBN 9789876022941, 2014


Premios y Distinciones

  •   John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

    JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

    Estados Unidos, 2005

    John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for excellence work on Stellar Populations

  •   Academico (Premio Nacional de Ciencias)

    Academia Nacional de Ciencias

    Argentina, 2012

    Académico, Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Córdoba, Argentina, since Nov. 2012

  •   Egresado Distinguido

    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CORDOBA

    Chile, 2013

    Premio Egresado Distinguido, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, 2013

  •   Scopus Prize

    Scopus-Conicyt

    Chile, 2008

    Scopus Prize in the area of Physics and Astronomy, Chile, 2008


 

Article (283)

Massive Stars in the SDSS-IV/APOGEE2 Survey. III. New OB Stars in the Direction of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm
The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. IV. Abundances for 128 Open Clusters Using SDSS/APOGEE DR16
A Sequoia in the Garden: FSR 1758-Dwarf Galaxy or Giant Globular Cluster?
Search for extra-tidal RR Lyrae stars in Milky Way globular clusters from Gaia DR2
The central spheroids of Milky Way mass-sized galaxies
A population of eruptive variable protostars in VVV
Candidate star clusters toward the inner Milky Way discovered on deep-stacked K-S-band images from the VVV Survey
Characterization of the VVV Survey RR Lyrae Population across the Southern Galactic Plane
Extinction Ratios in the Inner Galaxy as Revealed by the VVV Survey
FSR 1716: A New Milky Way Globular Cluster Confirmed Using VVV RR Lyrae Stars
New VVV Survey Globular Cluster Candidates in the Milky Way Bulge
Separation of stellar populations by an evolving bar: implications for the bulge of the Milky Way
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
A machine learned classifier for RR Lyrae in the VVV survey
DISCOVERY OF RR LYRAE STARS IN THE NUCLEAR BULGE OF THE MILKY WAY
Heavy elements Ba, La, Ce, Nd, and Eu in 56 Galactic bulge red giants
Interstellar extinction curve variations towards the inner Milky Way: A challenge to observational cosmology
MagAO IMAGING of LONG-PERIOD OBJECTS (MILO). I. A BENCHMARK M DWARF COMPANION EXCITING A MASSIVE PLANET AROUND the SUN-LIKE STAR HD 7449
Mapping the outer bulge with RRab stars from the VVV Survey
New variable stars discovered in the fields of three Galactic open clusters using the VVV survey
Stellar density profile and mass of the Milky Way bulge from VVV data
TraMoS - IV. Discarding the Quick Orbital Decay Hypothesis for OGLE-TR-113b
Bulge RR Lyrae stars in the VVV tile b201
Discovery of a brown dwarf companion to the A3V star beta Circini
DISCOVERY OF A PAIR OF CLASSICAL CEPHEIDS IN AN INVISIBLE CLUSTER BEYOND THE GALACTIC BULGE
High-precision astrometry with VVV - I. An independent reduction pipeline for VIRCAM@VISTA
Hundreds of new cluster candidates in the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea survey DR1
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey IV. WR 62-2, a new very massive star in the core of the VVV CL041 cluster
Properties of the solar neighbor WISE J072003.20-084651.2
Reinforcing the link between the double red clump and the X-shaped bulge of the Milky Way
Spectrophotometric characterization of high proper motion sources from WISE
THE ARAUCARIA PROJECT: A STUDY OF THE CLASSICAL CEPHEID IN THE ECLIPSING BINARY SYSTEM OGLE LMC562.05.9009 IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
THE ARAUCARIA PROJECT: THE FIRST-OVERTONE CLASSICAL CEPHEID IN THE ECLIPSING SYSTEM OGLE-LMC-CEP-2532
The GIRAFFE Inner Bulge Survey (GIBS) II. Metallicity distributions and alpha element abundances at fixed Galactic latitude
THE VVV SURVEY REVEALS CLASSICAL CEPHEIDS TRACING A YOUNG AND THIN STELLAR DISK ACROSS THE GALAXY'S BULGE
Updated census of RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster omega Centauri (NGC 5139)
VARIABLE STARS IN THE VVV GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. I. 2MASS-GC 02 AND TERZAN 10
VVV SURVEY OBSERVATIONS OF A MICROLENSING STELLAR MASS BLACK HOLE CANDIDATE IN THE FIELD OF THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6553
WISE J061213.85-303612.5: a new T-dwarf binary candidate
Zinc abundances in Galactic bulge field red giants: Implications for damped Lyman-alpha systems
A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE HD 73526 2:1 RESONANT PLANETARY SYSTEM
