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Monica Zorotovic Fiebig

Profesor Adjunto

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Evolution of Close Compact Binaries; White Dwarfs; Cataclysmic Variable Stars; Common Envelope Phase; Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors; Triple systems; planets around WDs;

Educación

  •  Astrophysics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
  •  Astronomy, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Adjunto Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Ciencias

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2018 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Investigador Postdoctoral Full Time

    Universidad de Valparaíso

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2011 - 2017

Formación de Capital Humano


Undergraduate Students:
* 2020: Advisor of the final bachelor project of Alejandro Villalón (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
* 2011: Co-advisor of the final bachelor project of Jaime Villaseñor (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
* 2011: Co-advisor of the final bachelor project of Carolina Agurto (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)

Master Students:
* 2022: Advisor of the master thesis of Eduardo Arancibia (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
* 2020: Co-advisor of the master thesis of Erick Contreras (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
* 2018: Co-advisor of the master thesis of Felipe Lagos (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
* 2013: Co-advisor of the master thesis of Thomas Wijnen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Nederland)

PhD Students:
* 2023-today: Advisor of the PhD thesis of Eduardo Arancibia (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
* 2021-today: Co-Advisor of the Ph.D. thesis of Larissa Amaral (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
* 2020-2022: Advisor of the Ph.D. thesis of Felipe Lagos (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   ESO Studentship

    EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY

    Chile, 2008

    Two-years Studentship at the European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile. Pasantía de tesis doctoral por 2 años en ESO, Chile

  •   Premio de Excelencia en Tesis Doctoral

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2011

    Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in exact science, PUC, year 2011. Premio de Excelencia en Tesis Doctoral en Ciencias Exactas, PUC, años 2011

  •   Gemini-CONICYT Postdoctorado Folio 32100026

    COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA

    Chile, 2011

    Proyecto de Investigación: "Observational and theoretical population studies of double white dwarf binaries", hired by Nikolaus Vogt.

  •   FONDECYT Postdoctorado Folio 3130559

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2012

    Proyecto de Investigación: "Towards solving the progenitor puzzle of Type Ia Supernovae" Duración 3 años.

  •   FONDECYT Iniciación en Investigación Folio 11170559

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2017

    Proyecto de Investigación: "Small stars but big physics: The evolution of Cataclysmic Variables" Duración 3 años.

  •   FONDECYT Regular

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2021

    co-I FONDECYT Project regular 1211941: "Hot subdwarf stars as test beds for binary stellar physics}" (PI: Maja Vuckovic)

  •   FONDECYT Regular

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2022

    Co-I FONDECYT Project regular 1221059, "The origin of magnetic fields in white dwarf" (PI: Matthias Schreiber)


 

Article (68)

Evidence for reduced magnetic braking in polars from binary population models
The White Dwarf Binary Pathways Survey -III. Contamination from hierarchical triples containing a white dwarf
Cataclysmic variable evolution and the white dwarf mass problem: A Review
Understanding the evolution of close white dwarf binaries
A new look inside planetary nebula LoTr 5: a long-period binary with hints of a possible third component
A new look inside planetary nebula LoTr 5=> a long-period binary with hints of a possible third component
HE?0430?2457=> a post-merger extremely low-mass pre-white dwarf in a wide binary posing as an extreme horizontal branch star
HE 0430–2457: a post-merger extremely low-mass pre-white dwarf in a wide binary posing as an extreme horizontal branch star
No cataclysmic variables missing: higher merger rate brings into agreement observed and predicted space densities
No cataclysmic variables missing=> higher merger rate brings into agreement observed and predicted space densities
The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship
The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship
Effective temperatures of cataclysmic-variable white dwarfs as a probe of their evolution
Effective temperatures of cataclysmic-variable white dwarfs as a probe of their evolution
Effective temperatures of cataclysmic-variable white dwarfs as a probe of their evolution
MOCCA-SURVEY database I. Accreting white dwarf binary systems in globular clusters - III. Cataclysmic variables - implications of model assumptions
mocca-SURVEY database I. Accreting white dwarf binary systems in globular clusters - III. Cataclysmic variables - implications of model assumptions
MOCCA-SURVEY database I. Accreting white dwarf binary systems in globular clusters - III. Cataclysmic variables - implications of model assumptions
The origin of single low-mass WDs: another problem that consequential angular momentum loss in CVs might solve
The origin of single low-mass WDs=> another problem that consequential angular momentum loss in CVs might solve
The origin of single low-mass WDs=> another problem that consequential angular momentum loss in CVs might solve
The white dwarf binary pathways survey - II. Radial velocities of 1453 FGK stars with white dwarf companions from LAMOST DR4
The white dwarf binary pathways survey - II. Radial velocities of 1453 FGK stars with white dwarf companions from LAMOST DR4
Detached cataclysmic variables are crossing the orbital period gap
Detached cataclysmic variables are crossing the orbital period gap
GW Librae: a unique laboratory for pulsations in an accreting white dwarf
GW Librae=> a unique laboratory for pulsations in an accreting white dwarf
GW Librae=> A unique laboratory for pulsations in an accreting white dwarf
The crowded magnetosphere of the post-common-envelope binary QS Virginis
The crowded magnetosphere of the post-common-envelope binary QS Virginis
The white dwarf binary pathways survey - I. A sample of FGK stars with white dwarf companions
The white dwarf binary pathways survey - I. A sample of FGK stars with white dwarf companions
The white dwarf binary pathways survey - I. A sample of FGK stars with white dwarf companions
Three in one go: consequential angular momentum loss can solve major problems of CV evolution
Three in one go=> consequential angular momentum loss can solve major problems of CV evolution
The first pre-supersoft X-ray binary
The first pre-supersoft X-ray binary
White dwarf masses in cataclysmic variables
White dwarf masses in cataclysmic variables
Monte Carlo simulations of post-common-envelope white dwarf plus main sequence binaries: comparison with the SDSS DR7 observed sample
Monte Carlo simulations of post-common-envelope white dwarf plus main sequence binaries: The effects of including recombination energy
Monte Carlo simulations of post-common-envelope white dwarf plus main sequence binaries=> comparison with the SDSS DR7 observed sample
Monte Carlo simulations of post-common-envelope white dwarf plus main sequence binaries=> The effects of including recombination energy
The evolution of the self-lensing binary KOI-3278: evidence of extra energy sources during CE evolution
The evolution of the self-lensing binary KOI-3278=> evidence of extra energy sources during CE evolution
Origin of apparent period variations in eclipsing post-common-envelope binaries
Origin of apparent period variations in eclipsing post-common-envelope binaries
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XV. Accurate stellar parameters for a cool 0.4 M-circle dot white dwarf and a 0.16 M-circle dot M dwarf in a 3 h eclipsing binary
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XV. Accurate stellar parameters for a cool 0.4 M-circle dot white dwarf and a 0.16 M-circle dot M dwarf in a 3 h eclipsing binary
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XVI. Long orbital period systems and the energy budget of common envelope evolution
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XVI. Long orbital period systems and the energy budget of common envelope evolution
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XI. The white dwarf mass distributions of CVs and pre-CVs
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XI. The white dwarf mass distributions of CVs and pre-CVs
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XII. The orbital period distribution
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XII. The orbital period distribution
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XIII. Mass dependencies of the orbital period distribution
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XIII. Mass dependencies of the orbital period distribution
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS VIII. Evidence for disrupted magnetic braking
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS VIII. Evidence for disrupted magnetic braking
Post-common-envelope binaries from SDSS IX: Constraining the common-envelope efficiency
Post-common-envelope binaries from SDSS IX=> Constraining the common-envelope efficiency
THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 5286. II. VARIABLE STARS
THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 5286. II. VARIABLE STARS
Observations of three pre-cataclysmic variables from the Edinburgh-Cape blue object survey
Observations of three pre-cataclysmic variables from the Edinburgh-Cape blue object survey
THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 5286. I. A NEW CCD BV COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM
THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 5286. I. A NEW CCD BV COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM
Completing the census of (bright) variable stars in galactic globular clusters .

