L. Monaco

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1997 - 2009

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65

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Li-rich RGB stars in the Galactic Bulge (2009)

Gonzalez, O. A., Zoccali, M., Monaco, L., Hill, V., Cassisi, S., Minniti, D., ...

We present Lithium abundance determination for a sample of K giant stars in the galactic bulge. The stars presented here are the only 13 stars with detectable Lithium line (6767.18 A) among ~400...

The young stellar population at the center of NGC 205 (2009)

Monaco, L., Saviane, I., Perina, S., Bellazzini, M., Buzzoni, A., Federici, L., ...

Context. NGC 205 is a peculiar dwarf elliptical galaxy hosting in its center a population of young blue stars. Their origin is still matter of debate, the central fresh star formation activity...

Unabsorbed Seyfert 2 galaxies: the case of "naked" AGN (2009)

Panessa, F., Carrera, F. J., Bianchi, S., Corral, A., Gastaldello, F., Barcons, X., ...

Hawkins (2004) reported on a class of "naked" AGN characterized by strong amplitude optical brightness variability and the complete absence of broad emission lines in the optical spectrum. The...

The nucleus of the Sagittarius dSph galaxy and M54: a window on the process of galaxy nucleation (2008)

Bellazzini, M., Ibata, R. A., Chapman, S. C., Mackey, A. D., Monaco, L., Irwin, M. J., ...

We present the results of a thorough study of the nucleus of the Sgr dwarf spheroidal galaxy and of the bright globular cluster M54 that resides within the same nucleus (Sgr,N). We have obtained...

Lithium-rich giants in the Sagittarius dSph Tidal Streams (2008)

Monaco, L., Bonifacio, P.

The nature and origin of Lithium rich giant stars is still matter of debate. In the contest of our spectroscopic survey of giants in the tidal streams of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (dSph)...

The nucleus of the Sagittarius Dsph galaxy and M54: a window on the process of galaxy nucleation (2008)

Bellazzini, M., Ibata, R. A., Chapman, S. C., Mackey, A. D., Monaco, L., Irwin, M. J., ...

We present the results of a thorough study of the nucleus of the Sgr dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr dSph) and of the bright globular cluster M54 (NGC 6715) that resides within the same nucleus (Sgr,N)....

UVES radial velocity accuracy from asteroid observations. Implications for the fine structure constant variability (2007)

Molaro, P., Levshakov, S. A., Monai, S., Centurion, M., Bonifacio, P., D'Odorico, S., ...

High resolution observations of the asteroids Iris and Juno have been performed by means of the UVES spectrograph at the ESO VLT to obtain the effective accurac y of the spectrograph's radial...

VSOP: the variable star one-shot project - I. Project presentation and first data release (2007)

Foellmi, C, Pritchard, J, Lo Curto, G, Prieto, C. Allende, Bruntt, H, ...

Context. About 500 new variable stars enter the General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) every year. Most of them however lack spectroscopic observations, which remains critical for a correct...

Operation of a free electron laser from the extreme ultraviolet to the water window (2007)

Ackermann, W., Asova, G., Ayvazyan, V., Azima, A., Baboi, N., Bähr, J., ...

We report results on the performance of a free electron laser operating at a wavelength of 13.7 nm where unprecedented peak and average powers for a coherent EUV radiation source have been measured....

Operation of a free electron laser from the extreme ultraviolet to the water window (2007)

Ackermann, W., Asova, G., Ayvazyan, V., Azima, A., Baboi, N., Bähr, J., ...

We report results on the performance of a free electron laser operating at a wavelength of 13.7 nm where unprecedented peak and average powers for a coherent EUV radiation source have been measured....

VSOP: The Variable Star One-shot Project I. Project presentation and first data release (2007)

Dall, T. H., Foellmi, C., Pritchard, J., Curto, G. Lo, Prieto, C. Allende, Bruntt, H., ...

