Teresa Antoja

    Research Fellow (2013-2016)

     

    Main Research Fields

    Disk kinematics, velocity distribution of the Solar Neighbourhood and surroundings, moving groups, dynamical streams

    Determination of the bar and spiral arms properties

    Dynamical modeling of the spiral arms and bar, effects on stellar thin/thick disk kinematics, orbital resonances

    Theories for spiral arm formation and dynamics, Tight Winding Approximation theory,
    mani-fold theory , N-body simulations

    Detection of Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxies in the Milky Way with Gaia

    Gaia science performance and capabilities: red clump stars, open clusters, disk and
    halo kinematics, Gaia Universe Model Snapshot

    Gaia follow-up surveys, WEAVE instrument for Gaia faint sources to obtain radial velocities and chemical abundances, science case and survey design

    Disruption of stellar clusters in the disc of the Milky Way


    Keywords

    Galactic Kinematics, Galactic Dynamics
    Galaxy Formation & Evolution
    Spiral Arms and Bars
    Satellite Galaxies, Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxies
    Milky Way Halo
    Gaia

    Ongoing collaborations

    Main list of collaborations

    • J. de Bruijne, T. Prusti, C. Manara (ESTEC, The Netherlands)
    • M. Romero-Gomez, F. Figueras (ICCUB, Spain)
    • O. Valenzuela, B. Pichardo, E. Moreno (Instituto de astronomia de la UNAM Mexico DF, Mexico)
    • S. Roca-Fabrega (Racah Institute of Physics, Israel)
    • G. Monari (Observatoire astronomique de Strasbroug, France)
    • A. Helmi (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, The Netherlands)
    • C. Mateu (CIDA, Venezuela)
    • A. Brown (Observatory of Leiden, The Netherlands)
    • L. Aguilar (Instituto de Astronomia de la UNAM Ensenada, Mexico)
    • T. Parikh (Univ. of Portsmouth, UK)
    • S. Hidalgo, A. Aparicio (IAC, Spain)
    • K. Rygl (Instituto di Radioastronomia, Italy)
    • S. Rieder (RIKEN AICS, Japan)
    • L. Jilkova, C. Martinez-Barbosa (Observatory of Leiden)
    • R. Sanderson (Columbia University, USA)
    • RAVE collaboration: researchers from over 20 institutions around the world, coordinated by the Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik, (Potsdam, Germany)
    • Gaia-ESO survey
    • WEAVE science team

    Publications

    Link to ADS

    Project/mission at ESA

    Gaia

    VIDEOS

     

    Participation and appearence in videos produced by ESA:

     

    "TERESA ANTOJA - MY WORK AS POST DOC ON THE GAIA MISSION"

    "WHY STUDY STEM? - WOMEN CHOOSE A CAREER IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING"