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Dr. Nikolay Kacharov

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Scientific interests:

  • Stellar populations in different environments
  • Dwarf galaxies
  • Nuclear star clusters
  • Globular clusters

Skills and techniques:

  • Star formation histories from integrated light spectra
  • Chemo-dynamical evolution of galaxies
  • Stellar chemical abundances
  • Stellar kinematics and dynamics
  • Bayesian statistics and mixture modelling

At the AIP I am a member of the "1001 Magellanic Clouds" 4MOST spectroscopic survey and support the development of this future VISTA instrument. In addition, I work on modelling the dynamics of the Large Magellanic Cloud using equilibrium dynamical models.

My GitHub account contains some codes with more general use that I have developed: GitHub

Milky Way and the Local Volume
Postdoctoral Researcher
Office: KH/2.40
Phone: +49 331 7499 301
kacharovnothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam

Publications

Publications at NASA ADS: ADS library

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

oMEGACat. V. Helium Enrichment in ω Centauri as a Function of Metallicity
Clontz, C., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2025
The Astrophysical Journal, 984, 2, 162; published May 2025
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/adc1c5, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
oMEGACat. VI. Analysis of the Overall Kinematics of Omega Centauri in 3D: Velocity Dispersion, Kinematic Distance, Anisotropy, and Energy Equipartition
Häberle, M., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2025
The Astrophysical Journal, 983, 2, 95; published April 2025
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/adbe67, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Rediscovering the Milky Way with an orbit superposition approach and APOGEE data: I. Method validation
Khoperskov, S., ... Steinmetz, M., Ratcliffe, B., Minchev, I., Krajnović, D., ... Kacharov, N., Marques, L., Valentini, M., de Jong, R. S., 2025
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 695, A220; published March 2025
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202453304, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Galaxies and Quasars
oMEGACat. IV. Constraining the Ages of Omega Centauri Subgiant Branch Stars with HST and MUSE
Clontz, C., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2024
The Astrophysical Journal, 977, 1, 14; published December 2024
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad8621, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Equilibrium dynamical models in the inner region of the Large Magellanic Cloud based on Gaia DR3 kinematics
Kacharov, N., ... Cioni, M.-R. L., ... Khoperskov, S., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 692, A40; published December 2024
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451578, NASA ADS
Author Correction: Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri
Häberle, M., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2024
Nature, 634, 8032, E1; published October 2024
doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08017-4, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters: I. Catalogues and results for NGC 1850
Niederhofer, F., ... Kacharov, N., ... Cioni, M.-R. L., ..., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 689, A162; published September 2024
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202450255, NASA ADS
From gas to stars: MUSEings on the internal evolution of IC 1613
Taibi, S., ... Roth, M. M., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 689, A88; published September 2024
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202449468, NASA ADS
oMEGACat. II. Photometry and Proper Motions for 1.4 Million Stars in Omega Centauri and Its Rotation in the Plane of the Sky
Häberle, M., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2024
The Astrophysical Journal, 970, 2, 192; published August 2024
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad47f5, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
oMEGACat. III. Multiband Photometry and Metallicities Reveal Spatially Well-mixed Populations within ω Centauri's Half-light Radius
Nitschai, M. S., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2024
The Astrophysical Journal, 970, 2, 152; published August 2024
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad5289, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume