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most citedThe PLATO field selection process. II. Characterization of LOPS2, the first long-pointing field

27 citations · 27 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

EWOCS-IX: JWST/NIRCam observations of Westerlund 2 - Identification of candidate substellar members

V. Almendros-Abad, M. G. Guarcello, K. Muzic +26

[Abridged] Investigating substellar populations in young massive clusters offers crucial insights into the formation of brown dwarfs (BDs) and the role of environmental conditions…

astro-ph.GA2026

EWOCS-VIII: Internal kinematics and expansion of Westerlund 1 from VVVX proper motions

C. Ordenes-Huanca, A. Bayo, M. Guarcello +12

Westerlund 1 (Wd1) is the most massive young star cluster known in the Milky Way and a key laboratory for studying the early dynamical evolution of massive clusters. Owing to its h…

astro-ph.IM2026

SHARP -- A spectrograph proposal to fully exploit ELT capabilities and look beyond JWST

P. Saracco, P. Conconi, C. Arcidiacono +47

The Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), with their large apertures and cutting-edge Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) systems, promise to deliver data that is both sharper and…

astro-ph.SR2026

EWOCS-VI: Probing the hidden intermediate-mass population of Westerlund 1

C. Ordenes-Huanca, A. Bayo, M. Guarcello +11

Context: Westerlund 1 (Wd1), the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way, is an excellent laboratory for studying star formation and early stellar evolution in a starburst…

astro-ph.IM2025

SHARP: Beyond JWST -- Revealing the galaxy birth and growth with the resolution of the ELT

P. Saracco, P. Conconi, C. Arcidiacono +37

A deep understanding of the life-cycle of galaxies, particularly those of high mass, requires clarifying the mechanisms that regulate star formation (SF) and its abrupt shutdown (q…

astro-ph.SR2025

Selection and characterisation of the M-dwarf targets in the PLATO Input Catalogue

L. Prisinzano, M. Montalto, G. Piotto +33

The ESA's PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars (PLATO) mission aims to detect planets orbiting around dwarfs and subgiant stars with spectral type F5 or later, including M-…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 27 cited

The PLATO field selection process. II. Characterization of LOPS2, the first long-pointing field

V. Nascimbeni, G. Piotto, J. Cabrera +26

PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is an ESA M-class mission to be launched by the end of 2026 to discover and characterize transiting planets around bright and n…

astro-ph.SR2024

EWOCS-III: JWST observations of the supermassive star cluster Westerlund 1

M. G. Guarcello, V. Almendros-Abad, J. B. Lovell +29

The typically large distances, extinction, and crowding of Galactic supermassive star clusters have so far hampered the identification of their very low mass members, required to e…

astro-ph.HE2024

EWOCS-II: X-ray properties of the Wolf-Rayet stars in the young Galactic super star cluster Westerlund 1

K. Anastasopoulou, M. G. Guarcello, E. Flaccomio +20

We present the most comprehensive and deepest X-ray study to date of the properties of the richest Wolf-Rayet (WR) population observed in a single stellar cluster, Westerlund 1 (Wd…

astro-ph.SR2023

EWOCS-I: The catalog of X-ray sources in Westerlund 1 from the Extended Westerlund 1 and 2 Open Clusters Survey

M. G. Guarcello, E. Flaccomio, J. F. Albacete-Colombo +48

Context. With a mass exceeding several 10^4 solar masses and a rich and dense population of massive stars, supermassive young star clusters represent the most massive star-forming…