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Journal Article

• Formation and evolution of boxy/peanut bulges in the Auriga cosmological simulations
  
  López, P. D., Fragkoudi, F., Cora, S. A., Scannapieco, C., Pakmor, R., Grand, R. J. J., Gómez, F., & Marinacci, F. (2025). Formation and evolution of boxy/peanut bulges in the Auriga cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540(3), 2031-2048. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf818
• Galaxy Zoo CEERS: Bar Fractions Up to z ∼ 4.0
  
  Géron, T., Smethurst, R. J., Dickinson, H., Fortson, L. F., Garland, I. L., Kruk, S., Lintott, C., Makechemu, J. S., Mantha, K. B., Masters, K. L., O’Ryan, D., Roberts, H., Simmons, B. D., Walmsley, M., Calabrò, A., Chiba, R., Costantin, L., Drout, M. R., Fragkoudi, F., … Pacucci, F. (2025). Galaxy Zoo CEERS: Bar Fractions Up to z ∼ 4.0. The Astrophysical Journal, 987, Article 74. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add7d0
• Bar ages derived for the first time in nearby galaxies Insights into secular evolution from the TIMER sample
  
  de Sá-Freitas, C., Gadotti, D. A., Fragkoudi, F., Coelho, P., de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., Falcón-Barroso, J., Sánchez-Blázquez, P., Kim, T., Mendez-Abreu, J., Neumann, J., Querejeta, M., & van de Ven, G. (2025). Bar ages derived for the first time in nearby galaxies Insights into secular evolution from the TIMER sample. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 698, Article A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202453367
• Bar formation and evolution in the cosmological context: Inputs from the Auriga simulations
  
  Fragkoudi, F., Grand, R. J., Pakmor, R., Gómez, F., Marinacci, F., & Springel, V. (2025). Bar formation and evolution in the cosmological context: Inputs from the Auriga simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 538(3), 1587-1608. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf389
• The onset of bar formation in a massive galaxy at z ∼ 3.8
  
  Amvrosiadis, A., Lange, S., Nightingale, J. W., He, Q., Frenk, C. S., Oman, K. A., Smail, I., Swinbank, A. M., Fragkoudi, F., Gadotti, D. A., Cole, S., Borsato, E., Robertson, A., Massey, R., Cao, X., & Li, R. (2025). The onset of bar formation in a massive galaxy at z ∼ 3.8. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(2), 1163-1181. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf048
• The disc origin of the Milky Way bulge: The high velocity dispersion of metal-rich stars at low latitudes
  
  Boin, T., Di Matteo, P., Khoperskov, S., Fragkoudi, F., Ghosh, S., Combes, F., Haywood, M., & Katz, D. (2024). The disc origin of the Milky Way bulge: The high velocity dispersion of metal-rich stars at low latitudes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 692, Article A13. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451486
• Recovering chemical bimodalities in observed edge-on stellar disks: Insights from AURIGA simulations
  
  Pinna, F., Grand, R. J. J., Martig, M., & Fragkoudi, F. (2024). Recovering chemical bimodalities in observed edge-on stellar disks: Insights from AURIGA simulations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 691, Article A61. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450843
• Metallicity-dependent kinematics and orbits in the Milky Way’s nuclear stellar disc
  
  Nogueras-Lara, F., Nieuwmunster, N., Schultheis, M., Sormani, M. C., Fragkoudi, F., Thorsbro, B., Rich, R. M., Ryde, N., Sanders, J. L., & Smith, L. C. (2024). Metallicity-dependent kinematics and orbits in the Milky Way’s nuclear stellar disc. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, Article A313. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450946
• Schwarzschild modelling of barred s0 galaxy NGC 4371
  
  Tahmasebzadeh, B., Zhu, L., Shen, J., Gadotti, D. A., Valluri, M., Thater, S., van de Ven, G., Jin, Y., Gerhard, O., Erwin, P., Jethwa, P., Zocchi, A., Lilley, E. J., Fragkoudi, F., de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., Méndez-Abreu, J., Neumann, J., & Guo, R. (2024). Schwarzschild modelling of barred s0 galaxy NGC 4371. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 534(1), 861-882. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2109
• Overview and public data release of the augmented Auriga Project: cosmological simulations of dwarf and Milky Way-mass galaxies
  
