... SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS Mesocale meteorology, mesoscale numerical modeling, cloud microphysics, data assimilation, forecast of optical turbulence in astronomy. ... FOROT project (leader of the project: Elena Masciadri), dealing with the forecast of optical turbulence above astronomical sites using the non-hydrostatic atmospherical model at mesoscale Meso-NH. ... GRANTS April 2006 Winner of a post-doctoral position as experienced researcher in a Marie Curie Excellence Grant project (FOROT). ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

... Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: Dynamical models of multiple globular cluster populations around massive galaxies . ... Different techniques have been devised to separate multiple GC populations and perform dynamical analyses. ... Within this project, the PhD candidate will examine mock models of multiple GC populations around massive galaxies, devising `blinded' functional tests and comparing the possible sources of bias in different techniques....

The Steady State model of the Universe was proposed in 1948 by Bondi and Gold and by Hoyle. ... At the time the Steady State model was proposed, the Big Bang model was in trouble because the value of the Hubble constant was clearly bigger than the inverse of the age of the Universe. ... Thus the Steady State model has flat spatial sections like the critical density Big Bang model. ... The Steady State model has no adjustable parameters to correct for this error, but the Big Bang does. ...

... Space Res., 12, 265, 1992 planetary magnetic dipole: Mizutani, H., et al., ... Astrobiology, 7, 167, 2007 CME induced H+ ion pick-up loss at 0.05 AU for ` Hot Jupiters ' HD209458 b Mass loss ~1011 g/s even for weak CMEs Mmax strong magn. protection in reality Exoplanet magnetospheres - importance of magnetodisk Relatively large amount of observed Hot Jupiters (27%): survival of close-in giants indicates their efficient protection against of extreme plasma and radiation conditions ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... LX600 Series . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. LX90 Series . MeadeтАЩs LX90 ACF is a favorite of astronomers making the jump to their first, serious, larger aperture telescope. ... Coronado Accessories . ... LX90 GPS Module (8" models) . ... LX90 GPS Module. ...