Accurate classification of 75 counterparts of objects detected in the 54-month Palermo Swift/BAT hard X-ray catalogue
Confirmation of a galaxy cluster hidden behind the Galactic bulge using the VVV survey
DETACHED DUST SHELL AROUND WOLF-RAYET STAR WR60-6 IN THE YOUNG STELLAR CLUSTER VVV CL036
Ground-based transit observations of the super-Earth GJ 1214 b
High-resolution abundance analysis of red giants in the globular cluster NGC 6522
Investigating potential planetary nebula/cluster pairs
M dwarfs in the b201 tile of the VVV survey Colour-based selection, spectral types and light curves
Mapping the Milky Way bulge at high resolution: the 3D dust extinction, CO, and X factor maps
MAPPING THE RELEASE OF VOLATILES IN THE INNER COMAE OF COMETS C/2012 F6 (LEMMON) AND C/2012 S1 (ISON) USING THE ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY
Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey III. Evidence for a great dark lane in the 157 million star bulge color-magnitude diagram
MOA-2011-BLG-262Lb: A SUB-EARTH-MASS MOON ORBITING A GAS GIANT PRIMARY OR A HIGH VELOCITY PLANETARY SYSTEM IN THE GALACTIC BULGE
The Gaia-ESO Survey: metallicity and kinematic trends in the Milky Way bulge
The Gaia-ESO Survey: the most metal-poor stars in the Galactic bulge
The GIRAFFE Inner Bulge Survey (GIBS) I. Survey description and a kinematical map of the Milky Way bulge
The VVV Templates Project Towards an automated classification of VVV light-curves I. Building a database of stellar variability in the near-infrared
VISTA variables in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy: pulsation-versus dust-driven winds on the giant branches
3D kinematics through the X-shaped Milky Way bulge
A near-infrared catalogue of the Galactic novae in the VVV survey area
An eclipsing-binary distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud accurate to two per cent
Anchors for the cosmic distance scale: the Cepheid QZ Normae in the open cluster NGC 6067
BL Lacertae identifications in a ROSAT-selected sample of Fermi unidentified objects
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEARBY L/T BINARY BROWN DWARF WISE J104915.57-531906.1 AT 2 pc FROM THE SUN
Discovery of new companions to high proper motion stars from the VVV Survey
Manganese abundances in Galactic bulge red giants
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey II. Discovery of six clusters with Wolf-Rayet stars
Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey II. Color transformations and near-infrared photometry for 136 million stars in the southern Galactic disk
Near-infrared photometry of Galactic planetary nebulae with the VVV Survey
One more neighbor: The first brown dwarf in the VVV survey
Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS
Stellar ages through the corners of the boxy bulge
Stellar population properties for a sample of hard X-ray AGNs
The long bar as seen by the VVV Survey II. Star counts
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - III. The clustering and dynamics of Lyman-break galaxies at z similar to 3
Three-dimensional interstellar extinction map toward the Galactic bulge
Tracing the structure of the Milky Way with detached eclipsing binaries from the VVV survey - I. The method and initial results
TWO PLANETARY COMPANIONS AROUND THE K7 DWARF GJ 221: A HOT SUPER-EARTH AND A CANDIDATE IN THE SUB-SATURN DESERT RANGE
Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy X. A new multi-year, multi-observatory campaign
VISTA's view of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy and southern Galactic Bulge
VVV SURVEY NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOMETRY OF KNOWN BULGE RR LYRAE STARS: THE DISTANCE TO THE GALACTIC CENTER AND ABSENCE OF A BARRED DISTRIBUTION OF THE METAL-POOR POPULATION
A PLANETARY SYSTEM AROUND THE NEARBY M DWARF GJ 667C WITH AT LEAST ONE SUPER-EARTH IN ITS HABITABLE ZONE
Accurate classification of 29 objects detected in the 39 month Palermo Swift/BAT hard X-ray catalogue
DOUBLE HORIZONTAL BRANCHES IN NGC 6440 AND NGC 6569 UNVEILED BY THE VVV SURVEY
GALAXIES BEHIND THE GALACTIC PLANE: FIRST RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES FROM THE VVV SURVEY
Light echoes reveal an unexpectedly cool eta Carinae during its nineteenth-century Great Eruption
Massive open star clusters using the VVV survey I. Presentation of the data and description of the approach
Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey I. The 84-million star colour-magnitude diagram of the Galactic bulge
