  Researcher Phone Email Biographic notes Margarida Cunha graduated in Physics/Applied Mathematics at Porto University in 1994. In 1995 was awarded the PartIII of Mathematics by the University of Cambridge and in 1999 finished her doctorate at the Institute of Astronomy of the same University. M.S. Cunha's work is focused on the development of seismic diagnostic tools for inference on stellar interiors, as well as on the interpretation of the coupling between stellar oscillations and magnetic fields. In both cases, the main aim is to probe aspects of the physics and dynamics of stars that are still not fully understood, such as to improve the way these are tackled when modeling stars, e.g., with recourse to stellar evolution codes. Currently, M.S. Cunha's research interests are focused on: 1) The inference of stellar ages, activity and chemistry, particularly for solar-like pulsators during their main sequence evolution; 2) The inference on the structure of post-main sequence stars; 3) The characterization of planet-host stars. Publications ADS Lastest publications at CAUP/IA M. S. Cunha, Y. C. Damasceno, J. Amaral, A. J. G. Falorca, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, P. P. Avelino, 2024, Buoyancy glitches in pulsating stars revisited, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 687, 17 >> Abstract N. A. M. Moedas, D. Bossini, M. Deal, M. S. Cunha, 2024, Characterisation of FG-type stars with improved transport of chemical elements, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 684, 17 >> Abstract T. L. Campante, H. Kjeldsen, Y. Li, M. N. Lund, A. M. Silva, E. Corsaro, J. Gomes da Silva, J. H. C. Martins, V. Zh. Adibekyan, T. de Azevedo Silva et al. (including: M. S. Cunha, E. A. S. Cristo, J. P. Faria, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, A. W. Neitzel, N. C. Santos, S. G. Sousa), 2024, Expanding the frontiers of cool-dwarf asteroseismology with ESPRESSO Detection of solar-like oscillations in the K5 dwarf ϵ Indi, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, 10 >> Abstract M.-J. Goupil, C. Catala, R. Samadi, K. Belkacem, R.-M. Ouazzani, D. R. Reese, T. Appourchaux, S. Mathur, J. Cabrera, A. Börner et al. (including: N. A. M. Moedas, M. S. Cunha), 2024, Predicted asteroseismic detection yield for solar-like oscillating stars with PLATO, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, 24 >> Abstract D. L. Holdsworth, M. S. Cunha, M. Lares-Martiz, D. W. Kurtz, V. Antoci, S. Barceló Forteza, P. De Cat, A. Derekas, C. Kayhan, D. Ozuyar, 2024, TESS Cycle 2 observations of roAp stars with 2-min cadence data, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 32 >> Abstract L. F. Pereira, S. K. Grunblatt, A. Psaridi, T. L. Campante, M. S. Cunha, N. C. Santos, D. Bossini, D. Thorngren, C. Hellier, F. Bouchy, 2024, TESS giants transiting giants V – two hot Jupiters orbiting red giant hosts, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 13 >> Abstract |
