Dr Sebastian Kamann
Astrophysics Research Institute
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: S.Kamann@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2917
ORCID
I am currently a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and a Reader in Astrophysics at the Astrophysics Research Institute of Liverpool John Moores University. The main topic of my research is the evolution of massive star clusters, such as Galactic globular clusters or young massive clusters in nearby galaxies. Some of the questions I explore with my research are: How many stellar mass black holes reside in star clusters of different ages? Do intermediate-mass black holes form in the cores of massive clusters? What is the impact of binary stars on a cluster's evolution? What is the origin of the enigmatic multiple populations that are ubiquitous in massive clusters, but found nowhere else?
As an observational astronomer, I have a strong interest in instrumentation projects. Since my PhD, I have been a core member of the MUSE instrument consortium. MUSE is a powerful integral-field spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope. Since its first light in 2013, MUSE has been the most requested and most productive instrument in ESO's portfolio, resulting in well over a thousand publications to date. The PampelMuse software which I developed for the analysis of MUSE data of crowded stellar fields is publicly available on Gitlab.
Languages
German
English
French
Degrees
2013, University of Potsdam, Germany, PhD
Academic appointments
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - 2020
Postdoctoral research assistant, Astrophysics, University of Göttingen, 2013 - 2017
preprint
Lyman JD, Dhillon VS, Kamann S, Chrimes AA, Levan AJ, Pelisoli I, Steeghs DTH, Wiersema K. 2025. Constraints on optical and near-infrared variability in the localisation of the long-period radio transient GLEAM-X J1627-52 DOI Author Url
Leitinger E, Baumgardt H, Cabrera-Ziri I, Hilker M, Carbajo-Hijarrubia J, Gieles M, Husser T-O, Kamann S. 2024. The Kinematics of 30 Milky Way Globular Clusters and the Multiple Stellar Populations within DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Mainieri V, Anderson RI, Brinchmann J, Cimatti A, Ellis RS, Hill V, Kneib J-P, McLeod AF, Opitom C, Roth MM, Sanchez-Saez P, Smiljanic R, Tolstoy E, Bacon R, Randich S, Adamo A, Annibali F, Arevalo P, Audard M, Barsanti S, Battaglia G, Aran AMB, Belfiore F, Bellazzini M, Bellini E, Beltran MT, Berni L, Bianchi S, Biazzo K, Bisero S, Bisogni S, Bland-Hawthorn J, Blondin S, Bodensteiner J, Boffin HMJ, Bonito R, Bono G, Bouche NF, Bowman D, Braga VF, Bragaglia A, Branchesi M, Brucalassi A, Bryant JJ, Bryson I, Busa I, Camera S, Carbone C, Casali G, Casali M, Casasola V, Castro N, Catelan M, Cavallo L, Chiappini C, Cioni M-R, Colless M, Colzi L, Contarini S, Couch W, D'Ammando F, William DD, D'Orazi V, Silva RD, Dainotti MG, Damiani F, Danielski C, Cia AD, Jong RSD, Dhawan S, Dierickx P, Driver SP, Dupletsa U, Escoffier S, Escorza A, Fabrizio M, Fiorentino G, Fontana A, Fontani F, Sanchez DF, Franois P, Galindo-Guil FJ, Gallazzi AR, Galli D, Garcia M, Garcia-Rojas J, Garilli B, Grand R, Guarcello MG, Hazra N, Helmi A, Herrero A, Iglesias D, Ilic D, Irsic V, Ivanov VD, Izzo L, Jablonka P, Joachimi B, Kakkad D, Kamann S, Koposov S, Kordopatis G, Kovacevic AB, Kraljic K, Kuncarayakti H, Kwon Y, Forgia FL, Lahav O, Laigle C, Lazzarin M, Leaman R, Leclercq F, Lee K-G, Lee D, Lehnert MD, Lira P, Loffredo E, Lucatello S, Magrini L, Maguire K, Mahler G, Majidi FZ, Malavasi N, Mannucci F, Marconi M, Martin N, Marulli F, Massari D, Matsuno T, Mattheee J, McGee S, Merc J, Merle T, Miglio A, Migliorini A, Minchev I, Minniti D, Miret-Roig N, Ibero AM, Montano F, Montet BT, Moresco M, Moretti C, Moscardini L, Moya A, Mueller O, Nanayakkara T, Nicholl M, Nordlander T, Onori F, Padovani M, Pala AF, Panda S, Pandey-Pommier M, Pasquini L, Pawlak M, Pessi PJ, Pisani A, Popovic LC, Prisinzano L, Raddi R, Rainer M, Rebassa-Mansergas A, Richard J, Rigault M, Rocher A, Romano D, Rosati P, Sacco G, Sanchez-Janssen R, Sander AAC, Sanders JL, Sargent M, Sarpa E, Schimd C, Schipani P, Sefusatti E, Smith GP, Spina L, Steinmetz M, Tacchella S, Tautvaisiene G, Theissen C, Thomas G, Ting Y-S, Travouillon T, Tresse L, Trivedi O, Tsantaki M, Tsedrik M, Urrutia T, Valenti E, Swaelmen MVD, Eck SV, Verdiani F, Verdier A, Vergani SD, Verhamme A, Vernet J, Verza G, Viel M, Vielzeuf P, Vietri G, Vink JS, Vazquez CV, Wang H-F, Weilbacher PM, Wendt M, Wright N, Ye Q, Yeche C, Yu J, Zafar T, Zibetti S, Ziegler B, Zinchenko I. 2024. The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper DOI Author Url Public Url
Pechetti R, Kamann S, Krajnovic D, Seth A, van de Ven G, Neumayer N, Dreizler S, Weilbacher PM, Martens S, Wragg F. 2024. $\omega$ Centauri: A MUSE discovery of a counter-rotating core arXiv DOI
