F. D’Antona

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
188 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

F. D’Antona is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. D’Antona has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 84 papers in Instrumentation and 20 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in F. D’Antona's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (168 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (97 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (84 papers). F. D’Antona is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (168 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (97 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (84 papers). F. D’Antona collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Australia. F. D’Antona's co-authors include P. Ventura, I. Mazzitelli, Enrico Vesperini, A. D’Ercole, V. Caloi, A. P. Milone, Stephen L. W. McMillan, A. F. Marino, M. Di Criscienzo and G. Piotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

F. D’Antona

177 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

New pre-main-sequence tracks for M less than or equal to 2.5 solar mass as tests of opacities and convection model

1994 448 citations F. D’Antona, I. Mazzitelli profile →
Formation and dynamical evolution of multiple stellar generations in globular clusters

2008 435 citations A. D’Ercole, Enrico Vesperini et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
TheHubble Space TelescopeUV Legacy Survey of Galactic globular clusters – IX. The Atlas of multiple stellar populations

2016 322 citations A. P. Milone, G. Piotto et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. D’Antona Italy	51	7.4k	3.3k	848	179	169	188	7.6k
F. Matteuccí Italy	49	8.6k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	821 1.0×	101 0.6×	117 0.7×	257	8.8k
B. Barbuy Brazil	48	8.5k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	1000 1.2×	213 1.2×	148 0.9×	236	8.8k
P. François France	42	6.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	103 0.6×	75 0.4×	136	6.6k
F. Primas Germany	44	6.4k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	111 0.6×	87 0.5×	136	6.7k
J. Andersen United States	37	7.4k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	701 0.8×	111 0.6×	85 0.5×	137	7.5k
J. Meléndez Brazil	48	7.2k 1.0×	2.9k 0.9×	691 0.8×	138 0.8×	139 0.8×	155	7.4k
P. A. Crowther United Kingdom	47	7.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	468 0.6×	135 0.8×	138 0.8×	232	7.8k
A. Bragaglia Italy	50	8.8k 1.2×	4.7k 1.4×	863 1.0×	80 0.4×	98 0.6×	196	9.0k
V. Hill France	52	9.2k 1.2×	4.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.8×	159 0.9×	95 0.6×	158	9.6k
David Yong Australia	50	6.8k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	817 1.0×	110 0.6×	77 0.5×	157	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. D’Antona

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

D’Antona, F., P. Ventura, A. F. Marino, et al.. (2025). Dating N-loud AGNs at high redshift. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 700. A265–A265. 1 indexed citations

Cordoni, G., L. Casagrande, Jie Yu, et al.. (2024). Survey of extended main-sequence turn-offs in galactic open clusters: stellar rotations from Gaia RVS spectra. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 532(2). 1547–1563. 6 indexed citations

Milone, A. P., F. D’Antona, G. Cordoni, et al.. (2024). Hubble Space Telescope survey of Magellanic Cloud star clusters. Binaries among the split main sequences of NGC 1818, NGC 1850, and NGC 2164. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 692. A135–A135. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Yue, F. D’Antona, A. P. Milone, et al.. (2023). Exploration of faint X-ray and radio sources in the massive globular cluster M14: a UV-bright counterpart to Nova Ophiuchus 1938. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(4). 11491–11506. 1 indexed citations

Milone, A. P., G. Cordoni, A. F. Marino, et al.. (2023). Hubble Space Telescope survey of Magellanic Cloud star clusters: UV-dim stars in young clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 524(4). 6149–6158. 8 indexed citations

Dondoglio, E., A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, et al.. (2023). A deep dive into the Type II globular cluster NGC 1851. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(2). 2960–2976. 4 indexed citations

D’Antona, F., A. P. Milone, Christian I. Johnson, et al.. (2022). HST Observations of the Globular Cluster NGC 6402 (M14) and Its Peculiar Multiple Populations. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 192–192. 8 indexed citations

Dondoglio, E., A. P. Milone, A. Renzini, et al.. (2022). Survey of Multiple Populations in Globular Clusters among Very-low-mass Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(2). 207–207. 22 indexed citations

Dell’Agli, F., E. Marini, F. D’Antona, et al.. (2021). Are extreme asymptotic giant branch stars post-common envelope binaries?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 502(1). L35–L39. 8 indexed citations

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Tailo, M., A. P. Milone, E. P. Lagioia, et al.. (2021). Mass-loss law for red giant stars in simple population globular clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503(1). 694–703. 16 indexed citations

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Marino, A. F., A. P. Milone, A. Renzini, et al.. (2019). The Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters – XIX. A chemical tagging of the multiple stellar populations over the chromosome maps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(3). 3815–3844. 93 indexed citations

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Milone, A. P., A. F. Marino, G. S. Da Costa, et al.. (2019). Multiple populations in globular clusters and their parent galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 491(1). 515–531. 73 indexed citations

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Tailo, M., F. D’Antona, V. Caloi, et al.. (2019). Is helium the key parameter in the extended colour spread of the first generation stars in M3?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(4). 5895–5906. 17 indexed citations

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Milone, A. P., A. F. Marino, A. Renzini, et al.. (2018). The Hubble Space Telescope UV legacy survey of galactic globular clusters – XVI. The helium abundance of multiple populations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481(4). 5098–5122. 139 indexed citations

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Bellini, Andrea, Enrico Vesperini, G. Piotto, et al.. (2015). THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE UV LEGACY SURVEY OF GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTERS: THE INTERNAL KINEMATICS OF THE MULTIPLE STELLAR POPULATIONS IN NGC 2808. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 810(1). L13–L13. 67 indexed citations

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Thygesen, A. O., L. Sbordone, S. M. Andrievsky, et al.. (2014). The chemical composition of red giants in 47 Tucanae. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 572. A108–A108. 35 indexed citations

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D’Antona, F. & P. Ventura. (2008). Linking Chemical Signatures of Globular Clusters to Chemical Evolution. Msngr. 134. 18–22.

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García–Hernández, D. A., P. García-Lario, B. Plez, et al.. (2006). Lithium and zirconium abundances in massive Galactic O-rich AGB stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 62 indexed citations

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Bonifacio, P., L. Pasquini, F. Spite, et al.. (2002). The lithium content of the globular clusterNGC 6397. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 115 indexed citations

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D’Antona, F. & I. Mazzitelli. (1978). The progenitor masses and the luminosity function of white dwarfs.. A&A. 66. 453–461. 1 indexed citations

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