The Variable Star One-shot Project (VSOP) is aimed at (1) providing the variability type and spectral type of all unstudied variable stars, (2) process, publish, and make the data available as...

The Variable Star One-shot Project, and its little child: Wikimbad (2007)

Foellmi, C., Dall, T. H., Pritchard, J., Curto, G. Lo, Prieto, C. Allende, Bruntt, H., ...

The Variable Star One-shot Project (VSOP) aimed at providing to the world-wide stellar community the necessary one-shot spectrum of unstudied variable stars, too often classified as such by an...

The exotic chemical composition of the Sagittarius dwarf Spheroidal galaxy (2006)

Sbordone, L., Bonifacio, P., Buonanno, R., Marconi, G., Monaco, L., Zaggia, S.

The Sagittarius dwarf Spheroidal galaxy is the nearest neighbor of the Milky Way. Moving along a short period quasi-polar orbit within the Halo, it is being destroyed by the tidal interaction with...

High-resolution spectroscopy of RGB stars in the Sagittarius Streams. I. Radial velocities and chemical abundances (2006)

Monaco, L., Bellazzini, M., Bonifacio, P., Buzzoni, A., Ferraro, F. R., Marconi, G., ...

Context. The Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy is currently being disrupted under the strain of the Milky Way. A reliable reconstruction of Sgr star formation history can only be obtained by...

Detection of a population gradient in the Sagittarius Stream (2006)

Bellazzini, M., Newberg, H. J., Correnti, M., Ferraro, F. R., Monaco, L.

We present a quantitative comparison between the Horizontal Branch morphology in the core of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) and in a wide field sampling a portion of its tidal stream...

First operation of a free-electron laser generating GW power radiation at 32 nm wavelength (2006)

Ayvazyan, V., Baboi, N., Bähr, J., Balandin, V., Beutner, B., Brandt I., A., ...

Many scientific disciplines ranging from physics, chemistry and biology to material sciences, geophysics and medical diagnostics need a powerful X-ray source with pulse lengths in the femtosecond...

First operation of a free-electron laser generating GW power radiation at 32 nm wavelength (2006)

Ayvazyan, V., Baboi, N., Bähr, J., Balandin, V., Beutner, B., Brandt I., A., ...

Many scientific disciplines ranging from physics, chemistry and biology to material sciences, geophysics and medical diagnostics need a powerful X-ray source with pulse lengths in the femtosecond...

The age of the main population of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy. Solving the "M giant conundrum" (2005)

Bellazzini, M., Correnti, M., Ferraro, F. R., Monaco, L., Montegriffo, P.

We present a statistically decontaminated Color Magnitude Diagram of a 1 deg X 1 deg field in the core of the Sagittarius dSph galaxy. Coupling this CMD with the most recent metallicity distributions...

The Ital-FLAMES survey of the Sagittarius dwarf Spheroidal galaxy. I. Chemical abundances of bright RGB stars (2005)

Monaco, L., Bellazzini, M., Bonifacio, P., Ferraro, F. R., Marconi, G., Pancino, E., ...

We present iron and $\alpha$ element (Mg, Ca, Ti) abundances for a sample of 15 Red Giant Branch stars belonging to the main body of the Sagittarius dwarf Spheroidal galaxy. Abundances have been...

Status and First Results from the Upgraded PITZ Facility (2005)

Oppelt, A., Abrahamyan, K., Asova, G., Bähr, J., Dimitrov, G., Gensch, U., ...

Since December 2004, the photo injector test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) has been upgraded. A normal conducting copper booster cavity has been installed and the diagnostics beamline has been...

Status and First Results from the Upgraded PITZ Facility (2005)

Oppelt, A., Abrahamyan, K., Asova, G., Bähr, J., Dimitrov, G., Gensch, U., ...

Since December 2004, the photo injector test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) has been upgraded. A normal conducting copper booster cavity has been installed and the diagnostics beamline has been...

