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most citedCluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA) I. The final word on the origin of NGC6388 and NGC6441

34 citations · 64 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA). VI. The age-metallicity relation of in-situ clusters and the age of the Universe

Chiara Zerbinati, Davide Massari, Fernando Aguado-Agelet +11

Within the homogeneous framework for the derivation of GC ages defined by the CARMA collaboration, we focus on the clusters born in-situ in the MW. As they are the oldest among the…

astro-ph.GA2026

Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA). V. The chronological merger tree of the Milky Way

Fernando Aguado-Agelet, Chiara Zerbinati, Davide Massari +9

We present a new age determination of 24 globular clusters (GCs) dynamically associated with the main accretion events experienced by the Milky Way (MW), as part of the Cluster Age…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Hubble Missing Globular Clusters Survey IV. Ultra-faint compact satellites of the Milky Way. The case of Koposov 2

M. Bellazzini, R. Pascale, E. Dodd +16

In the last decades a number of extremely faint and compact Galactic satellites (Ultra Faint Compact Satellites; UFCS) have been discovered by large panoramic surveys. Their nature…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey. III. Astro-photometric catalogs, artificial-star tests, and improved absolute proper motions

M. Libralato, A. Bellini, D. Massari +17

The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey (MGCS) has taken one of the last opportunities to complete the census of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) started by past Hubble Space Te…

astro-ph.GA2026

HST+IGRINS synergy to characterise the newly discovered metal-rich bulge globular cluster Patchick 126

Elisa R. Garro, Davide Massari, José G. Fernández-Trincado +10

We present the first comprehensive spectroscopic and deep photometric study of the globular cluster (GC) candidate Patchick~126. The spectroscopic analysis is based on high-resolut…

astro-ph.GA2026

Evidence of a massive accretion event 1.8 billion years before the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus merger

Davide Massari, Chiara Zerbinati, Cristiano Fanelli +15

The merger history of the Galaxy has been traced back firmly to redshift 2 (10 Billion years ago). While evidence for the existence of at least one more significant merger before t…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey. II. Survey membership tools and kinematic analysis of NGC 6749

L. Rosignoli, M. Libralato, R. Pascale +15

The Hubble Missing Globular Cluster Survey has secured high quality astro photometric data in two bands for 34 clusters never observed with HST. When combined with Gaia positional…

astro-ph.GA2025

Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters -- II. Kinematic structure of young and intermediate-age clusters

F. Niederhofer, L. Cullinane, D. Massari +14

In this paper, we explore the kinematic properties of a sample of 19 young (<1 Gyr) and intermediate-age (1-2.5 Gyr) massive star clusters within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).…

astro-ph.GA2025

Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA) IV. Chrono-dynamics of seven old star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud and the peculiar origin of NGC 1841

F. Niederhofer, D. Massari, F. Aguado-Agelet +15

In this study, we report conclusive evidence for an ancient star cluster that has been accreted by the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). By leveraging observations from the Hubble Spac…

astro-ph.GA2025

Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA). III. NGC 288 as the first Splashed globular cluster

E. Ceccarelli, D. Massari, F. Aguado-Agelet +6

The system of globular clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way (MW) comprises a mixture of both in situ and accreted clusters. Tracing the origin of GCs provides invaluable insights into t…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Chronology of our Galaxy from Gaia colour-magnitude diagram fitting (ChronoGal) -- III. Age and metallicity distribution of Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus stars near the Sun

Yllari K. González-Koda, Tomás Ruiz-Lara, Carme Gallart +14

Context. Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus is considered the last major merger that contributed to the formation of the Milky Way. Its remnants dominate the nearby accreted stellar halo of th…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 13 cited

Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA). II. The age-metallicity relation of Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus globular clusters

Fernando Aguado-Agelet, Davide Massari, Matteo Monelli +8

We present the age determination of 13 globular clusters dynamically associated with the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE) merger event, as part of the CARMA project effort to trace the…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 8 cited

The Missing Globular Cluster Survey. I. Survey overview and the first precise age estimate for ESO452-11 and 2MASS-GC01

D. Massari, M. Bellazzini, M. Libralato +17

We present the Missing Globular Cluster Survey (MGCS), a Treasury Program dedicated to the observation of all kinematically confirmed Milky Wa…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 34 cited

Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly (CARMA) I. The final word on the origin of NGC6388 and NGC6441

Davide Massari, Fernando Aguado-Agelet, Matteo Monelli +11

We present CARMA, the Cluster Ages to Reconstruct the Milky Way Assembly project, that aims at determining precise and accurate age measurements for the entire system of known Gala…