Red Optical Planet Survey: a new search for habitable earths in the southern sky
Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS II. The complete high resolution extinction map and implications for Galactic bulge studies
Strengthening the open cluster distance scale via VVV photometry
THE ARAUCARIA PROJECT: AN ACCURATE DISTANCE TO THE LATE-TYPE DOUBLE-LINED ECLIPSING BINARY OGLE SMC113.3 4007 IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD
THE FIRST CONFIRMED MICROLENS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER
The long bar as seen by the VVV survey I. Colour-magnitude diagrams
UNCLOAKING GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN THE INNER GALAXY
Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy IX. Twenty two more identifications, and a glance into the far hard X-ray Universe
Variability and stellar populations with deep optical-IR images of the Milky Way disc: matching VVV with VLT/VIMOS data
VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Via Lactea
A ground-based K-S-band detection of the thermal emission from the transiting exoplanet WASP-4b
Alpha element abundances and gradients in the Milky Way bulge from FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra of 650 K giants
DIRECT CONFIRMATION OF THE ASYMMETRY OF THE CAS A SUPERNOVA WITH LIGHT ECHOES
Discovery of VVV CL001 A low-mass globular cluster next to UKS 1 in the direction of the Galactic bulge
FIVE NEW TRANSIT EPOCHS OF THE EXOPLANET OGLE-TR-111b
MAPPING THE X-SHAPED MILKY WAY BULGE
NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP FOR TW NOR IN LYNGA 6 AND THE CENTAURUS SPIRAL ARM
New Galactic star clusters discovered in the VVV survey
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CONVENTIONAL CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE: THE EXTREMELY ENERGETIC SUPERNOVA SN 2003ma
Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS I. The method and minor axis maps
Searching for active galactic nuclei among unidentified INTEGRAL sources
THE EDGE OF THE MILKY WAY STELLAR DISK REVEALED USING CLUMP GIANT STARS AS DISTANCE INDICATORS
THE FIRST DETECTION OF BLUE STRAGGLER STARS IN THE MILKY WAY BULGE
The inner Galactic bar traced by the VVV survey
The metallicity distribution of bulge clump giants in Baade's window
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - I. Clustering and dynamics of approximate to 1000 galaxies at z approximate to 3
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - II. Interactions between galaxies and the IGM at z similar to 3
Three Galactic globular cluster candidates
Characterisation of extrasolar planetary transit candidates II. The companions to late M-type stars
Chemical abundances of 11 bulge stars from high-resolution, near-IR spectra
FIRST RESULTS FROM THE NOAO SURVEY OF THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
FIVE LONG-PERIOD EXTRASOLAR PLANETS IN ECCENTRIC ORBITS FROM THE MAGELLAN PLANET SEARCH PROGRAM
HIGH-AMPLITUDE delta-SCUTIS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
Insights on the Milky Way bulge formation from the correlations between kinematics and metallicity
Millimagnitude photometry for transiting extrasolar planetary candidates V. Follow-up of 30 OGLE transits. New candidates
Obscured clusters III. Follow-up observations of Mercer 23
REVEALING THE NATURE OF NEW UNIDENTIFIED INTEGRAL SOURCES
The dynamical mass of a classical Cepheid variable star in an eclipsing binary system
THE WFC3 GALACTIC BULGE TREASURY PROGRAM: METALLICITY ESTIMATES FOR THE STELLAR POPULATION AND EXOPLANET HOSTS
Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy VIII. Identification of 44 newly detected hard X-ray sources
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way
Accurate classification of 17 AGNs detected with Swift/BAT
Deep census of variable stars in a VLT/VIMOS field in Carina
High cadence near infrared timing observations of extrasolar planets I. GJ 436b and XO-1b
Li-rich red giant branch stars in the Galactic bulge
LOW-MASS COMPANIONS FOR FIVE SOLAR-TYPE STARS FROM THE MAGELLAN PLANET SEARCH PROGRAM
Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud III. Near-infrared study
THE ARAUCARIA PROJECT. DETERMINATION OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD DISTANCE FROM LATE-TYPE ECLIPSING BINARY SYSTEMS. I. OGLE-051019.64-685812.3
THE ARAUCARIA PROJECT: THE DISTANCE TO THE SCULPTOR GALAXY NGC 247 FROM NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOMETRY OF CEPHEID VARIABLES
THE WFC3 GALACTIC BULGE TREASURY PROGRAM: A FIRST LOOK AT RESOLVED STELLAR POPULATION TOOLS
