Letizia Stanghellini

National Optical Astronomy Observatory
950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719
E-mail: lstanghellini at NOAO dot edu
Phone: (520) 318 8205

I am an associate astronomer working at the NOAO in Tucson.

My scientific interests are in the areas of Planetary Nebulae (PNe) in the Milky Way and beyond, including the intracluster population, hot stars, central stars of PNe, AGB and post-AGB stars, stellar evolution and stellar populations.

RECENT PAPERS

  • The Galactic structure and chemical evolution traced by the population of planetary nebulae
    • Letizia Stanghellini & Misha Haywood, 2010, ApJ, in press
  • A detailed look at chemical abundances in Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae. I. The Small Magellanic Cloud
    • R. A. Shaw, T.-H. Lee, L. Stanghellini, J. E. Davies, D. A. Garcia-Hernandez, P. Garcia-Lario, J. Perea-Calderon, E. Villaver, A. Manchado, S. Palen, & B. Balick, 2010, ApJ, submitted
  • The intergalactic stellar population from mergers of elliptical galaxies with dark matter halos
    • A. Gonzalez-Garcia, L. Stanghellini, & A. Manchado, 2010, ApJ 710, 1589
  • Metal production in M33: space and time variations
    • L. Magrini, L. Stanghellini, E. Corbelli, D. Galli, & E. Villaver, 2010, A&A, in press
  • Carbon abundance in Small Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae through "Advanced Camera for Surveys" prism spectroscopy: constraining stellar evolution at low metallicity,
    • L. Stanghellini, T.-H. Lee, R. A. Shaw, B. Balick, and E. Villaver, 2009, ApJ 702, 733
  • The planetary nebula population of M33 and its metallicity gradient: a look into the galaxy's distant past
    • L. Magrini, L. Stanghellini, & E. Villaver, 2009, ApJ 696, 729
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