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most citedThe Updated BaSTI Stellar Evolution Models and Isochrones: I. Solar Scaled Calculations

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43 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST Observations of RR Lyrae in Leo P

Catherine M. Slaughter, Alessandro Savino, Meredith Durbin +5

We analyze co-spatial HST/ACS and JWST/NIRCam time-series photometric observations of RR Lyrae in the low-metallicity dwarf galaxy Leo P. This study provides a new opportunity to e…

astro-ph.SR2026

A census of massive eclipsing binaries in the Whirlpool Galaxy

Cheyanne Shariat, Kareem El-Badry, Maude Gull +3

We present a census of massive eclipsing binary (EB) candidates in the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), a face-on spiral galaxy at 7.5 Mpc with . Using 34 epochs of red-optic…

astro-ph.GA2026

Characterising the Globular Cluster Systems of Three Local Group Dwarf Galaxies: NGC6822, NGC147 and NGC185

Gracie McGill, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Dougal Mackey +8

We present deep HST photometry for 26 globular clusters (GCs) residing in three Local Group dwarf galaxies: the isolated dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxy, NGC6822, and the M31 dwarf e…

cs.NE2026

NeuroTrain: Surveying Local Learning Rules for Spiking Neural Networks with an Open Benchmarking Framework

Alessio Caviglia, Filippo Marostica, Roberta Bardini +2

The rapid expansion of spiking neural networks (SNNs) has led to a proliferation of training algorithms that differ widely in biological inspiration, computational structure, and h…

astro-ph.GA2026

Probing the IMF in the Early Universe -- Direct measurements in the Boötes I UFD with JWST/NIRCam

Keyi Ding, Mario Gennaro, Roberto J. Avila +20

The dependence of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) on star-formation environment, particularly at low metallicities and high redshifts, remains poorly constrained. Ultra-fai…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Star Formation History of WLM from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars and The Discovery of a Candidate Accreted System in its Outer Disk

Abigail J. Lee, Daniel R. Weisz, Andrew E. Dolphin +1

We measure the star formation history (SFH) of Local Group dwarf galaxy WLM using wide-area ( half-light radii) ground-based near-infrared (NIR) imaging of bright ($M_{J}<-4…

astro-ph.GA2025

Wide binaries in an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy: discovery, population modeling, and a nail in the coffin of primordial black hole dark matter

Cheyanne Shariat, Kareem El-Badry, Mario Gennaro +24

We report the discovery and characterization of a wide binary population in the ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Boötes I using deep JWST/NIRCam imaging. Our sample consists of 52 candidate…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 6 cited

Mass Modeling the Andromeda Dwarf Galaxies: Andromeda VI and Andromeda XXIII

Connor S. Pickett, Michelle L. M. Collins, R. Michael Rich +7

Accurately mapping the mass profiles of low mass dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies allows us to test predictions made by dark matter (DM) models. To date, such analyses have primari…

astro-ph.GA2025

SN 2023ixf in the Pinwheel Galaxy M101: From Shock Breakout to the Nebular Phase

Weikang Zheng, Luc Dessart, Alexei V. Filippenko +39

We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2023ixf covering from day one to 442 days after explosion. SN 2023ixf reached a peak -band absolute magnitude of $-18…

astro-ph.GA2025

The JWST Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program. VIII. The Spatially Resolved Star Formation History of WLM

Roger E. Cohen, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, Alessandro Savino +17

We measure radial stellar age gradients in the relatively isolated gas-rich dwarf irregular WLM, combining JWST NIRCam and NIRISS imaging with six archival Hubble fields over semi-…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

A Low Metallicity Massive Contact Binary Star System Candidate in WLM identified by Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope imaging

Maude Gull, Daniel R. Weisz, Kareem El-Badry +15

We present archival HST and JWST ultraviolet through near infrared time series photometric observations of a massive minimal-contact binary candidate in the metal-poor galaxy WLM (…

astro-ph.GA2024

Measuring Star Formation Histories from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars I: A Demonstration in M31

Abigail J. Lee, Daniel R. Weisz, Yi Ren +2

We demonstrate how near-infrared (NIR) imaging of resolved luminous asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars can be used to measure well-constrained star formation histories (SFHs) acro…

astro-ph.GA2024

Stellar Metallicities and Gradients in the Faint M31 Satellites Andromeda XVI and Andromeda XXVIII