VLT-FLAMES analysis of 8 giants in the bulge metal-poor globular cluster NGC 6522: oldest cluster in the Galaxy? Analysis of 8 giants in NGC 6522
A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182
Abundances in the Galactic bulge
Detection of period variations in extrasolar transiting planet OGLE-TR-111b
OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program
Scattered-light echoes from the historical galactic supernovae Cassiopeia A and Tycho (SN 1572)
Spectral identification of an ancient supernova using light echoes in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Stellar proper motions in the Galactic bulge from deep Hubble Space Telescope ACS WFC photometry
The Araucaria Project: Near- infrared photometry of Cepheid variables in the sculptor galaxy NGC 55
The Araucaria Project: The distance to the Local Group galaxy WLM from near-infrared photometry of Cepheid variables
The metal content of bulge field stars from FLAMES-GIRAFFE spectra - I. Stellar parameters and iron abundances
The young Galactic star cluster [DBS2003] 179
TWO JUPITER-MASS PLANETS ORBITING HD 154672 AND HD 205739
Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - VI. A multi-observatory identification campaign
ZEN2: A narrow J-band search for z ? 9 Ly? emitting galaxies directed towards three lensing clusters
ZEN2: a narrow J-band search for z similar to 9 Ly alpha emitting galaxies directed towards three lensing clusters
A deep near-infrared view of the Galactic globular cluster 2 MASS GC 02
A search for planets transiting the M-dwarf debris disc host, AU Microscopii
Bright globular clusters in NGC 5128: the missing link between young massive clusters and evolved massive objects
Empirical mass-luminosity relation for the LMC based on eclipsing binaries: Comparison with single stars
Imaging and spectroscopy of ultrasteep spectrum radio sources
Light curves of type Ia supernovae from near the time of explosion
Low-mass X-ray binaries and globular clusters in centaurus A
Masses and M/L ratios of bright globular clusters in NGC 5128
Millimagnitude photometry for transiting extrasolar planetary candidates. II. transits of OGLE-TR-113-B in the optical and near-ir
Millimagnitude photometry for transiting extrasolar planetary candidates. III. accurate radius and period for OGLE-TR-111-B
Millimagnitude photometry for transiting extrasolar planetary candidates. III. Accurate radius and period for OGLE-TR-111-b 1
Millimagnitude photometry for transiting extrasolar planetary candidates. IV. Solution to the puzzle of the extremely red OGLE-TR-82 primary
NGC 6558: A blue horizontal branch moderately metal-poor globular cluster in the bulge
Oxygen, sodium, magnesium, and aluminium as tracers of the galactic bulge formation
Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. V. Final measurement for Fornax
Spectroscopic and light curve characterization of bulge microlensing events
The 666" collaboration on OGLE transits I. Accurate radius of the planets OGLE-TR-10b and OGLE-TR-56b with VLT deconvolution photometry"
The agn nature of 11 out of 12 SWIFT/RXTE unidentified sources through optical and X-ray spectroscopy
The Araucaria Project: The distance to the local group galaxy WLM from Cepheid variables discovered in a wide-field imaging survey
Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog. V. Follow-up observations of the young stellar cluster candidates RCW 87, [BDSB2003] 164 and [DBSB2003] 172
Hubble space telescope proper motions and stellar dynamics in the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
Millimagnitude optical photometry for the transiting planetary candidate OGLE-TR-109
New metallicities of RR Lyrae stars in ? centauri: Evidence for a non-He-enhanced metal-intermediate population
New metallicities of RR Lyrae stars in omega Centauri: Evidence for a non-He-enhanced metal-intermediate population
Oxygen abundances in the Galactic bulge: evidence for fast chemical enrichment
Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. IV. Measurement for sculptor
Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the large magellanic cloud II. The extended sample
The Araucaria project: An accurate distance to the local group galaxy ngc 6822 from near-infrared photometry of cepheid variables
The N2K consortium. III. Short-period planets orbiting HD 149143 and HD 109749
The planetary nebula population of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy
Transiting extrasolar planetary candidates in the Galactic bulge
Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy - V. Identification and properties of 21 southern hard X-ray sources
VLT-UVES abundance analysis of four giants in NGC 6553
VLT-UVES analysis of two giants in the bulge metal-poor globular cluster HP-1 - Analysis of two giants in HP-1
ZEN and the search for high-redshift galaxies
Absolute parameters for eight eclipsing binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud: The mass-luminosity relation
Characterisation of extrasolar planetary transit candidates
Detailed abundance analysis of the bulge globular cluster NGC 6553
Discovery of five new R Coronae Borealis stars in the MACHO Galactic bulge database
Discovery of new Milky Way star cluster candidates in the 2MASS point source catalog III. Follow-up observations of cluster candidates in the Galactic Center region
Galactic bulge microlensing events from the MACHO collaboration
HST photometry of the binary globular cluster Sersic 13N-S in NGC 5128
Light echoes from ancient supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Microlensing optical depth toward the galactic bulge using clump giants from the macho survey
Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. III. Measurement for Ursa Mminor
Testing LMC microlensing scenarios: The discrimination power of the SuperMACHO microlensing survey
The Araucaria project: Near-infrared photometry of Cepheid variables in the Sculptor galaxy NGC 300
The Local Group Census: searching for planetary nebulae in IC 1613, WLM and GR8
The N2K consortium. I. A hot Saturn planet orbiting HD 88133
The N2K consortium. II. A transiting hot Saturn around HD 149026 with a large dense core
VLT-UVES analysis of 5 giants in 47 Tucanae
Angular diameters, fluxes and extinction of compact planetary nebulae: further evidence for steeper extinction towards the bulge
Centaurus A: VLT views of the nearest giant elliptical galaxy - Identification and photometry of new globular clusters
Clustering and light profiles of galaxies in the environment of 20 ultra-steep-spectrum radio sources
Erratum: Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from hubble space telescope imaging. II. Measurement for carina (The Astronomical Journal (2003) 126 (2346))
Optical counterparts of X-ray point sources observed by Chandra in NGC 5128: 20 new globular cluster X-ray sources
Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Resolving the stellar population of the standard elliptical galaxy NGC 3379
The Araucaria Project: An improved distance to the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC 300 from its Cepheid variables
The galaxy density environment of gamma-ray burst host galaxies
The globular cluster system of NGC 1399. III. VLT spectroscopy and database
The MACHO project large Magellanic cloud variable-star inventory. XIII. Fourier parameters for the first-overtone RR Lyrae variables and the LMC distance
The metal content of the bulge globular cluster NGC 6528
The most exciting massive binary cluster in NGC 5128: Clues to the formation of globular clusters
The transiting extrasolar giant planet around the star OGLE-TR-113
Deep optical observations of the fields of two nearby millisecond pulsars with the VLT
Extragalactic globular clusters in the near infrared - III. NGC 5846 and NGC 7192 - Quantifying the age distribution of sub-populations
Hubble Space Telescope observations of globular cluster systems along the Hubble sequence of spiral galaxies
Kinematic evidence for an old stellar halo in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Long period variables in NGC 5128 - I. Catalogue
Long period variables in NGC 5128 - II. Near-IR properties
Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. II. Measurement for Carina
The EXPLORE project. I. A deep search for transiting extrasolar planets
The Macho project Large Magellanic Cloud variable star inventory. XI. Frequency analysis of the fundamental-mode RR Lyrae stars
Variability-selected quasars in MACHO project Magellanic Cloud fields
Extragalactic globular cluster planetary nebulae: Discovery of a planetary nebula in the NGC 5128 globular cluster G169 using the Magellan I Baade telescope
Extragalactic globular cluster systems in the near-IR
Extragalactic globular clusters in the near infrared - I. A comparison between M87 and NGC 4478
Extragalactic globular clusters in the near-infrared - II. The globular clusters systems of NGC 3115 and NGC 4365
Globular cluster systems: Comparison with the Milky Way
Gravitational microlensing events due to stellar-mass black holes