  Grand, R. J. J., Fragkoudi, F., Gómez, F. A., Jenkins, A., Marinacci, F., Pakmor, R., & Springel, V. (2024). Overview and public data release of the augmented Auriga Project: cosmological simulations of dwarf and Milky Way-mass galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532(2), 1814-1831. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1598
• Closing the gap: secular evolution of bar-induced dark gaps in the presence of thick discs
  
  Ghosh, S., Gadotti, D. A., Fragkoudi, F., Nagpal, V., Di Matteo, P., & Cuomo, V. (2024). Closing the gap: secular evolution of bar-induced dark gaps in the presence of thick discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532(4), 4570-4582. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1797
• Impacts of Bar-driven Shear and Shocks on Star Formation
  
  Kim, T., Gadotti, D. A., Querejeta, M., Pérez, I., Zurita, A., Neumann, J., van de Ven, G., Méndez-Abreu, J., de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., Sánchez-Blázquez, P., Fragkoudi, F., Martins, L. P., Silva-Lima, L. A., Kim, W., & Park, M. (2024). Impacts of Bar-driven Shear and Shocks on Star Formation. The Astrophysical Journal, 968(2), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad410e
• Did the Gaia Enceladus/Sausage merger form the Milky Way’s bar?
  
  Merrow, A., Grand, R. J. J., Fragkoudi, F., & Martig, M. (2024). Did the Gaia Enceladus/Sausage merger form the Milky Way’s bar?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(1), 1520-1533. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1250
• Insights into the Galactic Bulge Chemodynamical Properties from Gaia Data Release 3
  
  Liao, X., Li, Z., Simion, I., Shen, J., Grand, R., Fragkoudi, F., & Marinacci, F. (2024). Insights into the Galactic Bulge Chemodynamical Properties from Gaia Data Release 3. Astrophysical Journal, 967(5), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad38ba
• A JWST investigation into the bar fraction at redshifts 1 ≤ z ≤ 3
  
  Le Conte, Z. A., Gadotti, D. A., Ferreira, L., Conselice, C. J., de Sá-Freitas, C., Kim, T., Neumann, J., Fragkoudi, F., Athanassoula, E., & Adams, N. J. (2024). A JWST investigation into the bar fraction at redshifts 1 ≤ z ≤ 3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(2), 1984-2000. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae921
• Orbital analysis of stars in the nuclear stellar disc of the Milky Way
  
  Nieuwmunster, N., Schultheis, M., Sormani, M., Fragkoudi, F., Nogueras-Lara, F., Schödel, R., McMillan, P., Smith, L. C., & Sanders, J. L. (2024). Orbital analysis of stars in the nuclear stellar disc of the Milky Way. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 685, Article A93. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202349000
• Bars and boxy/peanut bulges in thin and thick discs: III. Boxy/peanut bulge formation and evolution in the presence of thick discs
  
  Ghosh, S., Fragkoudi, F., Di Matteo, P., & Saha, K. (2024). Bars and boxy/peanut bulges in thin and thick discs: III. Boxy/peanut bulge formation and evolution in the presence of thick discs. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, Article A196. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347831
• Stellar populations and the origin of thick disks in AURIGA simulations
  
  Pinna, F., Walo-Martín, D., Grand, R. J. J., Martig, M., Fragkoudi, F., Gómez, F. A., Marinacci, F., & Pakmor, R. (2024). Stellar populations and the origin of thick disks in AURIGA simulations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 683, Article A236. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347388
• Cosmological gas accretion history on to the stellar discs of Milky Way-like galaxies in the Auriga simulations – II. The inside–out growth of discs
  
  Iza, F. G., Nuza, S. E., Scannapieco, C., Grand, R. J. J., Gómez, F. A., Springel, V., Pakmor, R., Marinacci, F., & Fragkoudi, F. (2024). Cosmological gas accretion history on to the stellar discs of Milky Way-like galaxies in the Auriga simulations – II. The inside–out growth of discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(2), 1737-1755. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae110
• Chasing the impact of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus merger on the formation of the Milky Way thick disc
  
  Ciucă, I., Kawata, D., Ting, Y., Grand, R. J. J., Miglio, A., Hayden, M., Baba, J., Fragkoudi, F., Monty, S., Buder, S., & Freeman, K. (2024). Chasing the impact of the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus merger on the formation of the Milky Way thick disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 528(1), L122–L126. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slad033
• The outer low-α disc of the Milky Way – I: evidence for the first pericentric passage of Sagittarius?
  