Vaz D, Brinchmann J, Zoutendijk SL, Boogaard LA, Kamann S, Read JI, Roth MM, Weilbacher PM, Steinmetz M. 2023. The MUSE-Faint survey IV. Dissecting Leo T, a gas-rich relic with recent star formation DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Latour M, Hämmerich S, Dorsch M, Heber U, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Brinchmann J. 2023. SHOTGLAS II. MUSE spectroscopy of blue horizontal branch stars in the core of ω Centauri and NGC 6752 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wevers T, Selman FJ, Reyes A, Vega M, Hartke J, Bian F, Beltramo-Martin O, Fétick R, Kamann S, Kolb J, Kravtsov T, Moya C, Neichel B, Oberti S, Reyes C, Valenti E. 2022. Performance characterization and near-realtime monitoring of MUSE adaptive optics modes at Paranal arXiv DOI
Weilbacher PM, Monreal-Ibero A, Verhamme A, Sandin C, Steinmetz M, Kollatschny W, Krajnović D, Kamann S, Roth MM, Erroz-Ferrer S, Marino RA, Maseda MV, Wendt M, Bacon R, Dreizler S, Richard J, Wisotzki L. 2017. On the Origin of Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Antennae Galaxy arXiv DOI
Kamann S, Husser T-O, Brinchmann J, Emsellem E, Weilbacher PM, Wisotzki L, Wendt M, Krajnović D, Roth MM, Bacon R, Dreizler S. 2016. MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12,000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - II. Probing the internal dynamics and the presence of a central black hole arXiv DOI
Kelz A, Kamann S, Urrutia T, Weilbacher P, Wisotzki L, Bacon R. 2015. Multi-Object Spectroscopy with MUSE arXiv DOI
Gonzalez-Tora G, Urbaneja MA, Przybilla N, Dreizler S, Roth MM, Kamann S, Castro N. MUSE 3D spectroscopy of BA-type supergiants in NGC 300 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Journal article
Leitinger EI, Baumgardt H, Cabrera-Ziri I, Hilker M, Carbajo-Hijarrubia J, Gieles M, Husser TO, Kamann S. 2025. The kinematics of 30 Milky Way globular clusters and the multiple stellar populations within Astronomy & Astrophysics, 694 :1-28 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Latour M, Kamann S, Martocchia S, Husser T-O, Saracino S, Dreizler S. 2025. A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE. Metallicity spread and dispersion among first-population stars Astronomy & Astrophysics, 694 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dage KC, Tremou E, Otahola BC, Koch EW, Oh K, Plotkin RM, Tang VL, Aldhalemi MR, Bustani Z, Fawaz MI, Harff HJ, Khalyleh A, McBride T, Mason J, Preston A, Rinehart C, Vinson E, Anderson G, Cackett EM, Fu SC, Kamann S, Panurach T, Pechetti R, Saikia P, Sett S, Urquhart R, Usher C. 2025. Detecting the Black Hole Candidate Population in M51’s Young Massive Star Clusters: Constraints on Accreting Intermediate-mass Black Holes Astrophysical Journal, 979 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Müller-Horn J, Göttgens F, Dreizler S, Kamann S, Martens S, Saracino S, Ye CS. 2025. Binary properties of the globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC 104). A dearth of short-period binaries Astronomy & Astrophysics, 693 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wragg F, Kamann S, Saracino S, Latour M, Dreizler S, Martens S, Seth A, Vaz D, van de Ven G. 2024. Studying binary systems in Omega Centauri with MUSE. I. Detection of spectroscopic binaries Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 535 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Niederhofer F, Bellini A, Kozhurina-Platais V, Libralato M, Häberle M, Kacharov N, Kamann S, Bastian N, Cabrera-Ziri I, Cioni M-RL, Dresbach F, Martocchia S, Massari D, Saracino S. 2024. Hubble Space Telescope proper motions of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters -- I. Catalogues and results for NGC 1850 Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Taibi S, Battaglia G, Roth MM, Kamann S, Iorio G, Gallart C, Leaman R, Skillman ED, Kacharov N, Beasley MA, Mancera Piña PE, Van De Ven G. 2024. From gas to stars: MUSEings on the internal evolution of IC 1613 Astronomy and Astrophysics, 689 :1-27 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Häberle M, Neumayer N, Bellini A, Libralato M, Clontz C, Seth AC, Nitschai MS, Kamann S, Alfaro-Cuello M, Anderson J, Dreizler S, Feldmeier-Krause A, Kacharov N, Latour M, Milone AP, Pechetti R, van de Ven G, Voggel K. 2024. oMEGACat. II. Photometry and Proper Motions for 1.4 Million Stars in Omega Centauri and Its Rotation in the Plane of the Sky Astrophysical Journal, 970 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nitschai MS, Neumayer N, Häberle M, Clontz C, Seth AC, Milone AP, Alfaro-Cuello M, Bellini A, Dreizler S, Feldmeier-Krause A, Husser TO, Kacharov N, Kamann S, Latour M, Libralato M, van de Ven G, Voggel K, Wang Z. 2024. oMEGACat. III. Multiband Photometry and Metallicities Reveal Spatially Well-mixed Populations within ω Centauri’s Half-light Radius Astrophysical Journal, 970 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Häberle M, Neumayer N, Seth A, Bellini A, Libralato M, Baumgardt H, Whitaker M, Dumont A, Alfaro-Cuello M, Anderson J, Clontz C, Kacharov N, Kamann S, Feldmeier-Krause A, Milone A, Nitschai MS, Pechetti R, van de Ven G. 2024. Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri Nature, 631 :285-288 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Latour M, Hämmerich S, Dorsch M, Heber U, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Brinchmann J. 2024. Shotglas Astronomy & Astrophysics, 685 :C2-C2 DOI Publisher Url
