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

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190 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

The properties of central stellar knots embedded in galactic bulges of CIELO simulations

Belén Acosta-Tripailao, Patricia B. Tissera, Manuela Zoccali +7

Deeply bound stellar substructures of about 1 kpc at the center of bulges are found in a subset of galaxies from the cosmological chemo-hydrodynamical zoom-in CIELO simulation suit…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Globular clusters in \textsc{OrbIT}: complete dynamical characterisation of the globular cluster population of the Milky Way through updated orbital reconstruction

Michele De Leo, Manuela Zoccali, Julio Olivares-Carvajal +3

In hierarchical structure formation, the content of a galaxy is determined both by its in-situ processes and by material added via accretions. Globular clusters in particular repre…

astro-ph.GA2025

New kinematic map of the Milky Way bulge

Carlos Quezada, Manuela Zoccali, Elena Valenti +7

The kinematics of the Milky Way bulge is known to be complex, reflecting the presence of multiple stellar components with distinct chemical and spatial properties. In particular, t…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

The Milky Way Bulge

Manuela Zoccali, Elena Valenti

This chapter reviews the three-dimensional structure, age, kinematics, and chemistry of the Milky Way (MW) region within ~2 kpc from its center (hereafter referred to as the 'bulge…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

Unveiling VVV/WISE Mira variables on the far side of the Galactic disk: Distances, kinematics and a new extinction law

Rogelio Albarracín, M. Zoccali, J. Olivares Carvajal +8

The structure and kinematics of the Milky Way disk are largely inferred from the solar vicinity. To gain a comprehensive understanding, it is essential to find reliable tracers in…

astro-ph.SR2024

Unveiling the structural content of NGC 6357 via kinematics and NIR variability

C. Ordenes-Huanca, M. Zoccali, A. Bayo +3

NGC 6357, a star-forming complex at kpc from the Sun, contains giant molecular clouds and three prominent star clusters alongside with HII regions, very massive stars an…