M. Teresa Antoja Castelltort

M. Teresa Antoja Castelltort 

Curriculum Vitae 

October 2012 

Contact Surnames: ANTOJA CASTELLTORT 

Name: MARIA TERESA 

D.N.I: 43687053 

Date of birth: 04/01/1981 

Gender: Female 

Current Professional Status 

Personal address: Stoeldraaierstraat 64 

City: Groningen 

Postal Code: 9712BX 

Phone Number: +34 669705959 (Spain), +31 0614536616 (The Netherlands) 

E-mail: antoja@astro.rug.nl 

Web page: http://www.astro.rug.nl/~antoja 

07/2010–present Professional category: Postdoc 

(European Research Council under ERC-StG grant GALACTICA-24027) 

Organization: University of Groningen 

Faculty, School or Institute: Kapteyn Astronomical Institute 

Administrative status: Contract, full time 

Postal address: Landleven 12, 9747AD Groningen, The Netherlands 

Phone number: +31 (0)50 363 4095 

Fax: +31 (0)50-3636100 

E-mail: antoja@astro.rug.nl 

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Education Ph.D., Physics, 30th April 2010 

Universitat de Barcelona 

Barcelona, Spain 

Thesis: Moving groups as imprints of the non-axisymmetric components of the Milky 

Way 

Advisers: Prof. Dr. Francesca Figueras, Dr. Octavio Valenzuela 

Committee: Prof. Dr. L. Aguilar, Prof. Dr. S. Feltzing, and Dr. P. L. Hammersley, 

Grade: Excellent Cum Laude 

Master, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics, 5ft September 2007 



Thesis: Moving groups: Are they dynamical streams? 

Advisers: Prof. Dr. Francesca Figueras, and Dr. David Fernández 

Grade: Excellent 9.75 

Bachelors Degree, Physics, 21th July 2005 



Grade: 2.99/4 

Previous Scientific and Academic Positions 

1/2010-6/2010 Research contract (in project Contribución al desarrollo científico y tecnológico de la 

misión Gaia) 



1/2006–1/2009 Becaris Generalitat (PhD fellowship from the Generalitat de Catalunya) 



10/2005–12/2005 Becària IEEC (PhD fellowship of the Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya) 



1/2005–6/2005 Becària Col·laboració (starting research grant for bachelor students of Ministerio de 

Educación y Ciencia) 



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Research Interests 

Research Experience 

External Reviewer 

Line: Galactic Kinematics, Galactic Dynamics, Statistical Astronomy, Spiral Arms and 

Bars, Galaxy Formation, Satellite Galaxies 

– Monthly Notices of the RAS 2011 

Research Stays Abdroad 

1/2007-2/2007 Instituto de Astronomia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico) 

Mexico DF, Mexico 

Duration: 01M (14/01/2007 - 16/02/2007) 

Issue: Galactic Dynamics 



Duration: 01M (13/11/2007 - 12/12/2007) 




Duration: 01M12D (29/09/2008 - 09/11/2008) 


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Publications 

Refereed Papers 

T. Antoja, A. Helmi, O. Bienayme, J. Bland-Hawthorn, B. Famaey, K. Freeman, B. K. Gibson, G. Gilmore, 

E. K. Grebel, I. Minchev, U. Munari, J. Navarro, Q. Parker, W. Reid, G. M. Seabroke, A. Siebert, A. Siviero, 

M. Steinmetz, M. Williams, R. Wyse, and T. Zwitter. Kinematic groups beyond the solar neighbourhood 

with RAVE. MNRAS, page L499, August 2012. 

M. Romero-Gómez, E. Athanassoula, T. Antoja, and F. Figueras. Modelling the inner disc of the Milky 

Way with manifolds - I. A first step. MNRAS, 418:1176–1193, December 2011. 

T. Antoja, F. Figueras, M. Romero-Gómez, B. Pichardo, O. Valenzuela, and E. Moreno. Understanding the 

spiral structure of the Milky Way using the local kinematic groups. MNRAS, 418:1423–1440, December 

2011. 

T. Antoja, F. Figueras, J. Torra, O. Valenzuela, and B. Pichardo. The Origin of Stellar Moving Groups. 

Lecture Notes and Essays in Astrophysics, 4:13–31, December 2010. 

T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, B. Pichardo, E. Moreno, F. Figueras, and D. Fernández. Stellar Kinematic 

Constraints on Galactic Structure Models Revisited: Bar and Spiral Arm Resonances. ApJ, 700:L78–L82, 

August 2009. 