ConferencePaper (1)

A Population Synthesis Study of the MS plus WD Population in the SDSS

ConferenceProceedingWhole (14)

A Population Synthesis Study of the MS+WD Population in the SDSS
An Intensive HST/COS Study of 31 CV WDs
Empirical consequential angular momentum loss can solve long standing problems of CV evolution
GW Lib: a Unique Laboratory for White Dwarf Pulsations
Observational constraints on common envelope binary population synthesis studies
High-mass White Dwarfs and the Energy Budget of Common Envelope Evolution
Population Synthesis of Post-Common Envelope White-Dwarf-Main-Sequence Binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Post-Common-Envelope Binaries from SDSS: Constraining the Common-Envelope Efficiency
Helium Core White Dwarfs Missing in Cataclysmic Variables?
Monte Carlo Simulations of the Post-Common-Envelope White-Dwarf Main-Sequence Binary Population
The effects of the observational selection criteria on the post-common envelope white dwarf-main sequence binary population
The globular cluster NGC 5286: color-magnitude diagram and variable stars
The Oosterhoff Dichotomy in the Milky Way and Other Local Group Galaxies
White dwarf post common envelope binaries from the SDSS

Errata (1)

THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 5286. II. VARIABLE STARS (vol 139, pg 357, 2010)

Proyecto (7)

SMALL STARS BUT BIG PHYSICS=> THE EVOLUTION OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES
THE ORIGIN OF VARIATIONS OF THE ECLIPSE ARRIVAL TIMES IN POST COMMON ENVELOPE BINARIES
TOWARDS SOLVING THE PROGENITOR PUZZLE OF TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE
Observational and theoretical population studies of double white dwarf binaries
UNDERSTANDING CLOSE COMPACT BINARY STAR EVOLUTION WITH POST COMMON ENVELOPE BINARIES FROM THE SDSS
STELLAR POPULATIONS AND VARIABILITY IN THE LOCAL GROUP
TOWARDS A GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF ACCRETION DISK PHYSICS AND CLOSE BINARY EVOLUTION.
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Monica Zorotovic

Profesor Adjunto

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

23
Matthias Schreiber

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Fisica

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaiso, Chile

6
Claus Tappert

Profesor ad honorem

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

5
Linda Schmidtobreick

staff astronomer

Sciops

ESO

Vitacura, Chile

5
Maja Vuckovic

Associate Professor

Facultad de Ciencias

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

Valparaíso, Chile

4
Odette Toloza

Postdoctoral researcher

Physics

University of Warwick

Coventry, Reino Unido

4
Márcio Catelan

Full Professor

Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Roberto Assef

Profesor Titular

Núcleo de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

2
Cristián Cortés

Profesor Asociado

UMCE

Santiago, Chile

2
Manuel Aravena

Full Professor

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

2
Manuela Zoccali

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Claudio Caceres

Assistant professor

Ciencias Físicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Rafael Brahm

Profesor Asistente

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

1
Ronald Mennickent

Full professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Carolina Agurto

Independent researcher

Center for Astrochemical Studies

Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

Garching, Alemania

1
Nathan Leigh

Associate Professor

Physical Sciences

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile