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20022024
most citedVISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

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66 papers

astro-ph.GA2024

The counter-rotating stellar core of NGC 4494

L. Coccato, L. Morelli, A. Pizzella +2

Context. Kinematically decoupled cores (KDCs) are often found in the centers of early-type galaxies. Aims. We aim to investigate the kinematics, structure, and stellar populations…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

The fragility of thin discs in galaxies -- II. Thin discs as tracers of the assembly history of galaxies

Pablo M. Galán-de Anta, Pedro R. Capelo, Eugene Vasiliev +4

Thin galactic discs and nuclear stellar discs (NSDs) are fragile structures that can be easily disturbed by merger events. By studying the age of the stellar populations in present…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 13 cited

The bar rotation rate as a diagnostic of dark matter content in the centre of disc galaxies

C. Buttitta, E. M. Corsini, J. A. L. Aguerri +6

We investigate the link between the bar rotation rate and dark matter content in barred galaxies by concentrating on the cases of the lenticular galaxies NGC4264 and NGC4277. These…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 20 cited

WEAVE-StePS. A stellar population survey using WEAVE at WHT

A. Iovino, B. M. Poggianti, A. Mercurio +44

The upcoming new generation of optical spectrographs on four-meter-class telescopes will provide valuable opportunities for forthcoming galaxy surveys through their huge multiplexi…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 5 cited

The fragility of thin discs in galaxies -- I. Building tailored N-body galaxy models

Pablo M. Galán-de Anta, Eugene Vasiliev, Marc Sarzi +6

Thin stellar discs on both galactic and nuclear, sub-kpc scales are believed to be fragile structures that would be easily destroyed in major mergers. In turn, this makes the age-d…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 211 cited

The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation

Shoko Jin, Scott C. Trager, Gavin B. Dalton +212

WEAVE, the new wide-field, massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope, will see first light in late 2022. WEAVE comprises a new 2-degree…