Mario Cadelano

Below is a (non-exhaustive) list of potential topics for Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.

Bachelor’s theses may be developed as literature-based or data-driven projects, while Master’s theses are primarily research-oriented and typically involve the analysis of original astronomical datasets from space- and ground-based facilities, often combined with theoretical modeling and numerical tools.

• Multiple stellar populations in star clusters: observational constraints on formation scenarios

  Characterizing multiple stellar populations in star clusters through photometric and spectroscopic diagnostics, with the goal of constraining cluster formation mechanisms and early evolutionary processes.

• Neutron stars, pulsars, and compact binaries in globular clusters

  Investigating populations of neutron stars and binary pulsars in globular clusters to understand their dynamical formation channels, binary evolution, and impact on cluster evolution.

• Reconstructing the primordial properties of dense stellar systems

  Constraining the initial structural, dynamical, and stellar population properties of dense stellar systems (such as, e.g., their Initial Mass Function, binary population, etc...) by combining present-day observations with analytical and numerical models.

• Exotic stellar populations as tracers of cluster dynamics and evolution

  Studying exotic stellar populations (e.g. blue stragglers, interacting binaries, compact remnants) as probes of the interplay between stellar dynamics, stellar evolution, and the long-term evolution of star clusters.

• Star clusters in extreme and highly obscured Galactic environments

  Searching for and characterizing star clusters hidden in the most extreme and obscured regions of the Milky Way, using multi-wavelength datasets and advanced analysis techniques to explore star formation under extreme conditions.