Sal Wanying Fu, Daniel R. Weisz, Else Starkenburg +11

We present stellar metallicity measurements in two faint M31 dwarf galaxies, Andromeda XVI () and Andromeda XXVIII () derived using metallicity-se…

astro-ph.GA2024

The JWST Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program VII. Stress Testing the NIRCam Exposure Time Calculator

A. Savino, M. Gennaro, A. E. Dolphin +19

We empirically assess estimates from v3.0 of the JWST NIRCam Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) using observations of resolved stars in Local Group targets taken as part of the Resolve…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 38 cited

A population of neutron star candidates in wide orbits from Gaia astrometry

Kareem El-Badry, Hans-Walter Rix, David W. Latham +10

We report discovery and spectroscopic follow-up of 21 astrometric binaries containing solar-type stars and dark companions with masses near 1.4 . The simplest interpreta…

astro-ph.GA2024

The JWST Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program V. DOLPHOT Stellar Photometry for NIRCam and NIRISS

Daniel R. Weisz, Andrew E. Dolphin, Alessandro Savino +38

We present NIRCam and NIRISS modules for DOLPHOT, a widely-used crowded field stellar photometry package. We describe details of the modules including pixel masking, astrometric al…

astro-ph.GA2024

The JWST Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program VI. Identifying Evolved Stars in Nearby Galaxies

Martha L. Boyer, Giada Pastorelli, Léo Girardi +20

We present an investigation of evolved stars in the nearby star-forming galaxy WLM, using NIRCam imaging from the JWST resolved stellar populations early-release science (ERS) prog…

astro-ph.GA2023

The JWST Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program IV: The Star Formation History of the Local Group Galaxy WLM

Kristen. B. W. McQuinn, Max J. B. Newman, Alessandro Savino +23

We present the first star formation history (SFH) and age-metallicity relation (AMR) derived from resolved stellar populations imaged with the JWST NIRCam instrument. The target is…

astro-ph.GA2023

Stellar Metallicities and Gradients in the Isolated, Quenched Low-Mass Galaxy Tucana

Sal Wanying Fu, Daniel R. Weisz, Else Starkenburg +10

We measure the metallicities of 374 red giant branch (RGB) stars in the isolated, quenched dwarf galaxy Tucana using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) narrow-band (F395N) Calcium H & K…

astro-ph.GA2023

The Hubble Space Telescope Survey of M31 Satellite Galaxies. III. Calibrating the Horizontal Branch as an Age Indicator for Nearby Galaxies

Connor Jennings, Alessandro Savino, Daniel Weisz +14

We present a new method for measuring the mean age of old/intermediate stellar populations in resolved, metal-poor () galaxies using only th…

astro-ph.SR2023

The updated BaSTI stellar evolution models and isochrones.IV. alpha-depleted calculations

Adriano Pietrinferni, Maurizio Salaris, Santi Cassisi +4

This is the fourth paper of our new release of the BaSTI (a Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones) stellar model and isochrone library. Following the updated solar-scaled, alpha-enh…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

Testing the near-far connection with FIRE simulations: inferring the stellar mass function of the proto-Local Group at z > 6 using the fossil record of present-day galaxies

Pratik J. Gandhi, Andrew Wetzel, Michael Boylan-Kolchin +6

The shape of the low-mass (faint) end of the galaxy stellar mass function (SMF) or ultraviolet luminosity function (UVLF) at z > 6 is an open question for understanding which galax…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

NANCY: Next-generation All-sky Near-infrared Community surveY

Jiwon Jesse Han, Arjun Dey, Adrian M. Price-Whelan +206

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is capable of delivering an unprecedented all-sky, high-spatial resolution, multi-epoch infrared map to the astronomical community. This oppor…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 34 cited

Metallicity Distribution Functions of 13 Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Candidates from Hubble Space Telescope Narrowband Imaging

Sal Wanying Fu, Daniel R. Weisz, Else Starkenburg +10

We present uniformly measured stellar metallicities for 463 stars in 13 Milky Way (MW) ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs; to ) using narrowband CaHK (F395N) imagi…