The study of the Magellanic Clouds and its link with the Milky Way is the objective of this project, including in particular the formation and dissolution of globular clusters.

• Grant number: 18/05535-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: May 01, 2018
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Stellar Astrophysics
• Principal Investigator: Beatriz Leonor Silveira Barbuy
• Grantee: Francisco Ferreira de Souza Maia
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/18100-4 - Stellar populations in the Milky Way: bulge, halo, disk and star forming regions; instrumentation for high resolution spectroscopy, AP.TEM

Abstract

The study of the Magellanic Clouds and its link with the Milky Way is the aim of this project. We intend to study several questions such as: (i) the impact of tidal forces generated by the interaction between the Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way, in the dissolution of stellar clusters, (ii) determination of history of star formation and chemical enrichment in the periphery of these galaxies, and (iii) mapping the 3D distribution of clusters in these galaxies. We intend to create a base of photometric data (complemented with spectroscopicdata) in order to better develop these topics.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ANGELO, M. S.; SANTOS JR, J. F. C.; CORRADI, W. J. B.; MAIA, F. F. S.. Investigating dynamical properties of evolved Galactic open clusters. Astronomy & Astrophysics, v. 624, APR 1 2019. (18/05535-3)

MAIA, FRANCISCO F. S.; DIAS, BRUNO; SANTOS, JR., JOAO F. C.; KERBER, LEANDRO DE O.; BICA, EDUARDO; PIATTI, ANDRES E.; BARBUY, BEATRIZ; QUINT, BRUNO; FRAGA, LUCIANO; SANMARTIM, DAVID; et al. The VISCACHA survey - I. Overview and first results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 484, n. 4, p. 5702-5722, APR 2019. (17/15893-1, 18/05535-3)

FERREIRA, FILIPE A.; SANTOS, JR., J. F. C.; CORRADI, W. J. B.; MAIA, F. F. S.; ANGELO, M. S.. Three new Galactic star clusters discovered in the field of the open cluster NGC 5999 with Gaia DR2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 483, n. 4, p. 5508-5517, MAR 2019. (18/05535-3)

BICA, EDUARDO; WESTERA, PIETER; KERBER, LEANDRO DE O.; DIAS, BRUNO; MAIA, FRANCISCO; SANTOS, JR., JOAO F. C.; BARBUY, BEATRIZ; OLIVEIRA, RAPHAEL A. P.. An Updated Small Magellanic Cloud and Magellanic Bridge Catalog of Star Clusters, Associations, and Related Objects. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, v. 159, n. 3, MAR 2020. (18/05535-3, 18/22181-0)