Platais I, Sahlmann J, Girardi L, Kozhurina-Platais V, Kamann S, Pourbaix D, Wragg F, Lemson G, Mitschang A. 2024. Discovery of astrometric accelerations by dark companions in the globular cluster ω Centauri The Astrophysical Journal, 963 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Taibi S, Roth MM, Battaglia G, Kamann S. 2024. An Enigmatic High Excitation Nebula in IC 1613 Dwarf Galaxy Research Notes of the AAS, 8 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Pechetti R, Kamann S, Krajnović D, Seth A, van de Ven G, Neumayer N, Dreizler S, Weilbacher PM, Martens S, Wragg F. 2024. ω Centauri: a MUSE discovery of a counter-rotating core Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528 :4941-4957 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Paduano A, Bahramian A, Miller-Jones JCA, Kawka A, Galvin TJ, Rivera Sandoval L, Kamann S, Strader J, Chomiuk L, Heinke CO, Maccarone TJ, Dreizler S. 2024. Ultradeep ATCA Imaging of 47 Tucanae Reveals a Central Compact Radio Source Astrophysical Journal, 961 :54-54 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nitschai MS, Neumayer N, Clontz C, Häberle M, Seth AC, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Alfaro-Cuello M, Kacharov N, Bellini A, Dotter A, Dreizler S, Feldmeier-Krause A, Latour M, Libralato M, Milone AP, Pechetti R, van de Ven G, Voggel K, Weisz DR. 2023. oMEGACat I. MUSE Spectroscopy of 300,000 stars within the Half-light Radius of ω Centauri Astrophysical Journal, 958 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Júlio MP, Brinchmann J, Zoutendijk SL, Read JI, Vaz D, Kamann S, Krajnović D, Boogaard LA, Steinmetz M, Bouché N. 2023. The MUSE-Faint survey III. Constraining scalar field dark matter with Antlia B Astronomy & Astrophysics, 678 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Saracino S, Kamann S, Bastian N, Gieles M, Shenar T, Reindl N, Müller-Horn J, Usher C, Dreizler S, Hénault-Brunet V. 2023. A closer look at the binary content of NGC 1850 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 526 :299-322 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Saracino S, Shenar T, Kamann S, Bastian N, Gieles M, Usher C, Bodensteiner J, Kochoska A, Orosz JA, Sana H. 2023. Updated radial velocities and new constraints on the nature of the unseen source in NGC1850 BH1 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521 :3162-3171 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Martens S, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Göttgens F, Husser T-O, Latour M, Balakina E, Krajnović D, Pechetti R, Weilbacher PM. 2023. Kinematic differences between multiple populations in Galactic globular clusters Astronomy and Astrophysics, 671 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Flores-Rivera L, Flock M, Kurtovic N, Husemann B, Banzatti A, Ringqvist SC, Kamann S, Müller A, Fendt C, Lopez RG, Marleau G-D, Henning T, Carrasco-Gonzalez C, Boekel RV, Keppler M, Launhardt R, Aoyama Y. 2023. Forbidden emission lines in protostellar outflows and jets with MUSE Astronomy and Astrophysics, 670 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Martocchia S, Bastian N, Saracino S, Kamann S. 2023. On the origin of UV-dim stars: a population of rapidly rotating shell stars? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520 :4080-4088 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kacharov N, Alfaro-Cuello M, Neumayer N, Lützgendorf N, Watkins LL, Mastrobuono-Battisti A, Kamann S, van de Ven G, Seth AC, Voggel KT, Georgiev IY, Leaman R, Bianchini P, Böker T, Mieske S. 2022. A Deep View into the Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with MUSE. III. Discrete multi-component population-dynamical models based on the Jeans equations The Astrophysical Journal, 939 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Saracino S, Bastian N, Gossage S, Usher C, Baade D, Cabrera-Ziri I, Mink SED, Ekström S, Georgy C, Hilker M, Larsen SS, Mackey D, Niederhofer F, Platais I, Yong D. 2022. The effects of stellar rotation along the main sequence of the 100 Myr old massive cluster NGC 1850 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518 :1505-1521 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Paduano A, Bahramian A, Miller-Jones JCA, Kawka A, Gottgens F, Strader J, Chomiuk L, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Heinke CO, Husser T-O, Maccarone TJ, Tremou E, Zhao Y. 2022. The MAVERIC Survey: The first radio and X-ray limits on the detached black holes in NGC 3201 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510 :3658-3673 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gonzalez-Tora G, Urbaneja MA, Przybilla N, Dreizler S, Roth MM, Kamann S, Castro N. 2022. MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy in NGC 300 II. Quantitative spectroscopy of BA-type supergiants ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 658 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Saracino