  Das, P., Huang, Y., Ciucă, I., & Fragkoudi, F. (2024). The outer low-α disc of the Milky Way – I: evidence for the first pericentric passage of Sagittarius?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 4505–4514. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3344
• Exploring the diversity and similarity of radially anisotropic Milky Way-like stellar haloes: implications for disrupted dwarf galaxy searches
  
  Orkney, M. D. A., Laporte, C. F. P., Grand, R. J. J., Gómez, F. A., van de Voort, F., Fattahi, A., Marinacci, F., Pakmor, R., Fragkoudi, F., & Springel, V. (2023). Exploring the diversity and similarity of radially anisotropic Milky Way-like stellar haloes: implications for disrupted dwarf galaxy searches. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525(1), 683-705. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2361
• Disc galaxies are still settling: Discovery of the smallest nuclear discs and their young stellar bars
  
  de Sá-Freitas, C., Gadotti, D. A., Fragkoudi, F., Coccato, L., Coelho, P., de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., Falcón-Barroso, J., Kolcu, T., Martín-Navarro, I., Mendez-Abreu, J., Neumann, J., Blazquez, P. S., Querejeta, M., & van de Ven, G. (2023). Disc galaxies are still settling: Discovery of the smallest nuclear discs and their young stellar bars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 678, Article A202. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347028
• An ever-present Gaia snail shell triggered by a dark matter wake
  
  Grand, R. J. J., Pakmor, R., Fragkoudi, F., Gómez, F. A., Trick, W., Simpson, C. M., van de Voort, F., & Bieri, R. (2023). An ever-present Gaia snail shell triggered by a dark matter wake. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(1), 801-816. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1969
• Composite bulges – IV. Detecting signatures of gas inflows in the IFU data: the MUSE view of ionized gas kinematics in NGC 1097
  
  Kolcu, T., Maciejewski, W., Gadotti, D. A., Fragkoudi, F., Erwin, P., Sánchez-Blázquez, P., Neumann, J., Van de Ven, G., de Sá-Freitas, C., Longmore, S., & Debattista, V. P. (2023). Composite bulges – IV. Detecting signatures of gas inflows in the IFU data: the MUSE view of ionized gas kinematics in NGC 1097. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(1), 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1896
• GaiaData Release 3: Properties of the line-broadening parameter derived with the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS)
  
  Frémat, Y., Royer, F., Marchal, O., Blomme, R., Sartoretti, P., Guerrier, A., Panuzzo, P., Katz, D., Seabroke, G. M., Thévenin, F., Cropper, M., Benson, K., Damerdji, Y., Haigron, R., Lobel, A., Smith, M., Baker, S. G., Chemin, L., David, M., … Viala, Y. (2023). GaiaData Release 3: Properties of the line-broadening parameter derived with the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS). Astronomy & Astrophysics, 674, Article A8. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243809
• Bars and boxy/peanut bulges in thin and thick discs: II. Can bars form in hot thick discs?
  
  Ghosh, S., Fragkoudi, F., Di Matteo, P., & Saha, K. (2023). Bars and boxy/peanut bulges in thin and thick discs: II. Can bars form in hot thick discs?. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 674, Article A128. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245275
• A new method for age-dating the formation of bars in disc galaxies
  
  de Sá-Freitas, C., Fragkoudi, F., Gadotti, D. A., Falcón-Barroso, J., Bittner, A., Sánchez-Blázquez, P., van de Ven, G., Bieri, R., Coccato, L., Coelho, P., Fahrion, K., Gonçalves, G., Kim, T., de Lorenzo-Cáceres, A., Martig, M., Martín-Navarro, I., Mendez-Abreu, J., Neumann, J., & Querejeta, M. (2023). A new method for age-dating the formation of bars in disc galaxies. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 671, Article A8. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244667
• The effects of AGN feedback on the structural and dynamical properties of Milky Way-mass galaxies in cosmological simulations
  
  Irodotou, D., Fragkoudi, F., Pakmor, R., Grand, R. J., Gadotti, D. A., Costa, T., Springel, V., Gómez, F. A., & Marinacci, F. (2022). The effects of AGN feedback on the structural and dynamical properties of Milky Way-mass galaxies in cosmological simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(3), 3738-3787. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1143