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INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
Giuseppe S. Vaiana
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INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
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Referred Publications 2011 2012 2013 2014 (incomplete, in progress)
Other Publications 2011 2012 2013 2014 (incomplete, in progress)
Invited Presentations/Publications 2011 2012 2013 2014 (incomplete, in progress)
Publications in Proceedings 2011 2012 2013 2014 (incomplete, in progress)
Book Contributions 2011 2012 2013 2014 (incomplete, in progress)
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PHYSICS OF THE SUN OUTER ATMOSPHERE Owing to its closeness to Earth, the Sun is the most important star for us and the only one we can observe in detail. It can thus act as a precious laboratory revealing the processes taking place in a star ... Read more... |
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Late-type main-sequence stars share with the Sun similar X-ray emission characteristics likely due to a similar dynamo mechanism. However the X-ray emission of very-low mass and brown dwarfs and other stars can hardly be explained with this paradigma ...Read more ... |
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STAR AND PLANETARY SYSTEMS FORMATION AND EVOLUTION Initial conditions and phenomena occurring in the first phases of stellar life are crucial to understand stellar evolution and planetary architecture and evolution ... Read more... |
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STAR CLUSTERS AND POPULATIONS IN THE GALAXY Star clusters are groups of stars born from the same gas cloud and thus sharing characteristics such as age and chemical composition. This makes them the best tracers to study the stellar populations in the Galaxy ... Read more... |
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COSMIC RAYS, SUPERNOVA REMNANTS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT Supernovae explosions are the final phase of the life of stars a lot more massive than the Sun. Without it, the Universe could not enjoy the huge variety of chemicals it currently owns ... Read more.. |
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DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTS FOR SPACE-BASED ASTRONOMY Technological research in the field of x-ray space astrophysics is carried out at the Osservatorio di Palermo. This led to the building of the XATC (X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing) Laboratory, aimed at calibrating optical systems and detectors ... Read more.. |
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COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMA AND HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING High performance computing is aimed at the development of numerical models for the study of astrophysical plasma, that is the highly ionized gas very commonly found in space objects ... Read more... |
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This research by benefiting from the scientific and technological know-how gained from other long-time running research sectors, studies the effects of stellar X- rays on life-originating compounds ... Read more... |
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The research programme on History of Astronomy originated from the need to collate and preserve the rich astronomical heritage of the Osservatorio di Palermo, including historical instruments, books and archives, accumulated over the past about two centuries of scientific activity carried out in this institution ... Read more... |
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The Osservatorio di Palermo promotes training for European researchers in the field of astrophysics through activities in support of vocational courses, graduation the- ses, PhDs and post-PhD training ... Read more... |
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