T. Antoja, F. Figueras, D. Fernández, and J. Torra. Origin and evolution of moving groups. I. Characterization 

in the observational kinematic-age-metallicity space. A&A, 490:135–150, October 2008. 

Unefereed Papers 

M. Romero-Gómez, E. Athanassoula, T. Antoja, and F. Figueras. Applying the manifold theory to Milky 

Way models: First steps on morphology and kinematics. In European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, 

volume 19 of European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, page 10006, February 2012. 

G. Monari, T. Antoja, and A. Helmi. Constraining the Milky Way potential using the dynamical kinematic 

substructures. In European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, volume 19 of European Physical Journal 

Web of Conferences, page 7007, February 2012. 

S. Roca-Fàbrega, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, M. Romero-Gómez, and T. Antoja. Large scale characterization 

of the stellar velocity distribution in the galactic disk. In European Physical Journal Web of 

Conferences, volume 19 of European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, page 5011, February 2012. 

T. Antoja, A. Helmi, F. Figueras, and M. Romero-Gómez. Kinematic groups across the MW disc: Insights 

from models and from the RAVE catalogue. In European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, volume 19 

of European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, page 5002, February 2012. 

F. Figueras, T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, M. Romero-Gómez, B. Pichardo, and E. Moreno. Kinematic imprints 

from the bar and spiral structures in the galatic disk. In G. Alecian, K. Belkacem, R. Samadi, 

and D. Valls-Gabaud, editors, SF2A-2011: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of 

Astronomy and Astrophysics, pages 287–290, December 2011. 

M. Romero-Gomez, E. Athanassoula, T. Antoja, and F. Figueras. Kinematics of the Milky Way spiral arms 

driven by the invariant manifolds. In M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. Gorgas, J. Maíz Apellániz, J. R. Pardo, 

and A. Gil de Paz, editors, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI, pages 548–548, November 2011. 

S. Roca, M. Romero-Gomez, T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, and M. Monguio. Tools for searching 

resonant moving groups in Galactic disc simulations. In M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. Gorgas, J. Maíz 

Apellániz, J. R. Pardo, and A. Gil de Paz, editors, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI, pages 545–545, 

November 2011. 

S. Roca-Fàbrega, M. Romero-Gómez, F. Figueras, T. Antoja, and O. Valenzuela. Kinematic structures in 

galactic disc simulations. In Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, volume 40 

of Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, pages 130–130, October 2011. 

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M. Monguio, P. Grosbo, F. Figueras, T. Antoja, and J. Torra. Tracing the Milky Way spiral arms. Now 

and in the Gaia era. In M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. Gorgas, J. Maíz Apellániz, J. R. Pardo, and A. Gil de 

Paz, editors, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI, pages 497–502, November 2011. 

M. Romero-Gomez, E. Athanassoula, T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, and B. Pichardo. Modelling 

the inner parts of the Milky Way using invariant manifolds. In Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica 

Conference Series, volume 40 of Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, 

pages 92–93, October 2011. 

T. Antoja, F. Figueras, and M. Monguió. Gaia capability of constraining the MW spiral arms from the disc 

velocity distribution. In EAS Publications Series, volume 45 of EAS Publications Series, pages 309–312, 

February 2011. 

T. Antoja, D. Fernández, F. Figueras, E. Moreno, B. Pichardo, J. Torra, and O. Valenzuela. Origin of 

the Moving Groups and Their Contribution to the Determination of the Large-scale Galactic Potential. 

In J. M. Diego, L. J. Goicoechea, J. I. González-Serrano, & J. Gorgas, editor, Highlights of Spanish 

Astrophysics V, pages 370–+, 2010. 

T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, B. Pichardo, and E. Moreno. Connecting Moving Groups to the 

Bar and Spiral Arms of the Milky Way. Highlights of Astronomy, 15:192–192, November 2010. 

T. Antoja, F. Figueras, B. Pichardo, D. Fernandez, E. Moreno, J. Torra, and O. Valenzuela. Local stellar 

kinematic constraints on the Galactic potential. In J. Andersen, J. Bland-Hawthorn, & B. Nordström, 

editor, IAU Symposium, volume 254 of IAU Symposium, pages 4P–+, March 2009. 

T. Antoja, J. Torra, F. Figueras, and C. Jordi. Midiendo la Vía Láctea con Gaia. Revista Española de Física, 

23:18–21, 2009. 