S, Kamann S, Guarcello MG, Usher CG, Bastian N, Cabrera-Ziri I, Gieles M, Dreizler S, Costa GSD, Husser T-O, Hénault-Brunet V. 2021. A black hole detected in the young massive LMC cluster NGC 1850 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511 :2914-2924 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Braga VF, Crestani J, Fabrizio M, Bono G, Sneden C, Preston GW, Storm J, Kamann S, Latour M, Lala H, Lemasle B, Prudil Z, Altavilla G, Chaboyer B, Dall'Ora M, Ferraro I, Gilligan CK, Fiorentino G, Iannicola G, Inno L, Kwak S, Marengo M, Marinoni S, Marrese PM, Martinez-Vazquez CE, Monelli M, Mullen JP, Matsunaga N, Neeley J, Stetson PB, Valenti E, Zoccali M. 2021. On the Use of Field RR Lyrae as Galactic Probes. V. Optical and Radial Velocity Curve Templates ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 919 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Latour M, Calamida A, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Brinchmann J. 2021. A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE. A new perspective on the multiple main sequences of ω Centauri Astronomy and Astrophysics, 653 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Bastian N, Usher CG, Cabrera-Ziri I, Saracino S. 2021. Exploring the role of binarity in the origin of the bimodal rotational velocity distribution in stellar clusters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508 :2302-2306 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Goettgens F, Kamann S, Baumgardt H, Dreizler S, Giesers B, Husser T-O, den Brok M, Fetick R, Krajnović D, Weilbacher PM. 2021. Central kinematics of the Galactic globular cluster M80 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507 :4788-4803 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dalessandro E, Raso S, Kamann S, Bellazzini M, Vesperini E, Bellini A, Beccari G. 2021. 3D core kinematics of NGC 6362: central rotation in a dynamically evolved globular cluster MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 506 :813-823 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Martocchia S, Lardo C, Rejkuba M, Kamann S, Bastian N, Larsen S, Cabrera-Ziri I, Chantereau W, Dalessandro E, Kacharov N, Salaris M. 2021. On the Nitrogen variation in ~2 Gyr old massive star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505 :5389-5402 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Castro N, Roth MM, Weilbacher PM, Micheva G, Monreal-Ibero A, Kelz A, Kamann S, Maseda MV, Wendt M, collaboration TMUSE. 2021. Mapping the youngest and most massive stars in the Tarantula nebula with MUSE-NFM The Messenger, 182 :50-53 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Usher CG, Kamann S, Gieles M, Hénault-Brunet V, Dalessandro E, Balbinot E, Sollima A. 2021. MUSE narrow field mode observations of the central kinematics of M15 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pfeffer JL, Lardo C, Bastian N, Saracino S, Kamann S. 2020. The accreted nuclear clusters of the Milky Way Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500 :2514-2524 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Martocchia S, Kamann S, Saracino S, Usher CG, Bastian N, Rejkuba M, Latour M, Lardo C, Cabrera-Ziri I, Dreizler S, Kacharov N, Kozhurina-Platais V, Larsen S, Mancino S, Platais I, Salaris M. 2020. Leveraging HST with MUSE: II. Na-abundance variations in intermediate age star clusters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499 :1200-1211 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bastian N, Kamann S, Amard L, Charbonnel C, Haemmerlé L, Matt SP. 2020. On the Origin of the Bimodal Rotational Velocity Distribution in Stellar Clusters: Rotation on the Pre-Main Sequence Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495 :1978-1983 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bastian N, Lardo C, Usher C, Kamann S, Larsen SS, Cabrera-Ziri I, Chantereau W, Martocchia S, Salaris M, Asa'd R, Hilker M. 2020. Searching for multiple populations in the integrated light of the young and extremely massive clusters in the merger remnant NGC 7252 MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 494 :332-337 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Fusco T, Bacon R, Kamann S, Conseil S, Neichel B, Correia C, Beltramo-Martin O, Vernet J, Kolb J, Madec P-Y. 2020. Reconstruction of the ground-layer adaptive-optics point spread function for MUSE wide field mode observations ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 635 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Alfaro-Cuello M, Kacharov N, Neumayer N, Bianchini P, Mastrobuono-Battisti A, Lutzgendorf N, Seth AC, Boker T, Kamann S, Leaman R, Watkins LL, van de Ven G. 2020. A Deep View into the Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with MUSE. II. Kinematic Characterization of the Stellar Populations The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics, 892 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Husser T-O, Latour M, Brinchmann J, Dreizler S, Giesers B, Goettgens F, Kamann S, Roth MM, Weilbacher PM, Wendt M. 