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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.

Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Postdoctoral Researcher
Office: LH/1-01
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:

A Deep View into the Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with MUSE. III. Discrete Multicomponent Population-dynamical Models Based on the Jeans Equations
Kacharov, N. et al., 2022
The Astrophysical Journal, 939, 2, 118; published November 2022
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac9280, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Spatially Resolving the Star Formation Histories of Three Nearby Nuclear Star Clusters
Hannah, C. H., ... Kacharov, N., ... den Brok, M., 2021
The Astronomical Journal, 162, 6, 281; published December 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac282e, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo, Galaxies and Quasars
On the Nitrogen variation in 2 Gyr old massive star clusters in the large Magellanic Cloud
Martocchia, S., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2021
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505, 4, 5389; published August 2021
doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1590, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Luminosity Models and Density Profiles for Nuclear Star Clusters for a Nearby Volume-limited Sample of 29 Galaxies
Pechetti, R., ... Kacharov, N., den Brok, M., 2020
The Astrophysical Journal, 900, 1, 32; published September 2020
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abaaa7, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Kinematic and metallicity properties of the Aquarius dwarf galaxy from FORS2 MXU spectroscopy
Hermosa Muñoz, L., ... Kacharov, N., ... Starkenburg, E., ..., 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 634, A10; published February 2020
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201936136, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo / The Early Milky Way
The search for multiple populations in Magellanic Clouds clusters - V. Correlation between cluster age and abundance spreads
Martocchia, S., ... Kacharov, N., ... Niederhofer, F., ..., 2019
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487, 4, 5324; published August 2019
doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1596, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Spectroscopic detection of multiple populations in the ∼2 Gyr old cluster Hodge 6 in the LMC
Hollyhead, K., ... Kacharov, N., Niederhofer, F., ..., 2019
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484, 4, 4718; published April 2019
doi:10.1093/mnras/stz317, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo
Improved Dynamical Constraints on the Masses of the Central Black Holes in Nearby Low-mass Early-type Galactic Nuclei and the First Black Hole Determination for NGC 205
Nguyen, D. D., ... den Brok, M., ... Kacharov, N., ..., 2019
The Astrophysical Journal, 872, 1, 104; published February 2019
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aafe7a, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Stellar populations and star formation histories of the nuclear star clusters in six nearby galaxies
Kacharov, N., ... Walcher, C. J., ..., 2018
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480, 2, 1973; published October 2018
doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1985, NASA ADS