T. Antoja, F. Figueras, and D. Fernández. Dominant mechanisms in the evolution of the kinematic 

structures. In F. Figueras, J. M. Girart, M. Hernanz, & C Jordi, editor, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics 

IV, 2007. 

T. Antoja, F. Figueras, and D. Fernández. Wavelet transform to characterise moving groups: observations 

versus dynamic effects. In Astronomical data analysis IV, 2006. 

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Memberships 

2011–present Member of the WEAVE Science Team 

2011–present Member of the Gaia Coordination Unit CU9 (affiliated member) 

2010–present Member of the GREAT Chemo-Dynamics Survey 

2009–present Member of the Red Española para la explotación científica de Gaia (REG) 

2009–present Participation in the Gaia Research for European Astronomy /Training (GREAT) 

2006–present Member of the Sociedad Española de Astronomía 

2005–2010 Member of the Gaia-University of Barcelona research team 

Languages (Regular, Sufficient, Well) 

English 

Speak: Well 

Read: Well 

Write: Well 

Spanish 

Speak: Well 

Read: Well 

Write: Well 

Catalan 

Speak: Well 

Read: Well 

Write: Well 

Technical Skills 

Proficient 

Fortran, IDL, LaTex, MR software, bash, Topcat, html 

Simulations in multi-processing systems (HP CP 4000 cluster KanBalam in the DGSCA/UNAM, 

Catalonia Supercomputing Center CESCA, CONDOR, etc) 

Familiar 

Tipsy 

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Other Activities 

Courses and Seminaries Received 

– Activity: Hot Topics in Astrophysics and Cosmology 

Dates: 30/05/2005 - 03/06/2005 

Broad field: National 

Classification: Courses and Seminars - Received 

Organization: Facultat de Física- Universitat de Barcelona 

– Activity: Analyse de Donnees (Methodes et Projets) 

Dates: 12/12/2005 - 16/12/2005 

Broad field: International 


Organization: Observatoire de Paris, Universites Paris VI-VII-XI-XII, Versailles-St Quentin, Ecole 

Normale Superieure ULM, Ecole National des Sciences Geographiques, Inst. Nat. des Sciences & 

Techniques Nucleaires 

– Activity: HOT TOPICS IN ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY: A New Age for Ground-Based Observations 

Dates: 29/05/2006 - 02/06/2006 




– Activity: 37th Saas-Fee advanced course of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy: The 

Origin of the Galaxy and Local Group 

Dates: 04/03/2007 - 10/04/2007 



Organization: Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy 

– Activity: XX Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Local Group Cosmology 

Dates: 17/10/2008 - 28/10/2008 



Organization: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias 

Grants & Fellowships: 

– Activity: Beca de Colaboración en Departamentos (Research grant) 

Dates: 01/01/2005 - 30/06/2005 


Classification: Research grant 

Organization: MEC- Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia 

– Activity: Beca pre-doctoral de l’IEEC (PhD fellowship) 

Dates: 01/10/2005 - 31/12/2005 


Classification: Fellowships 

Organization: Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya 

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– Activity: Beca predoctoral FI (PhD fellowship) 

Dates: 01/01/2006 -31/12/2009 


Classification: Fellowships 

Organization: Generalitat de Catalunya 

– Activity: Alpha programme grant 

Dates: 13/11/2007 - 12/12/2007 


Classification: Travel bags 

Organization: LENAC: Latin-American European Network for Astrophysics and Cosmology 

Organization of meetings: 

– NOVA Network 1 meeting (THERLANDS RESEARCH SCHOOL FOR ASTRONOMY, Formation and 

evolution of galaxies: from high redshift to the present), 2nd of November 2012, Groningen (The 

Netherlands) 

– Galaxy Modelling with a Gaia mock catalogue, 2nd WGA1 GREAT ESF Workshop WGA1: The Gaia 

- Model Interface, 29th February - 2nd March 2012, Barcelona (Spain) 

Seminars: 

– DATA Seminar (UNAM), January 2007, Mexico 

– DATA Internal Seminal (UNAM), November 2007, Mexico 

– DAEC Seminar (UNAM), November 2008, Mexico 

– Colloquium, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, March 2012, Strasbourg (France) 

– Lunch talk, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, May 2012, Groningen (The Netherlands) 

Approved Observation Proposals: 

– CAHA, 2.2 m Telescope at Calar Alto (Almeria) 

Target: Tracing the outer Milky Way Spiral Arms: A pilot programme 

Allocated time: 9 nights Q1 2009 

Applicants: F. Figueras, P. Grosbøl, C.Theis, M. Monguió, C. Jordi, J. Torra, T. Antoja, D. Fernández, 

C. Fabricius 

– INT 2.5 m Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos (Canary Islands) 

Target: Tracing the outer Milky Way Spiral Arms 

Allocated time: 5 nights Q1 2009 

Applicants: F. Figueras, P. Grosbøl, C.Theis, M. Monguió, C. Jordi, J. Torra, T. Antoja, D. Fernández, 

C. Fabricius 

Teaching Experience: 

– Activity: Teaching activity, Physics Degree, practical lessons of the subject Observational Astronomy 

5th semester, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010 

Dates: 01/01/2005 -15/07/2010 

Broad field: Local 

Classification: Teaching in second cycle 


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Popularization of science activities: 

– Masterclass per a Estudiants de Secundària, 2006, activity for secondary school students in the 

Facultat de Física at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2006 

– Solar Eclipse 3/10/05: collaboration in the on-line retransmission and realization of an observation 

activity for undergraduate students, 2005 

– Masterclass per a Estudiants de Secundària, 2007, activity for secondary school students in the 

Facultat de Física at the Universitat de Barcelona , 2007 

– “El color de les estrelles” (The colour of stars), Observation activity in the Fundació Joan Miró, 

organised by Universitat de Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró and Televisió de Catalunya, 2008 

– Organization and coordination of the “Encontres amb el 3r cicle”, activity for undergraduate students 

for the AYA2009 

Other Courses: 

– Activity: Certificat d’Aptitud Pedagògica 

Dates: 01/10/2006 - 21/06/2007 


Classification: Other courses 

Organization: Universitat de Barcelona 

– Activity: Monitor/a d’activitats de lleure infantil i juvenil 

Dates: 2003 - 2004 



Organization: Institut de formació de la Fundació Pere Tarrés, Generalitat de Catalunya 

– Activity: Certificate in Advanced English 

Dates: 2006 - 2007 



Organization: University of Cambridge 

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Conferences Contributions 

Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D. 

Title: Dominant mechanisms in the evolution of kinematic structures 

Kind of participation: Poster 

Conference: VII Reunión científica de la SEA 

Number or authors: 3 

Place of celebration: Barcelona (SPAIN) Year: 2006 

Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D. 

Title: Wavelet transform to characterise moving groups: observations versus dynamic effects 


Conference: Astronomical data analysis IV 


Place of celebration: Marseille (FRANCE) Year: 2006 

Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D., Moreno, E., Pichardo, B., Torra, J., Valenzuela, O. 

Title: Local stellar kinematic constraints on the galactic potential 


Conference: IAU SYMPOSIUM 254: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context 


Place of celebration: Copenhaguen (DENMARK) Year: 2008 

Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D., Moreno, E., Pichardo, B., Torra, J., Valenzuela, O. 

Title: Origen de los grupos móviles y determinación del potencial galáctico 

Kind of participation: Presentation of communication 

Conference: VIII Reunión cintífica de la SEA 


Place of celebration: Santander (SPAIN) Year: 2008 

Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, Pichardo, B., Torra, J., Valenzuela, O. 

Title: The Role of Ages in the Study of the Formation and Evolution of Moving Groups 


Conference: IAU Symposium 258: The Ages of Stars 


Place of celebration: Baltimore (UNITED STATES) Year: 2008 

Authors: T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, B. Pichardo, E. Moreno 

Title: Moving groups:Stellar Kinematic Constraints on Galactic Structure Models 


Conference: Distribution of Mass in the Milky Way Galaxy 


Place of celebration: Leiden (NETHERLANDS) Year: 2009 


Title: Connecting Moving Groups to the Bar and Spiral Arms of the Milky Way 


Conference: Modelling the Milky Way in the Era of Gaia, JD5 at IAU General Assembly 


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Place of celebration: Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL) Year: 2009 


Title: Connecting Moving Groups to the Non-Axisymmetric Structure of the Milky Way 


Conference: The Milky Way and the Local Group - Now and in the Gaia Era 


Place of celebration: Heidelberg (GERMANY) Year: 2009 

Authors: T. Antoja, M. Romero-Gómez, F. Figueras 

Title: Looking for Imprints of Spiral Arms and Bar in the Disc DF: Gaia Capabilities 


Conference: Gaia model for Gaia/GREAT Chemo-Dynamics Survey Programme (GCDS) 