2020. A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE: Extending the CaT-metallicity relation below the horizontal branch and applying it to multiple populations ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 635 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zoutendijk SL, Brinchmann J, Boogaard LA, Gunawardhana MLP, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Padilla AFR, Roth MM, Bacon R, den Brok M, Dreizler S, Krajnovic D. 2020. The MUSE-Faint survey: I. Spectroscopic evidence for a star cluster in Eridanus 2 and constraints on MACHOs as a constituent of dark matter ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 635 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Giesers B, Bastian N, Brinchmann J, Dreizler S, Göttgens F, Husser T-O, Latour M, Weilbacher PM, Wisotzki L. 2020. The binary content of multiple populations in NGC 3201 Astronomy and Astrophysics, 635 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dalgleish HS, Kamann S, Usher CG, Baumgardt H, Bastian N, Veitch-Michaelis J, Bellini A, Martocchia S, Costa GSD, Mackey D, Bellstedt S, Pastorello N, Cerulo P. 2020. The WAGGS project -- III. Discrepant mass-to-light ratios of Galactic globular clusters at high metallicity Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492 :3859-3871 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Bastian N, Gossage S, Baade D, Cabrera-Ziri I, Costa GD, Mink SED, Georgy C, Giesers B, Göttgens F, Hilker M, Husser T-O, Lardo C, Larsen S, Mackey D, Martocchia S, Mucciarelli A, Platais I, Roth MM, Salaris M, Usher CG, Yong D. 2019. How stellar rotation shapes the colour magnitude diagram of the massive intermediate-age star cluster NGC 1846 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492 :2177-2192 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Dalessandro E, Bastian N, Brinchmann J, Brok MD, Dreizler S, Giesers B, Göttgens F, Husser T-O, Krajnović D, Ven GVD, Watkins LL, Wisotzki L. 2019. The peculiar kinematics of the multiple populations in the globular cluster Messier 80 (NGC 6093) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492 :966-977 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ernandes H, Dias B, Barbuy B, Kamann S, Ortolani S, Cantelli E, Bica E, Rossi L. 2019. A MUSE study of the inner bulge globular cluster Terzan 9: a fossil record in the Galaxy ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 632 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Alfaro-Cuello M, Kacharov N, Neumayer N, Luetzgendorf N, Seth AC, Boeker T, Kamann S, Leaman R, van de Ven G, Bianchini P, Watkins LL, Lyubenova M. 2019. A Deep View into the Nucleus of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy with MUSE. I. Data and Stellar Population Characterization Astrophysical Journal, 886 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ovelar MDJ, Gossage S, Kamann S, Bastian N, Usher CG, Cabrera-Ziri I, Conroy C, Lardo C. 2019. Extended main sequence turnoffs in open clusters as seen by Gaia -- II. The enigma of NGC 2509 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491 :2129-2136 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Goettgens F, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Giesers B, Kollatschny W, Weilbacher PM, Roth MM, Wendt M. 2019. A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE: A spectral catalogue of emission-line sources ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 631 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Latour M, Husser T-O, Giesers B, Kamann S, Goettgens F, Dreizler S, Brinchmann J, Bastian N, Wendt M, Weilbacher PM, Molinski NS. 2019. A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE: multiple populations chemistry in NGC 2808 star star star Astronomy & Astrophysics, 631 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Giesers B, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Husser T-O, Askar A, Goettgens F, Brinchmann J, Latour M, Weilbacher PM, Wendt M, Roth MM. 2019. A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE: Binaries in NGC 3201 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 632 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Baumgardt H, He C, Sweet SM, Drinkwater M, Sollima A, Hurley J, Usher C, Kamann S, Dalgleish H, Dreizler S, Husser T-O. 2019. No evidence for intermediate-mass black holes in the globular clusters omega Cen and NGC 6624 MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 488 :5340-5351 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bastian N, Usher CG, Kamann S, Lardo C, Larsen SS, Cabrera-Ziri I, Chantereau W, Martocchia S, Salaris M, Schiavon RP, Asa'd R, Hilker M. 2019. Multiple Populations in integrated light spectroscopy of intermediate - age clusters Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 489 :L80-L85 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Goettgens F, Weilbacher PM, Roth MM, Dreizler S, Giesers B, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Brinchmann J, Kollatschny W, Monreal-Ibero A, Schmidt KB, Wendt M, Wisotzki L, Bacon R. 2019. Discovery of an old nova remnant in the Galactic globular cluster M 22 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 626 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Evans CJ, Castro N, Gonzalez OA, Garcia M, Bastian N, Cioni M-RL, Clark JS, Davies B, Ferguson AMN, Kamann S, Lennon DJ, Patrick LR, Vink JS, Weisz DR. 2019. First stellar spectroscopy in Leo P Astronomy and Astrophysics, 622 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Bastian N, Gieles M, Balbinot E, Hénault-Brunet V. 2019. Linking the rotation of a cluster to the spins of its stars: The kinematics of NGC6791 and NGC6819 in 3D Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483 :2197-2206 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Campos F, Pelisoli I, Kamann S, Husser T-O, Dreizler S, Bellini A, Robinson EL, Nardiello D, Piotto G, Kepler SO, Istrate AG, Winget DE, Montgomery MH, Dotter A. 2018. Outliers: multicolour photometry guiding the search for evolved binary systems in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 481 :4397-4409 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zeidler P, Sabbi E, Nota A, Pasquali A, Grebel EK, McLeod AF, Kamann S, Tosi M, Cignoni M, Ramsay S. 2018. The Young Massive Star Cluster Westerlund 2 Observed with MUSE. I. First Results on the Cluster Internal Motion from Stellar Radial Velocities ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 156 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Roth MM, Sandin C, Kamann S, Husser T-O, Weilbacher PM, Monreal-Ibero A, Bacon R, den Brok M, Dreizler S, Kelz A, Marino RA, Steinmetz M. 2018. MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy in NGC 300 I. First results from central fields ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 618 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Usher CG, Beckwith T, Bellstedt S, Alabi A, Chevalier L, Pastorello N, Cerulo P, Dalgleish HS, Fraser-McKelvie A, Kamann S, Penny S, Foster C, McDermid R, Schiavon RP, Villaume A. 2018. The WAGGS project - II. The reliability of the calcium triplet as a metallicity indicator in integrated stellar light. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482 :1275-1303 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bastian N, Kamann S, Cabrera-Ziri I, Georgy C, Ekström S, Charbonnel C, de Juan Ovelar MDJ, Usher CG. 2018. Extended Main Sequence Turnoffs in Open Clusters as Seen by Gaia: I. NGC 2818 and the Role of Stellar Rotation Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480 :3739-3746 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Bastian N, Husser T-O, Martocchia S, Usher CG, den Brok M, Dreizler S, Kelz A, Krajnovic D, Richard J, Steinmetz M, Weilbacher PM. 2018. Cluster kinematics and stellar rotation in NGC 419 with MUSE and adaptive optics Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480 :1689-1695 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nguyen DD, Seth AC, Neumayer N, Kamann S, Voggel KT, Cappellari M, Picotti A, Nguyen PM, Boker T, Debattista V, Caldwell N, McDermid R, Bastian N, Ahn CC, Pechetti R. 2018. Nearby Early-type Galactic Nuclei at High Resolution: Dynamical Black Hole and Nuclear Star Cluster Mass Measurements ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 858 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Weilbacher PM, Monreal-Ibero A, Verhamme A, Sandin C, Steinmetz M, Kollatschny W, Krajnovic D, Kamann S, Roth MM, Erroz-Ferrer S, Marino RA, Maseda MV, Wendt M, Bacon R, Dreizler S, Richard J, Wisotzki L. 2018. Lyman-continuum leakage as dominant source of diffuse ionized gas in the Antennae galaxy ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 611 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Giesers B, Dreizler S, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Escude GA, Brinchmann J, Carollo CM, Roth MM, Weilbacher PM, Wisotzki L. 2018. A detached stellar-mass black hole candidate in the globular cluster NGC 3201 MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 475 :L15-L19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kamann S, Husser T-O, Dreizler S, Emsellem E, Weilbacher PM, Martens S, Bacon R, Brok MD, Giesers B, Krajnović D, Roth MM, Wendt M, Wisotzki L. 2018. A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE: The contribution of rotation to cluster dynamics studied with 200 000 stars Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473 :5591-5616 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wendt M, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Monreal-Ibero A, Richter P, Brinchmann J, Dreizler S, Weilbacher PM, Wisotzki L. 2017. Mapping diffuse interstellar bands in the local ISM on small scales via MUSE 3D spectroscopy A pilot study based on globular cluster NGC 6397 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 607 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Geller AM, Leiner EM, Bellini A, Gleisinger R, Haggard D, Kamann S, Leigh NWC, Mathieu RD, Sills A, Watkins LL, Zurek D. 2017. On the Origin of Sub-subgiant Stars. I. Demographics ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 840 