K-band red clump distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud
Old stellar populations in NGC 5128
On-axis spatially resolved spectroscopy of low redshift quasar host galaxies: HE 1503+0228, at z=0.135
Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. I. Method and a preliminary measurement for Fornax
Radio-optical alignment and recent star formation associated with ionized filaments in the halo of NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)
Spectroscopy of globular clusters in NGC 1399 - A progress report
The MACHO project Large Magellanic Cloud variable star inventory. XII. Three Cepheid variables in eclipsing binaries
VLT-UVES spectroscopy of a bulge giant magnified through microlensing: EROS-BLG-2000-5
A 421-d activity cycle in the BeX recurrent transient A0538-66 from MACHO monitoring
Astrometry with the MACHO data archive. I. High proper motion stars toward the Galactic bulge and Magellanic Clouds
Direct detection of a microlens in the Milky Way
Kinematics, ages and metallicities of star clusters in NGC 1316: a 3-Gyr-old merger remnant
MACHO 96-LMC-2: Lensing of a binary source in the Large Magellanic Cloud and constraints on the lensing object
Macho project limits on black hole dark matter in the 1-30 M ? range
Macho project limits on black hole dark matter in the 1-30 M circle dot range
Mass-losing semiregular variable stars in Baade's windows
STELLAR POPULATION IN NGC 5128 WITH THE VLT: EVIDENCE FOR RECENT STAR FORMATION
Stellar populations in NGC 5128 with the VLT: Evidence for recent star formation
The macho project Hubble Space Telescope follow-up: Preliminary results on the location of the large Magellanic Cloud microlensing source stars
The MACHO project LMC variable star inventory. X. The R Coronae Borealis stars
The MACHO project: Microlensing detection efficiency
The star cluster system of the 3-Gyr-old merger remnant NGC 1316: clues from optical and near-infrared photometry
Binary microlensing events from the MACHO Project
Combined analysis of the binary lens caustic-crossing event MACHO 98-SMC-1
DARK MATTER AND GRAVITATIONAL LENSING
Discovery of the optical counterpart and early optical observations of GRB 990712
Faint blue objects on the hubble deep field north and south as possible nearby old halo white dwarfs
Searching for periodicities in the MACHO light curve of LMC X-2
The elliptical galaxy formerly known as the Local Group: merging the globular cluster systems
The MACHO project Large Magellanic Cloud variable-star inventory. IX. Frequency analysis of the first-overtone RR Lyrae stars and the indication for nonradial pulsations
The MACHO project sample of galactic bulge high-amplitude ? Scuti stars: Pulsation behavior and stellar properties
The MACHO project sample of galactic bulge high-amplitude delta Scuti stars: Pulsation behavior and stellar properties
The MACHO project: Microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge from difference image analysis
The MACHO project: Microlensing results from 5.7 years of Large Magellanic Cloud observations
A dwarf irregular galaxy at the edge of the local group: Stellar populations and distance of IC 5152
A DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXY AT THE EDGE OF THE LOCAL GROUP: STELLAR POPULATIONS AND DISTANCE OF IC5152
CALIBRATION OF THE MACHO PHOTOMETRY DATABASE
Difference image analysis of galactic microlensing. I. Data analysis
Difference image analysis of galactic microlensing. II. Microlensing events
Discovery and characterization of a caustic crossing microlensing event in the small Magellanic cloud
Infrared photometry of the inner regions of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 3109
The macho project LMC variable star inventory. VIII. The recent star formation history of the large magellanic cloud from the cepheid period distribution
The stellar populations of NGC 3109: Another dwarf irregular galaxy with a population II stellar halo
Toward an understanding of the globular cluster overabundance around the central giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399
EROS and MACHO combined limits on planetary-mass dark matter in the Galactic halo
Macho alert 95-30: First real-time observation of extended source effects in gravitational microlensing
High-dispersion spectroscopy of giants in metal-poor globular clusters. II.Oxygen and sodium abundances
Kinematics of bulge giants in F588
Deep Hubble Space Telescope STIS color-magnitude diagrams of the dwarf irregular galaxy WLM: Detection of the horizontal branch