Status and First Results from the Upgraded PITZ Facility (2005)

Oppelt, A., Abrahamyan, K., Asova, G., Bähr, J., Dimitrov, G., Gensch, U., ...

Since December 2004, the photo injector test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) has been upgraded. A normal conducting copper booster cavity has been installed and the diagnostics beamline has been...

Status and First Results from the Upgraded PITZ Facility (2005)

Oppelt, A., Abrahamyan, K., Asova, G., Bähr, J., Dimitrov, G., Gensch, U., ...

Since December 2004, the photo injector test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) has been upgraded. A normal conducting copper booster cavity has been installed and the diagnostics beamline has been...

The central density cusp of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (2004)

Monaco, L., Bellazzini, M., Ferraro, F. R., Pancino, E.

We present an analysis of the density profile in the central region of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy. A strong density enhancement of Sgr stars is observed. The position of the peak of the...

The distance to the Sgr dwarf spheroidal galaxy from the Red Giant Branch Tip (2004)

Monaco, L., Bellazzini, M., Ferraro, F. R., Pancino, E.

We derived the distance to the central region of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy from the Red Giant Branch Tip. The obtained distance modulus is $(m-M)_0=17.10\pm0.15$, corresponding to a...

Detection of the Canis Major galaxy at (l;b)=(244;-8) and in the background of Galactic open clusters (2003)

Bellazzini, M., Ibata, R., Monaco, L., Martin, N., Irwin, M. J., Lewis, G. F.

We report on the detection of Main Sequence stars belonging to the recently identified Canis Major galaxy in a field located at ~ 4.2 deg from the center of the stellar system. With Main Sequence...

Building up the Galactic Halo: The Sagittarius dSph and the globular cluster M22 (2003)

Monaco, L., Ferraro, F. R., Bellazzini, M., Pancino, E.

The Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr) and a few paculiar Galactic Globular Clusters (GGC) can be considered as building blocks of theGalactic Halo. We present a series of results based on a wide...

The Draco and Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidals. A comparative study (2002)

Bellazzini, M., Ferraro, F. R., Origlia, L., Pancino, E., Monaco, L., Oliva, E.

We present (V,I) photometry of two wide (~25 X 25 arcmin^2) fields centered on the low surface brightness dwarf spheroidal galaxies Draco and Ursa Minor. New estimates of the distance to these...

First detection of the RGB-bump in the Sagittarius dSph (2002)

Monaco, L., Ferraro, F. R., Bellazzini, M., Pancino, E.

We present V, I photometry of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) for a region of ~ 1^{circ} times 1^{circ}, centered on the globular cluster M 54. This catalog is the largest database of...

Deep HST-WFPC2 photometry of NGC 288. II. The Main Sequence Luminosity Function (2002)

Bellazzini, M., Pecci, Flavio Fusi, Montegriffo, Paolo, Messineo, Maria, Monaco, L., Rood, R. T.

The Main Sequence Luminosity Function (LF) of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 288 has been obtained using deep WFPC2 photometry. We have employed a new method to correct for completeness and fully...

Deep HST-WFPC2 photometry of NGC 288. I. Binary Systems and Blue Stragglers (2001)

Bellazzini, M., Pecci, F. Fusi, Messineo, M., Monaco, L., Rood, R. T.

We present the first results of a deep WFPC2 photometric survey of the loose galactic globular cluster NGC 288. The fraction of binary systems is estimated from the color distribution of objects near...

Pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) induces CREM gene expression in Sertoli cells: involvement in long-term desensitization of the FSH receptor.

Monaco, L, Foulkes, N S, Sassone-Corsi, P

Transcription factor CREM (cAMP-responsive element modulator) plays a pivotal role in the nuclear response to cAMP in neuroendocrine cells. We have previously shown that follicle-stimulating hormone...

Two forms of acetylcholine receptor gamma subunit in mouse muscle.

Mileo, A M, Monaco, L, Palma, E, Grassi, F, Miledi, R, Eusebi, F

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAcChoRs) of skeletal muscle are heterosubunit ligand-gated channels that mediate signal transmission from motor nerves to muscle. While cloning murine nAcChoR...

Heterologous in vivo processing of human preproendothelin 1 into bioactive peptides.

Fabbrini, M S, Vitale, A, Patrono, C, Zamai, M, Vaghi, F, Caiolfa, V, ...

Endothelin (ET) is an extremely potent vasoconstrictor peptide of 21 amino acids, originally found in the supernatant of cultured vascular endothelial cells. To gain insights into its biosynthetic...

Selective amplification of an mRNA and related pseudogene for a human ADP-ribosylation factor, a guanine nucleotide-dependent protein activator of cholera toxin.

Monaco, L, Murtagh, J J, Newman, K B, Tsai, S C, Moss, J, Vaughan, M

ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) are approximately 20-kDa proteins that act as GTP-dependent allosteric activators of cholera toxin. With deoxyinosine-containing degenerate oligonucleotide primers...

Nanoscopic structure of DNA condensed for gene delivery.

Dunlap, D D, Maggi, A, Soria, M R, Monaco, L

Scanning force microscopy was used to examine DNA condensates prepared with varying stoichiometries of lipospermine or polyethylenimine in physiological solution. For the first time, individual DNA...

A recombinant apoA-1--protein A hybrid reproduces the binding parameters of HDL to its receptor.

Monaco, L, Bond, H M, Howell, K E, Cortese, R

We have constructed a plasmid, pLM8, containing the coding sequence of the mature human apoA-1 fused to the coding sequence of the IgG-binding domains of protein A (PA) from Staphylococcus aureus....

Pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) induces CREM gene expression in Sertoli cells: involvement in long-term desensitization of the FSH receptor.

Monaco, L, Foulkes, N S, Sassone-Corsi, P

Transcription factor CREM (cAMP-responsive element modulator) plays a pivotal role in the nuclear response to cAMP in neuroendocrine cells. We have previously shown that follicle-stimulating hormone...

Two forms of acetylcholine receptor gamma subunit in mouse muscle.

Mileo, A M, Monaco, L, Palma, E, Grassi, F, Miledi, R, Eusebi, F

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAcChoRs) of skeletal muscle are heterosubunit ligand-gated channels that mediate signal transmission from motor nerves to muscle. While cloning murine nAcChoR...

Heterologous in vivo processing of human preproendothelin 1 into bioactive peptides.

Fabbrini, M S, Vitale, A, Patrono, C, Zamai, M, Vaghi, F, Caiolfa, V, ...

Endothelin (ET) is an extremely potent vasoconstrictor peptide of 21 amino acids, originally found in the supernatant of cultured vascular endothelial cells. To gain insights into its biosynthetic...

Selective amplification of an mRNA and related pseudogene for a human ADP-ribosylation factor, a guanine nucleotide-dependent protein activator of cholera toxin.

Monaco, L, Murtagh, J J, Newman, K B, Tsai, S C, Moss, J, Vaughan, M

ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) are approximately 20-kDa proteins that act as GTP-dependent allosteric activators of cholera toxin. With deoxyinosine-containing degenerate oligonucleotide primers...

Nanoscopic structure of DNA condensed for gene delivery.

Dunlap, D D, Maggi, A, Soria, M R, Monaco, L

Scanning force microscopy was used to examine DNA condensates prepared with varying stoichiometries of lipospermine or polyethylenimine in physiological solution. For the first time, individual DNA...

A recombinant apoA-1--protein A hybrid reproduces the binding parameters of HDL to its receptor.

Monaco, L, Bond, H M, Howell, K E, Cortese, R

We have constructed a plasmid, pLM8, containing the coding sequence of the mature human apoA-1 fused to the coding sequence of the IgG-binding domains of protein A (PA) from Staphylococcus aureus....