The ASSESS project

Episodic Mass Loss in Evolved Massive Stars: Key to Understanding the Explosive early Universe
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Latest Publications

de Wit et al. 2024: Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: II. Physical properties of red supergiants at subsolar metallicity
de Wit et al. 2024: Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: II. Physical properties of red supergiants at subsolar metallicity
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Antoniadis et al. 2024: Establishing a mass-loss rate relation for red supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Antoniadis et al. 2024: Establishing a mass-loss rate relation for red supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Bonanos et al. 2023: Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: I. Spectroscopy of dusty massive stars in ten southern galaxies
Bonanos et al. 2023: Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: I. Spectroscopy of dusty massive stars in ten southern galaxies
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Bostroem et al. 2023: Early Spectroscopy and Dense Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN 2023ixf
Bostroem et al. 2023: Early Spectroscopy and Dense Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN 2023ixf
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Xing et al. 2023: From ZAMS to Merger: Detailed Binary Evolution Models of Coalescing Neutron Star-Black Hole Systems at Solar Metallicity
Xing et al. 2023: From ZAMS to Merger: Detailed Binary Evolution Models of Coalescing Neutron Star-Black Hole Systems at Solar Metallicity
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Siegel et al. 2023: Investigating the Lower Mass Gap with Low-mass X-Ray Binary Population Synthesis
Siegel et al. 2023: Investigating the Lower Mass Gap with Low-mass X-Ray Binary Population Synthesis
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Latest Activities

Attending the VFTS Barba meeting in Madrid
Attending the VFTS Barba meeting in Madrid
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Invited talk for the IAU G2 online conference series
Invited talk for the IAU G2 online conference series
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Contributions to IAU’s FM4: Bridging the final stages of massive stars to supernovae and transients
Contributions to IAU’s FM4: Bridging the final stages of massive stars to supernovae and transients
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Gonzalo talks about our latest results on extreme red supergiants
Gonzalo talks about our latest results on extreme red supergiants
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Contributions to the International Conference Physics of Extreme Massive Stars
Contributions to the International Conference Physics of Extreme Massive Stars
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Contributions to the Supernova Remnants III conference
Contributions to the Supernova Remnants III conference
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Kostas spreading the word about mass loss of RSGs
Kostas spreading the word about mass loss of RSGs
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Congratulations Dr. de Wit!
Congratulations Dr. de Wit!
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Observing time granted in both ESO/VLT and GTC
Observing time granted in both ESO/VLT and GTC
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ASSESS meets Alex de Koter, Emily Levesque, and Henry Lamers
ASSESS meets Alex de Koter, Emily Levesque, and Henry Lamers
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Observing from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile
Observing from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile
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New students contributing to the ASSESS project
New students contributing to the ASSESS project
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ERC Funding

ERC logo The ASSESS project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 grant agreement number 772086.
The project is led by Dr. Alceste Bonanos and hosted at the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications & Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens, Greece.		 IAASARS logo