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Dad & Husband | Postdoc in Astrophysics (galactic dynamics & morphology) at the Universitat de Barcelona 🌌 | πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± in πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ | FPL enthusiast ⚽️

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On #WorldBookDay, send the school a photo of your kid lying in bed and say he’s gone as Marcel Proust

05.03.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! That’s interesting. Tidal bars can start with relatively large lengths, while isolated bars grow from short to long over time. I guess that would match the curly R dependence you found. It would be interesting to see the distributions of both the numerator and the denominator.

05.11.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you also find that the absolute values of the pattern speed depend on the environment?

05.11.2025 10:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This workshop aims to accelerate progress in unraveling the nature of the Gaia phase spiral and its implications for galactic dynamics by fostering the in-depth exploration and collaboration essential to tackling this grand challenge.
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@msemczuk.bsky.social

04.08.2025 07:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Analogues of the Milky Way-Sagittarius interaction in the TNG50: effect on the Milky Way. Marcin Semczuk et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00690

04.08.2025 03:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spiral arms across stellar populations in simulations via the local dimension method. J. Ardèvol et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15473

22.07.2025 03:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Face-on surface density distribution, for five snapshots of both our double-barred galaxies, showing their evolution from single barred to double barred. The three right panels show different relative orientations between the inner and outer bars. When they align, like in the rightmost panel for DB2, the galaxy may appear as single barred.

Face-on surface density distribution, for five snapshots of both our double-barred galaxies, showing their evolution from single barred to double barred. The three right panels show different relative orientations between the inner and outer bars. When they align, like in the rightmost panel for DB2, the galaxy may appear as single barred.

"A new tidal scenario for double bar formation", Semczuk et al. This is Fig. 2: @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

09.07.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A new tidal scenario for double bar formation ABSTRACT. Double bars make up a significant fraction of barred galaxies. We propose a new formation scenario for double bars that involves tidal interactio

At NAM 2025 in Durham @nam25-durham.bsky.social , Marcin Semczuk is speaking on "Bars in TNG50 - slowdown and formation of double bars". Marcin has published in #MNRAS Letters: academic.oup.com/mnrasl/artic...

09.07.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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29.06.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool work!

17.06.2025 07:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Job market with increasingly growing competitiveness means β€œpublish or perish” but every time harder than the previous year. Having the time for β€œquality over quantity” is the privilege of the few with secure funding. More balance needed between numbers of new PhDs and new faculty jobs

12.05.2025 10:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#galactic

07.04.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Center for Scientific Workshops in All Disciplines - Winding, Unwinding and Rewinding the Gaia Phase Spiral

Dear All! The registration is now open for our workshop on the Gaia Phase Spiral in the Lorentz Center (4-8 August) πŸŒ€πŸ”­
www.lorentzcenter.nl/winding-unwi...

07.04.2025 08:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it creeper proof?

09.03.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How do the double bars form? It appears that tidal interactions may sometimes play a role. Read more in our now-accepted MNRAS Letter πŸ”­https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slad175

24.11.2023 11:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Phew, I thought I was banned

03.11.2023 10:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🀨πŸ₯œπŸ₯œπŸ₯œ

31.10.2023 09:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TIL Mojo Jojo was an astronomer

29.09.2023 17:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's new in the 2023 edition?

31.08.2023 10:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0