ConferencePaper (56)

Measuring the Distribution and Excitation of Cometary Volatiles Using ALMA
New Breakthroughs in the Battle of the Bulge Using Globular Clusters
Searching for Variable Stars in the VVV Globular Clusters
The Initial Mass Function and Star Formation History of the Galactic Bulge from HST
VVV IR HIGH PROPER MOTION STARS
MOONS: the Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the VLT
Proper motions and brown dwarfs in the VVV survey
Searches for variability in the Milky Way bulge with the VVV survey
Variable stars in the VVV globular clusters
Weather on other worlds: BD variability and the VVV
Red optical planet survey: A radial velocity search for low mass M dwarf planets
The inner Galactic globular clusters
The VISTA variables in the vía láctea survey: A first glance on stellar variability
Identification of newly-discovered sources belonging to the 4th IBIS catalog and to the 54 months Palermo Swift/BAT catalog
MOONS: A multi-object optical and near-infrared spectrograph for the VLT
VVV search for new young clusters towards the star forming regions in our galaxy: First results
VVV study of the young Milky Way star clusters: Mercer 35, 69 and 70
VVV: The near-IR Milky Way bulge and plane survey
Young Stellar Clusters in the VVV Survey
Accurate classification of 28 objects detected in the 39 months palermo swift/BAT hard X-ray catalogue
HIGH CADENCE NIR OBSERVATIONS OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETS
High-cadence transit timing variation monitoring of extrasolar planets
Searching for AGN among unidentified INTEGRAL sources
The nature of 19 X-ray sources detected with INTEGRAL
VISTA VARIABLES IN THE VIA LACTEA (VVV): FIRST RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES
VVV POINTED SEARCH FOR NEW GALACTIC OPEN CLUSTERS
VVV STUDY OF THE YOUNG MILKY WAY STAR CLUSTERS: MERCER35, 69 AND 70
NEW PLANETARY TRANSIT CANDIDATES IN CARINA
Precise Distances to the Magellanic Clouds From Unique Late-Type Long-Period Eclipsing Binaries
SIMPLE: A high-resolution near-infrared spectrometer for the E-ELT
Exploring the Time Axis-High Resolution Timing Observations with Present and Future Instrumentation
FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE GALACTIC BULGE
HST Photometry of the Binary Globular Cluster Sersic 13N-S in NGC5128
Metal-poor globular clusters of the galactic bulge
Spectroscopic Abundances and Radial Velocities of the Galactic Globular Clusters 2MASS GC01 and 2MASS GC02: Preliminary Results
Velocity dispersions of bright globular clusters in NGC 5128
VISTA MILKY WAY PUBLIC SURVEY
VISTA variable survey in the Milky Way
High-cadence transit timing observations of extrasolar planets
Properties of RR Lyrae stars in the inner regions of the large magellanic cloud. II. The extended sample
Stellar proper motions in the Galactic bulge with ACS/WFC on HST
The Galactic bulge: A review
Abundances in the Galactic Bulge: Evidence for fast chemical enrichment
Chemical abundances in the galactic bulge: Evidence for a fast enrichment
Deep photometric studies in the third quadrant: NGC 2467
Light echoes of SNe in the LMC
Light echoes of supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
New results on optical identifications of INTEGRAL sources
Spectra of bulge stars with known abundance ratios for population synthesis
A new search for Dyson spheres in the Milky Way
The Microlensing Planet finder: Completing the census of extrasolar Planets in the Milky Way
The EXPLORE project: A deep search for transiting extra-solar planets
The mass profile of NGC 1399 determined from globular cluster dynamics
MACHO bulge microlensing: Spectroscopy needed
Stellar populations in galaxies: Progress on the Milky Way, on dwarf irregulars, and on elliptical galaxies
Old stars in dwarf irregular galaxies: WLM and NGC3109