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Askar A, Bianchini P, de Vita R, Giersz M, Hypki A, Kamann S. 2017. MOCCA-SURVEY Database I: Is NGC 6535 a dark star cluster harbouring an IMBH? MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 464 :3090-3100 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bouche N, Finley H, Schroetter I, Murphy MT, Richter P, Bacon R, Contini T, Richard J, Wendt M, Kamann S, Epinat B, Cantalupo S, Straka LA, Schaye J, Martin CL, Peroux C, Wisotzki L, Soto K, Lilly S, Carollo CM, Brinchmann J, Kollatschny W. 2016. POSSIBLE SIGNATURES OF A COLD-FLOW DISK FROM MUSE USING A z similar to 1 GALAXY-QUASAR PAIR TOWARD SDSS J1422-0001 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 820 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Husser T-O, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Wendt M, Wulff N, Bacon R, Wisotzki L, Brinchmann J, Weilbacher PM, Roth MM, Monreal-Ibero A. 2016. MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 I. The first comprehensive HRD of a globular cluster ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 588 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kamann S, Husser T-O, Brinchmann J, Emsellem E, Weilbacher PM, Wisotzki L, Wendt M, Krajnovic D, Roth MM, Bacon R, Dreizler S. 2016. MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 588 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wisotzki L, Bacon R, Blaizot J, Brinchmann J, Herenz EC, Schaye J, Bouche N, Cantalupo S, Contini T, Carollo CM, Caruana J, Courbot J-B, Emsellem E, Kamann S, Kerutt J, Leclercq F, Lilly SJ, Patricio V, Sandin C, Steinmetz M, Straka LA, Urrutia T, Verhamme A, Weilbacher PM, Wendt M. 2016. Extended Lyman alpha haloes around individual high-redshift galaxies revealed by MUSE ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 587 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Weilbacher PM, Monreal-Ibero A, Kollatschny W, Ginsburg A, McLeod AF, Kamann S, Sandin C, Palsa R, Wisotzki L, Bacon R, Selman F, Brinchmann J, Caruana J, Kelz A, Martinsson T, Pecontal-Rousset A, Richard J, Wendt M. 2015. A MUSE map of the central Orion Nebula (M 42) ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 582 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Krajnovic D, Weilbacher PM, Urrutia T, Emsellem E, Carollo CM, Shirazi M, Bacon R, Contini T, Epinat B, Kamann S, Martinsson T, Steinmetz M. 2015. Unveiling the counter-rotating nature of the kinematically distinct core in NGC 5813 with MUSE MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 452 :2-18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Monreal-Ibero A, Weilbacher PM, Wendt M, Selman F, Lallement R, Brinchmann J, Kamann S, Sandin C. 2015. Towards DIB mapping in galaxies beyond 100 Mpc A radial profile of the lambda 5780.5 diffuse interstellar band in AM1353-272 B ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 576 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Bacon R, Brinchmann J, Richard J, Contini T, Drake A, Franx M, Tacchella S, Vernet J, Wisotzki L, Blaizot J, Bouche N, Bouwens R, Cantalupo S, Carollo CM, Carton D, Caruana J, Clement B, Dreizler S, Epinat B, Guiderdoni B, Herenz C, Husser T-O, Kamann S, Kerutt J, Kollatschny W, Krajnovic D, Lilly S, Martinsson T, Michel-Dansac L, Patricio V, Schaye J, Shirazi M, Soto K, Soucail G, Steinmetz M, Urrutia T, Weilbacher P, de Zeeuw T. 2015. The MUSE 3D view of the Hubble Deep Field South ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 575 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kamann S, Wisotzki L, Roth MM, Gerssen J, Husser T-O, Sandin C, Weilbacher P. 2014. The central dynamics of M3, M13, and M92: stringent limits on the masses of intermediate-mass black holes ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 566 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kamann S, Wisotzki L, Roth MM. 2013. Resolving stellar populations with crowded field 3D spectroscopy ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 549 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Husemann B, Kamann S, Sandin C, Sanchez SF, Garcia-Benito R, Mast D. 2012. PyCosmic: a robust method to detect cosmics in CALIFA and other fiber-fed integral-field spectroscopy datasets ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 545 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Saracino S, Kamann S, Usher C, Bastian N, Martocchia S, Lardo C, Latour M, Cabrera-Ziri I, Dreizler S, Giesers B, Husser T-O, Kacharov N, Salaris M. Leveraging HST with MUSE: I. Sodium abundance variations within the 2 Gyr-old cluster NGC 1978 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Pechetti R, Seth A, Kamann S, Caldwell N, Strader J, Brok MD, Luetzgendorf N, Neumayer N, Voggel K. Detection of A ∼100,000 M Black Hole in M31’s Most Massive Globular Cluster: A Tidally Stripped Nucleus The Astrophysical Journal, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Lyman JD, Dhillon VS, Kamann S, Chrimes AA, Levan AJ, Pelisoli I, Steeghs DTH, Wiersema K. Constraints on optical and near-infrared variability in the localisation of the long-period radio transient GLEAM-X J1627–52 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, DOI Publisher Url
