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Giovanni Carraro

Giovanni Carraro

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D-Index
77
Citations
24340
World Ranking
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National Ranking
172

Overview

Giovanni Carraro is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has an extensive publication record primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Molecular Biology, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several key academic venues. These include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astronomical Journal

The research topics covered by Giovanni Carraro involve a broad array of astrophysical themes. Significant areas of study are:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Recent publications illustrate the focus and scope of their work. Selected papers include:

  • Updated parameters of 1743 open clusters based on Gaia DR2, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Implementation, data products, open cluster survey, science, and legacy, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Motivation, implementation, GIRAFFE data processing, analysis, and final data products, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Gaia-ESO Survey: a new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Fundamental parameters for 45 open clusters with Gaia DR2, an improved extinction correction and a metallicity gradient prior, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Giovanni Carraro has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • S. Randich
  • L. Magrini
  • R. Smiljanić
  • G. Gilmore
  • C. C. Worley

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications. One notable book is Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

    G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

  • VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

    D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas;J. P. Emerson;R. K. Saito

  • Omega Centauri: The Population Puzzle Goes Deeper

    L. R. Bedin;G. Piotto;J. Anderson;S. Cassisi

  • Metallicities on the Double Main Sequence of omega Centauri Imply Large Helium Enhancement

    Giampaolo Piotto;Sandro Villanova;Luigi R. Bedin;Raffaele Gratton

  • ω Centauri: The Population Puzzle Goes Deeper

    Luigi R. Bedin;Giampaolo Piotto;Jay Anderson;Santi Cassisi

  • Vvv dr1: the first data release of the milky way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared eso public survey vista variables in the via lactea

    R. K. Saito;M. Hempel;D. Minniti;D. Minniti;P. W. Lucas

  • Metallicities on the double main sequence of ω centauri imply large helium enhancement

    Giampaolo Piotto;Sandro Villanova;Luigi R. Bedin;Luigi R. Bedin;Raffaele Gratton

  • The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I: Introduction and observational overview

    C. J. Evans;W. D. Taylor;V. Henault-Brunet;H. Sana

  • Extragalactic chemical abundances: do HII regions and young stars tell the same story? The case of the spiral galaxy NGC 300

    Fabio Bresolin;Wolfgang Gieren;Rolf-Peter Kudritzki;Grzegorz Pietrzynski

  • Outer structure of the Galactic warp and flare: explaining the Canis Major over-density

    Y. Momany;Y. Momany;S. Zaggia;G. Gilmore;G. Piotto

  • Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars

    R. Smiljanic;A. J. Korn;M. Bergemann;A. Frasca

  • The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: I. Introduction and observational overview⋆

    Chris Evans;W. D. Taylor;V. Hénault-brunet;H. Sana

  • EXTRAGALACTIC CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES: DO H II REGIONS AND YOUNG STARS TELL THE SAME STORY? THE CASE OF THE SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 300*

    Fabio Bresolin;Wolfgang Gieren;Rolf-Peter Kudritzki;Grzegorz Pietrzyński;Grzegorz Pietrzyński

  • The Galactic Disc Age-Metallicity Relation

    Y.K. Ng;G. Bertelli;G. Carraro;L. Portinari

  • Formation and evolution of elliptical galaxies

    Cesare Chiosi;Giovanni Carraro

  • The Gaia-ESO Survey: the analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars

    R. Smiljanic;A. J. Korn;M. Bergemann;A. Frasca

  • On the Galactic disc age–metallicity relation

    Giovanni Carraro;Giovanni Carraro;Yuen Keong Ng;Laura Portinari

  • Kinematics and chemistry of recently discovered Reticulum 2 and Horologium 1 dwarf galaxies

    Sergey E. Koposov;Andrew R. Casey;Vasily Belokurov;James R. Lewis

  • Star formation and chemical evolution in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations: a statistical approach

    Cesario Lia;Cesario Lia;Laura Portinari;Giovanni Carraro

  • Spectroscopy of QUEST RR Lyrae Variables: The New Virgo Stellar Stream

    Sonia Duffau;Robert Zinn;A. Katherina Vivas;Giovanni Carraro;Giovanni Carraro;Giovanni Carraro

Frequent Co-Authors

Sofia Randich
Sofia Randich National Institute for Astrophysics
Laura Magrini
Laura Magrini National Institute for Astrophysics
Sergey E. Koposov
Sergey E. Koposov University of Edinburgh
Ettore Flaccomio
Ettore Flaccomio National Institute for Astrophysics
A. Bragaglia
A. Bragaglia National Institute for Astrophysics
Doug Geisler
Doug Geisler University of La Serena
Gerard Gilmore
Gerard Gilmore University of Cambridge
Karin Lind
Karin Lind Stockholm University
Dante Minniti
Dante Minniti Andrés Bello University
Manuela Zoccali
Manuela Zoccali Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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