Place of celebration: Holmbury St Mary (UNITED KINGDOM) Year: 2010 

Authors: T. Antoja 

Title: Moving Groups in RAVE 


Conference: RAVE meeting 


Place of celebration: Groningen (THE NETHERLANDS) Year: 2010 

Authors: T. Antoja 

Title: Radial Velocities from the GCDS and the Kinematic Groups Induced by the Bar and the Spiral 

Arms of the Milky Way 


Conference: “Gaia Chemo-Dynamical Survey”: Survey science 


Place of celebration: Nice (FRANCE) Year: 2010 

Authors: T. Antoja, A. Helmi, F. Figueras, O. Valenzuela, M. Romero-Gómez, E. Moreno, B.Pichardo 

Title: Kinematic Groups across the MW Disc: insights from models and from the RAVE catalogue 


Conference: Assembling the Puzzle of the Milky Way 


Place of celebration: Le Grand-Bornand (FRANCE) Year: 2011 

Authors: T. Antoja, A. Helmi, F. Figueras, O. Valenzuela, M. Romero-Gómez, E. Moreno, B.Pichardo 

Title: Spiral Arm Models and Kinematic Groups across the Disc 


Conference: The Interestellar Medium in Three Dimensions with Gaia 


Place of celebration: Leiden (THE NETHERLANDS) Year: 2011 

Authors: T. Antoja, A. Helmi 

Title: Disc Kinematic Substructure beyond the Solar Neighbourhood 

Kind of participation: Invited Talk 

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Conference: Dynamics Meets Kinematic Tracers 


Place of celebration: Tegernsee (Germany) Year: 2012 

Authors: T. Antoja, A. Helmi 

Title: Dynamics of the Spiral Arms and Bar of the Milky Way with Rave 

Kind of participation: Invited Talk 

Conference: Galactic Archaeology Surveys: Past, Present and Future 


Place of celebration: Sydney (Australia) Year: 2012 

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Participation in Funded R+D Projects from Public Calls 

Title of the project / contract: Caracterización y estructuras de la componente estelar de la Galaxia. 

Kind of contract/Program: NAAS - Programa Nacional de Astronomía y Astrofísica 

Financing Firm/administration: MCTE - Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. 

Number of the project / contract: AYA2003-07736 Amount: 89.800,00 Duration, since: 2003 Until: 

2006 

Main researcher: Carme Jordi Nebot 

Number of researchers participating: 09 

Keywords: 021369 - Galaxia: cinemática y estructura / 032409 - estrellas jóvenes / 035293 - Calibración 

de luminosidad / 035294 - Escala de distancias / 035295 - Binarias eclipsantes 

Title of the project / contract: Parámetros fundamentales de las estrellas y caracterización de estructuras 

en el disco galáctico 


Financing Firm/administration: MEDU - Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia 

Number of the project / contract: AYA2006-15623-C02-02/ Amount: 50.000,00 Duration, since: 2006 

Until: 2009 

Main researcher: Carme Jordi Nebot 


Keywords: 000626 - Dinámica galáctica / 010467 - Cinemática galáctica / 004382 - Evolución estelar 

Title of the project / contract: Grup de Recerca Consolidat: Astronomia I Astrofísica 

Kind of contract/Program: Grup de Recerca Consolidat 

Financing Firm/administration: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de 

Catalunya. AGAUR 

Number of the project / contract: 2005 SGR-00847 Amount: 42.000,00 Duration, since: 2005 Until: 

2008 

Main researcher: Eduard Salvador Soler 


Title of the project / contract: Grup de Recerca Consolidat: Astronomia I Astrofísica 

Kind of contract/Program: Grup de Recerca Consolidat 

Financing Firm/administration: Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de 

Catalunya. AGAUR 

Number of the project / contract: 2009SGR217 Amount: 58.240 Duration, since: 2009 Until: 2001358.240 

Main researcher: Eduardo Salvador Sole 


Title of the project / contract: Contribución al desarrollo científico y tecnológico de la misión Gaia 


Financing Firm/administration: MICINN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación 

Number of the project / contract: AYA2009-14648-C02-01(ESP) / Amount: 2.520.000 Duration, since: 

2009 Until: 2013 

Main researcher: Jorge Torra Roca 


Keywords: 000626 - Dinámica galáctica / 010467 - Cinemática galáctica / 004382 - Evolución estelar 

Title of the project / contract: ERC-StG grant GALACTICA-24027 

Kind of contract/Program: European Research Council Starting Grants 

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Financing Firm/administration: European Research Council 

Contract: GALACTICA-24027 / Duration, since: 2009 Until: 2013 

Main researcher: Amina Helmi 

Keywords: 000626 - Dinámica galáctica 

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