The VISCACHA survey - IV. The SMC West Halo in 8D
Dias et al., 2022, MNRAS, 512, 4334
Exploring star clusters and microlensing!
Education and research experience
- 2023 - present: Postdoctoral researcher...
- 2019 - 2023: Doctorate in Astronomy - IAG/USP (financed by FAPESP)
- 2017 - 2019: Master in Astronomy - IAG/USP (financed by CAPES)
- 2013 - 2016: Bachelor in Physics/Astrophysics - UFRGS
This ongoing research, supervised by Prof. Beatriz Barbuy and Prof. Francisco Maia, consists on the photometric analysis of stellar clusters and associations in the Magellanic Bridge with VISCACHA data. We derive with modern statistical tools: the structural parameters by fitting the King function to radial density profiles; membership probabilities; and age, metallicity, distance, reddening and mass by fitting isochrones to decontaminated color-magnitude diagrams. Finally, we will be able to detect kinematic signatures and age or metallicity gradients in the Bridge, which can help to determine the origin and evolution of the Magellanic Clouds and the Bridge itself.
Recent publications
Precise distances from OGLE-IV member RR Lyrae stars in six bulge globular clusters
Oliveira et al., 2022, A&A, 657, 123