Errata (3)

MAPPING THE RELEASE OF VOLATILES IN THE INNER COMAE OF COMETS C/2012 F6 (LEMMON) AND C/2012 S1 (ISON) USING THE ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY (vol 792, L2, 2014)
Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. II. Measurement for Carina (vol 126, pg 2346, 2003)
VLT-UVES spectroscopy of a bulge giant magnified through microlensing: EROS-BLG-2000-5 (vol 384, pg 884, 2002)

Letter (1)

The Great Eruption of eta Carinae reply

Review (7)

Unveiling the nature of INTEGRAL objects through optical spectroscopy VII. Identification of 20 Galactic and extragalactic hard X-ray sources
Hubble Space Telescope observations of cD galaxies and their globular cluster systems
The globular cluster system of NGC 1399. II. Kinematics of a large sample of globular clusters
Are the hosts of gamma-ray bursts sub-luminous and blue galaxies?
Photometry and spectroscopy of GRB 030329 and its associated supernova 2003dh: The first two months
Evidence for the hierarchical formation of the galactic spheroid
The MACHO project 9 million star color-magnitude diagram of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

104
Manuela Zoccali

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

55
Jordanka Borissova

Full Professor, grado 4

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

48
Márcio Catelan

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Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

45
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Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

43
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Titular

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

31
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Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

16
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Vicerrectoría de investigación y postgrado

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

14
Gaspar Galaz

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PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE FÍSICA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA

Santiago, Chile

12
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Director

Astronomía

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La Serena, Chile

12
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DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

11
Leopoldo Infante

Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

11
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Assistant professor

Ciencias Físicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

9
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Director

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

8
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Centro de Astronomía, Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

8
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Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

7
Alejandro Clocchiatti

Professor

Astrophysics

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

5
Leonardo Vanzi

full time

Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

5
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Profesor Titular

Astrophysics

Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

5
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Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMÁTICAS

Santiago, Chile

4
Sandro Villanova

Associate Profesor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

4
Alvaro Rojas

Postdoctoral MAS researcher (area Milky Way and Local Group)

Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (working at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Santiago, Chile

4
Ronald Mennickent

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Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

4
Lorenzo Monaco

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UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

4
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Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

3
Alexandre Gallenne

Fellow

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMÁTICAS

concepción, Chile

3
Tom Richtler

DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

3
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Professor

Fisica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
James Jenkins

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Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Sergio Vásquez

Encargado de Programa de Cultura Astronómica

Dirección de Educación

Museo Interactivo Mirador

Santiago, Chile

2
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Profesor ad honorem

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

2
Pia Amigo

Profesor Jornada Parcial

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

2
Patricio Rojo

Associate Professor

Astronomy

Universidad De Chile

Las Condes, Chile

2
René Méndez

Profesor

Departamento de Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Miguel Torres

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Matthias Schreiber

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Fisica

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaiso, Chile

2
Franz Bauer

Associate Professor

Instituto de Astrofisica

PONTIFICÍA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA

Santiago, Chile

2
José Maza

Full Professor

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Javier Alonso

Associate Professor

Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2
José Fernández

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Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

2
Alejandra Rojas

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Alfredo Zenteno

Assistant Scientist

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

La Serena, Chile

1
Susana Eyheramendy

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Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

1
Facundo Gómez

Professor

Fisica

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

1
Simon Casassus

Profesor Titular

Astronomía

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Amelia Bayo

Full Professor

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia, Facultado de Ciencias

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Julio Carballo

Independent Researcher

Instituto de Alta Investigación - Universidad de Tarapacá

Arica, Chile

1
Maria del Carmen Argudo

Profesora Asociada

Instituto de Física

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Christian Nitschelm

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Sciences

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Tassilo Reisenegger

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Physics

Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

Santiago, Chile

1
Aldo Valcarce

Postdoctorado

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Natal, RN, Chile

1
Ricardo Munoz

Associate Professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
José Nilo

associate professor

astronomia

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

1
Linda Schmidtobreick

staff astronomer

Sciops

ESO

Vitacura, Chile

1
Timo Anguita

Associate Professor

Ciencias Fisicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Matias Gomez

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Médéric Boquien

Académico

Vicerrectoría de Investigación

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Antonela Monachesi

Associate Professor

Astronomía

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile