Recent Publications

D. A. García-Hernández , P. García-Lario, B. Plez, F. D'Antona, A. Manchado, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez 2006: "Rubidium-Rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars"
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1133706 pdf file

Vittoria Caloi & Francesca D'Antona 2005: "Helium self-enrichment in globular clusters and the second parameter problem in M3 and M13"
in press on A&A pdf file

Francesca D'Antona, Paolo Ventura & Vittoria Caloi 2006: "AGB evolution in the early globular clusters. Hints from the observations on the model parameters"
Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.77, p.852 (2006) pdf file

Vittoria Caloi & Francesca D'Antona 2005: "Helium self-enrichment in globular clusters and the second parameter problem in M3 and M13"
A&A 435, 987 (2005) pdf file

Francesca D'Antona 2004: "Two stages of star formation in globular clusters and the imf"
in press in the Proceedings of the meeting 'IMF@50: the initial mass function 50 years later', Abbazia di Spineto, May 16-20, 2004, Kluwer, eds. E. Corbelli, F. Palla & H. Zinnecker ps file

F. D'Antona & V. Caloi 2004: "The early evolution of globular clusters: the case of NGC 2808"
ApJ 611, 871pdf ApJ file

M.P. Di Mauro, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, L. Paterno', D'Antona, F. 2004: "Interpretation of the solar like pulsational behaviour of eta Bootis" 2808"
Solar Physics, v. 220, Issue 2, p. 185-198 pdf file

J. Montalban, F. D'Antona, F. Kupka & U. Heiter 2004: `Convection in the atmospheres and envelopes of Pre-Main Sequence stars'
A&A 416, 1081 ps file

Francesca D'Antona & Josefina Montalban 2003: `Efficiency of convection and Pre-Main Sequence Lithium depletion'
A&A 412, 213 postscript file and pdf file

L. Burderi, T. Di Salvo, F. D'Antona, N.R. Robba & V. Testa 2003: `The optical counterpart to SAX J1808.4–3658 in quiescence: Evidence of an active radio pulsar?'
A&A 404, L43 pdf file

D'Antona, Francesca 2002 `The two aspects of God'
in the `International Symposium on Astrophysics Research and on the Dialogue between Science and Religion", Vatican Observatory, D. Impey and C.E. Petry Eds. postscript file

D'Antona, F., Caloi, V., Montalban, J., Ventura, P. & Gratton, R. 2002 `Is the helium variation due to selfpollution responsible for the appearence of blue tails in the horizontal branch?'
proceedings of `New Horizons in Globular Cluster Research', in press postscript file

D'Antona, F., Caloi, V., Montalban, J., Ventura, P. & Gratton, R. 2002 `Helium variation due to self-pollution among Globular Cluster stars: consequences for the horizontal branch morphology'
A&A, 395, 69 gzipped postscript file, ps file

Ventura, P., D'Antona, F. & Mazzitelli, I. 2002 `Yields from low metallicity, intermediate mass AGB stars: their role for the CNO and Lithium abundances in Globular Cluster stars'
A&A, 393, 215 gzipped postscript file

Burderi, L., D'Antona, F. & Burgay, M. 2002 ``PSR J1740-5340: accretion inhibited by radio-ejection in a binary millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6397" ApJ, 574, 325 postscript file

P. Bonifacio, L. Pasquini, F. Spite, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, V. Castellani, M. Centuriòn, A. Chieffi, R. Claudi, G. Clementini, F. D'Antona, S. Desidera, P., François, R. G. Gratton, F. Grundahl, G. James, S. Lucatello, C. Sneden and O. Straniero 2002 `The lithium content of the globular cluster NGC 6397' A&A 390, 91 gzipped postscript file

D'Antona, F. et al. 2001 ``The Boehm Vitense gap: the role of turbulent convection", ApJ 564, L93 postscript file

D'Antona, F., & Montalban, J. 2001: "COROT and the onset of deep convection" presented at the COROT week, Vienna, 17-21 September 2001 postscript file

D'Antona, F., 2001: "Old and new tools for understanding the evolution of stars in clusters" review presented at the IAU Symposium 207 `Extragalactic Star Clusters', eds. E.K. Grebel, D. Geisler and D. Minniti, PASP IAU Symp. Series, in press postscript file

Ventura, P., D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I., Gratton, R. 2000: "Predictions for selfpollution in galactic globular clusters" ApJL, 550, L65 gzipped postscript file

D'Antona, F. 2001: "Stellar Structure and Magnetic Fields from pre--Main Sequence to Cataclysmic Binaries", in Proceedings of the Meeting `Evolution of Binary and Multiple Star Systems' ASP Conf. Series vol. 229 eds. Ph. Podsiadlowski, S. Rappaport, A.R. King, F. D'Antona and L. Burderi, p. 21 gzipped postscript file

Montalban, J., Kupka, F., D'Antona, F., Schmidt, W.. 2000: "Convection in the atmospheres and envelopes of turnoff and giant branch stars of globular clusters" A&A, 370, 982 gzipped postscript file

Ventura, P., D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I. 2000: "Lithium and mass loss in massive AGB stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud" A&A, 363, 605 gzipped postscript file; ---- A&A gzipped ps file

D'Antona, F., Ventura, P., Mazzitelli, I. 2000: "First results on pre main sequence evolution including a magnetic field" ApJL, 543, L77 gzipped postscript file

Montalban, J., D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I. 2000: "Structure and evolution of low-mass Population II stars", A&A, 360, 935 pdf A&A file

D'Antona, F.: "Open issues in low mass PMS evolution" invited at the 33rd ESLAB Symposium: `Star Formation from the Small to the Large Scale', ESA SP-445, p. 161 gzipped postscript

D'Antona, F., 2000: "The HR diagram of Globular Clusters: Theorist' view(s)" invited at "The Galactic Halo: from Globular Clusters to Field Stars", 35th Liege Int. Astroph. Coll. 1999, p. 433 gzipped postscript

Caloi, V., Cardini, D., D'Antona, F., Badiali, M., Emanuele, A., Mazzitelli, I., 1999: "Kinematics and age of stellar populations in the solar neighborhood from Hipparcos data", A&A, 351, 925 available as gzipped postscript or as pdf A&A reprint

Cardini, D., Caloi, V., D'Antona, F., Badiali, M., Emanuele, A. 2000: "Kinematical behaviour of the local halo population from Hipparcos" in 33rd Li\`ege 35th Astrophysics Colloquium, p. 395 available as postscript

D'Antona, F. 2000: "Convection and light element evolution from pre-main sequence to the upper asymptotic giant branch" invited review at the Second "Three-Islands" Euroconference "STELLAR CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: CONVECTION, ROTATION, AND DYNAMOS", Mondello (Palermo), May 25 - 28, 1999 PASP Conf. Series, vol. 198, p. 13 available as (gzipped postscript)

D'Antona, F., Oliva, E., Zeppieri, A. 1999: "The local density of methane brown dwarfs: observational and theoretical constraints" A&A, 352, 567, available as gzipped postscript or as pdf AA reprint

Ventura, P., D'Antona, F., & Mazzitelli, I. 1999: "Modeling Lithium rich carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: an independent distance indicator?", ApJL, 524, L111
available as (pdf printed paper)

Mazzitelli, I., D'Antona, F., Ventura, P. 1999: "Full spectrum of turbulence convective mixing: II. Lithium production in AGB stars", A&A, 348, 846
available as pdf file

D'Antona, F., 1999: "GAIA and the evolution of young stars", Baltic Astronomy 8,253

Mazzitelli, I., D'Antona, F., Ventura, P. & Zeppieri, A. 1999: "Coupling between diffusive mixing and nuclear reactions: production of lithium in massive AGBs" in ``Theory and tests of Convection in Stellar Structure", Granada, ASP Conf. Series, eds. A. Gimenez, E.F. Guinan & B. Montesinos, vol.173, 281

Garcia Lario, P., D'Antona, F., Lub, J., Plez, B. & Habing, H.J. 1999: "Lithium and s-process enrichment inmassive galactic AGB stars" in IAU Symp. 191, ``Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars", Publ. A.S.P., p. 91

D'Antona, F. 2001 Convection in low mass stars", invited review at the Euroconference ``Very low mass stars and brown dwarfs in stellar clusters and associations", La Palma, May 1998, eds. R. Rebolo and M.R. Zapatero Osorio, Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics (CUP), p. 193

Mendes, L.T.S., D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I. 1999: "Theoretical models of low mass, pre-main sequence rotating stars I. The effects on lithium depletion" A&A, 341, 174

Silvestri, F., Ventura, P., D'Antona, F. & Mazzitelli, I. 1998: ``Luminosity Functions for Globular Clusters" ApJ, 509, 192

Ventura, P., Zeppieri, A., Mazzitelli, I. & D'Antona, F. 1998: ``Full Spectrum of Turbulence Convective Mixing: I. Theoretical Main Sequences and Turn-Off for 0.6 - 15 Msun" A&A, 334, 953

Ventura, P., Zeppieri, A., Mazzitelli, I. & D'Antona, F. 1998: ``Pre-Main Sequence Lithium burning: the quest for a new structural parameter" A&A, 331, 1011

D'Antona, F. 1998, ``The conversion from Luminosity Functions to Mass Functions", invited review at the Conference ``Stellar initial mass function", eds. G. Gilmore & D. Howell, ASP Conference Series, vol. 142, p. 157

Favata, F., Micela, G., Sciortino, S., D'Antona, F. 1998, ``The evolutionary status of activity selected solar type stars and of T-Tauri stars as derived from Hipparcos parallaxes: evidence for long-lived T-Tauri disks?", A&A, 335, 218

D'Antona, F. 1998, ``Conference summary: brown is now a color" , in ``Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets", PASP Conference Series v.134, eds. R. Rebolo, E. Martin, M.R. Zapatero Osorio, p. 545

D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I. 1998, ``A role for superadiabatic convection in low mass structures?" , in PASP Conference Series 134,``Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Planets", eds. R. Rebolo, E. Martin, M.R. Zapatero Osorio, p. 442

D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I. 1997, ``Evolution of low mass stars", invited review at the Palermo meeting ``Cool stars in Clusters and Associations", eds. G. Micela and R. Pallavicini, Mem. S.A.It., 68, 807

Mendes, L.T.S., D'Antona, F. \& Mazzitelli, I. 1997, ``Rotating stellar models and lithium depletion" , presented at the Palermo meeting ``Cool stars in Clusters and Associations", eds. G. Micela and R. Pallavicini, Mem. S.A.It., 68, 823

Caloi, V., D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I. 1997 ``The Distance Scale to Globular Clusters through New Horizontal Branch Models", A\&A, 320, 823

D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I., Caloi, V. 1997 ``The Universe and Globular Clusters: an age conflict?" ApJ, 477, 519

D'Antona, F., Mazzitelli, I. 1996 ``Hot Bottom Burning in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars and the turbulent convection model" , ApJ, 470, 1093

D'Antona, F. 1995: ``Radiation driven evolution" invited lecture given at the NATO ASI on ``Evolutionary processes in binary stars", eds. R.A.M. Wijers, M.B. Davies, and C.A. Tout, (Kluwer), p.287


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