Other
Häberle M, Neumayer N, Seth A, Bellini A, Libralato M, Baumgardt H, Whitaker M, Dumont A, Alfaro-Cuello M, Anderson J, Clontz C, Kacharov N, Kamann S, Feldmeier-Krause A, Milone A, Nitschai MS, Pechetti R, van de Ven G. 2024. Correction to: Fast-moving stars around an intermediate-mass black hole in ω Centauri (Nature, (2024), 631, 8020, (285-288), 10.1038/s41586-024-07511-z) Nature, 634 :E1 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Braga VF, Crestani J, Fabrizio M, Bono G, Sneden C, Preston GW, Storm J, Kamann S, Latour M, Lala H, Lemasle B, Prudil Z, Altavilla G, Chaboyer B, Dall’Ora M, Ferraro I, Gilligan CK, Fiorentino G, Iannicola G, Inno L, Kwak S, Marengo M, Marinoni S, Marrese PM, Martínez-Vázquez CE, Monelli M, Mullen JP, Matsunaga N, Neeley J, Stetson PB, Valenti E, Zoccali M. 2023. Erratum: On the Use of Field RR Lyrae as Galactic Probes. V. Optical and Radial Velocity Curve Templates (ApJ (2021) 919 (85) DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac1074) Astrophysical Journal, 943 DOI Publisher Url
Conference publication
Wevers T, Selman FJ, Reyes A, Vega M, Hartke J, Bian F, Beltramo-Martin O, Fétick R, Kamann S, Kolb J, Kravtsov T, Moya C, Neichel B, Oberti S, Reyes C, Valenti E. 2022. Performance characterization and near-realtime monitoring of MUSE adaptive optics modes at Paranal Proceedings Volume 12186, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 12186 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
González-Torà G, Urbaneja MA, Przybilla N, Dreizler S, Roth MM, Kamann S, Castro N. 2022. MUSE 3D spectroscopy of BA-type supergiants in NGC 300 Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 18 :151-156 DOI Publisher Url
Beltramo-Martin O, Ragland S, Fétick R, Correia C, Dupuy T, Fiorentino G, Fusco T, Jolissaint L, Kamann S, Marasco A, Massari D, Neichel B, Schreiber L, Wizinowich P. 2020. Review of PSF reconstruction methods and application to post-processing Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11448 DOI Publisher Url
Kamann S. 2019. Black holes and rotation: Internal kinematics of star clusters with MUSE Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 14 :384-388 DOI Publisher Url
Alfaro-Cuello M, Kacharov N, Neumayer N, Mastrobuono-Battisti A, Lützgendorf N, Seth AC, Böker T, Kamann S, Leaman R, Van De Ven G, Bianchini P, Watkins LL, Lyubenova M. 2019. A deep view into the nucleus of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy: M54 Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 14 :47-50 DOI Publisher Url
Kamann S, Husser TO. 2016. The MUSE view on the dynamics of globular clusters Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society, 87 :600-604
Kelz A, Kamann S, Urrutia T, Weilbacher P, Bacon R. 2016. Multi-Object Spectroscopy with MUSE Skillen I, Balcells M, Trager SC. MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROSCOPY IN THE NEXT DECADE: BIG QUESTIONS, LARGE SURVEYS, AND WIDE FIELDS, 507 :323-327 Author Url
Husser T-O, Kamann S, Dreizler S, Hauschildt PH. 2012. A New Extensive Library of Synthetic Stellar Spectra from PHOENIX Atmospheres and its Application to Fitting VLT MUSE Spectra Astronomical Society of India Conference Series (ASICS), P. Prugniel and H. P. Singh (Editors), 2012, DOI Author Url
Sandin C, Weilbacher P, Tabataba-Vakili F, Kamann S, Streicher O. 2012. Automated and generalized integral-field spectroscopy data reduction using P3D Radziwill NM, Chiozzi G. SOFTWARE AND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR ASTRONOMY II, Conference On Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy II 8451 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Internet publication
Richard J, Bacon R, Blaizot J, Boissier S, Boselli A, NicolasBouché , Brinchmann J, Castro N, Ciesla L, Crowther P, Daddi E, Dreizler S, Duc P-A, Elbaz D, Epinat B, Evans C, Fossati M, Fumagalli M, Garcia M, Garel T, Hayes M, Adamo A, Herrero A, Hugot E, Humphrey A, Jablonka P, Kamann S, Kaper L, Kelz A, Kneib J-P, Koter AD, Krajnović D, Kudritzki R-P, Langer N, Lardo C, Leclercq F, Lennon D, Mahler G, Martins F, Massey R, Mitchell P, Monreal-Ibero A, Najarro P, Opitom C, Papaderos P, Péroux C, Revaz Y, Roth MM, Rousselot P, Sander A, Wagemann CS, Smail I, Swinbank AM, Tramper F, Urrutia T, Verhamme A, Vink J, Walsh J, Weilbacher P, Wendt M, Wisotzki L, Yang B. 2019. BlueMUSE: Project Overview and Science Cases DOI Author Url
External PGR examinations performed:
University of Bologna, PhD, Tracing star cluster formation and evolution with stellar kinematics. 2024
Conference organisation:
Two in a Million: The interplay between binaries and star clusters, Chair of scientific organising committee, https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2023/binaries.html. 2023
Research Grants Awarded:
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, Star clusters as the nurseries of black holes, Grant value (£): 965,000, Duration of research project: 4 years. 2020