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    Its moderately extended low-density halo and its accretion history

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    We present results based on Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS) DR8 astrometric and photometric data sets of the Milky Way globular cluster Pal 13. Because of its relatively small size and mass, there is not yet a general consensus on the existence of extra-tidal structures surrounding it. While some previous results suggest the absence of such features, others show that the cluster is under the effects of tidal stripping. We have built a cluster stellar density map from DECaLS g, r magnitudes-previously corrected for interstellar reddening-of stars placed along the cluster main sequence in the color-magnitude diagram. The resulting density map shows nearly smooth contours around Pal 13 out to approximately 1.6 t the most recent estimate of its Jacobi radius, which was derived whilst taking into account the variation along its orbital motion. This outcome favors the presence of stars escaping the cluster, a phenomenon frequently seen in globular clusters that have crossed the Milky Way disk a comparably large number of times. Particularly, the orbital high eccentricity and large inclination angle of this accreted globular cluster could have been responsible for the relatively large amount of lost cluster mass.Fil: Piatti, Andres Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba. Instituto de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Fernández Trincado, José G.. Universidad de Atacama; Chil

    La evaluación en Educación Física: Propuesta de un método formativo y compartido

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    El concepto de evaluación es un término en constante evolución que ha ido progresando de forma exponencial y ganando importancia dentro del sistema educativo. A lo largo de la historia ha obtenido muchos significados y diferentes trasfondos en función del momento histórico, contexto y teoría que se le atribuya. Por lo tanto, el objetivo de este escrito es llevar a cabo una revisión conceptual del término evaluación para poder favorecer una mejor comprensión del mismo, ver cuál es su significado, importancia y dimensión dentro del sistema actual y que particularidades posee en el área de Educación Física. Además, se incluye una propuesta de evaluación alternativa y novedosa para esta disciplina que se fundamenta en un método formativo y compartido que consiga superar las nociones de los modelos tradicionales basados en la medición de la Condición Física a través de test.The concept of “evaluation” is a word which has grown exponentially and has gained importance within the education system. Throughout history it has had several meanings and different backgrounds according to the historical situation, context and theory surrounding the word. Therefore, the aim of this essay is to carry out a conceptual revision of the word evaluation in order to better comprehend the word, check out its meaning, importance and place within the current system and find out what particularities it has in Physical Education area. Furthermore, it also includes a proposal of a modern, alternative evaluation for this subject, based on a formative and shared method that will overtake traditional ones, based on the physical conditions through tests.Graduado o Graduada en Maestro en Educación Primaria por la Universidad Pública de NavarraLehen Hezkuntzako Irakasletzan Graduatua Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa

    APOGEE discovery of a chemically atypical star disrupted from NGC 6723 and captured by the Milky Way bulge

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    The central (‘bulge’) region of the Milky Way is teeming with a significant fraction of mildly metal-deficient stars with atmospheres that are strongly enriched in cyanogen (12C 14N). Some of these objects, which are also known as nitrogen-enhanced stars, are hypothesised to be relics of the ancient assembly history of the Milky Way. Although the chemical similarity of nitrogen-enhanced stars to the unique chemical patterns observed in globular clusters has been observed, a direct connection between field stars and globular clusters has not yet been proven. In this work, we report on high-resolution, near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the bulge globular cluster NGC 6723, and the serendipitous discovery of a star, 2M18594405−3651518, located outside the cluster (near the tidal radius) but moving on a similar orbit, providing the first clear piece of evidence of a star that was very likely once a cluster member and has recently been ejected. Its nitrogen abundance ratio ([N/Fe] & +0.94) is well above the typical Galactic field-star levels, and it exhibits noticeable enrichment in the heavy s-process elements (Ce, Nd, and Yb), along with moderate carbon enrichment; all characteristics are known examples in globular clusters. This result suggests that some of the nitrogen-enhanced stars in the bulge likely originated from the tidal disruption of globular clusters

    Close encounters involving RAVE stars beyond the 47 Tucanae tidal radius

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    The most accurate 6D phase-space information from the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) was used to integrate the orbits of 105 stars around the galactic globular cluster 47 Tucanae, to look for close encounters between them in the past, with a minimum distance approach less than the cluster tidal radius. The stars are currently over the distance range 3.0 kpc << d << 5.5 kpc. Using the uncertainties in the current position and velocity vector for both, star and cluster, 105 pairs of star-cluster orbits were generated in a Monte Carlo numerical scheme, integrated over 2 Gyr and considering an axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric Milky-Way-like Galactic potential, respectively. In this scheme, we identified 20 potential cluster members that had close encounters with the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, all of which have a relative velocity distribution (Vrel_{rel}) less than 200 km s1^{-1} at the minimum distance approach. Among these potential members, 9 had close encounters with the cluster with velocities less than the escape velocity of 47 Tucanae, therefore a scenario of tidal stripping seems likely. These stars have been classified with a 93\% confidence level, leading to the identification of extratidal cluster stars. For the other 11 stars, Vrel_{rel} exceeds the escape velocity of the cluster, therefore they were likely ejected or are unassociated interlopers.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, 2 table, Accepted for publication in MNRA

    Searching for tidal tails around ω\omega Centauri using RR Lyrae Stars

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    We present a survey for RR Lyrae stars in an area of 50 deg2^2 around the globular cluster ω\omega Centauri, aimed to detect debris material from the alleged progenitor galaxy of the cluster. We detected 48 RR Lyrae stars of which only 11 have been previously reported. Ten among the eleven previously known stars were found inside the tidal radius of the cluster. The rest were located outside the tidal radius up to distances of 6\sim 6 degrees from the center of the cluster. Several of those stars are located at distances similar to that of ω\omega Centauri. We investigated the probability that those stars may have been stripped off the cluster by studying their properties (mean periods), calculating the expected halo/thick disk population of RR Lyrae stars in this part of the sky, analyzing the radial velocity of a sub-sample of the RR Lyrae stars, and finally, studying the probable orbits of this sub-sample around the Galaxy. None of these investigations support the scenario that there is significant tidal debris around ω\omega Centauri, confirming previous studies in the region. It is puzzling that tidal debris have been found elsewhere but not near the cluster itself.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, Accepte
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