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Investigating the structure and early evolution of the Milky Way using RR Lyrae type stars

2016/23/B/ST9/00655

Keywords:

Galaxy structure Galaxy evolution RR Lyrae stars OGLE dwarf galaxies

Descriptors:

  • ST9_8: The Galaxy
  • ST9_9: Formation and evolution of galaxies
  • ST9_7: Stars and stellar systems

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Fizyki, Obserwatorium Astronomiczne

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Paweł Pietrukowicz 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 12 - announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded: 642 144 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-27

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-11-26

Project duration:: 40 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer stacjonarny z akcesoriami (8 000 PLN)
  2. Komputer przenośny z akcesoriami (2 szt.) (14 000 PLN)
  3. Projektor (5 050 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (2)
  1. Over 10000 Delta Scuti Stars toward the Galactic Bulge from OGLE-IV
    Authors:
    Pietrukowicz, P., Soszyński, I., Netzel, H., Wrona, M., Udalski, A., Szymański, M. K., Poleski, R., Kozłowski, S., Skowron, J., Ulaczyk, K., Skowron, D. M., Mróz, P., Rybicki, K., Iwanek, P., Gromadzki, M.
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (rok: 2020, tom: 70, strony: 241-263), Wydawca: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.32023/0001-5237/70.4.1 - link to the publication
  2. Properties of the Milky Way's Old Populations Based on Photometric Metallicities of the OGLE RR Lyrae Stars
    Authors:
    Pietrukowicz, P., Udalski, A., Soszyński, I., Skowron, D. M., Wrona, M., Szymański, M. K., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Kozłowski, S., Skowron, J., Mróz, P., Rybicki, K., Iwanek, P., Gromadzki, M.
    Academic press:
    Acta Astronomica (rok: 2020, tom: 70, strony: 121-139), Wydawca: Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.32023/0001-5237/70.2.3 - link to the publication
  3. Kinematics of RR Lyrae stars in the Galactic bulge with OGLE-IV and Gaia DR2
    Authors:
    Du, H., Mao, S., Athanassoula, E., Shen, J., Pietrukowicz, P.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2020, tom: 498, strony: 5629-5642), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/staa2601 - link to the publication
  1. On the Properties of Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators. No BLAPs in the Magellanic Clouds
    Authors:
    Paweł Pietrukowicz
    Conference:
    The RR Lyrae 2017 Conference. Revival of the Classical Pulsators: from Galactic Structure to Stellar Interior Diagnostics (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society
    Data:
    konferencja 17-21 września 2017
    Status:
    Published
  2. Milky Way's structure based on thousands of Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars from OGLE
    Authors:
    Pietrukowicz Pawel
    Conference:
    Galactic Dynamics in the Era of Large Surveys (rok: 2020, ), Wydawca: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
    Data:
    konferencja 30 czerwca - 5 lipca 2019
    Status:
    Published