Fifteen years of astrocladistics : where do we stand ?

Séminaire IPAG de Didier Fraix-Burnet (IPAG), jeudi 7 avril 2016 à 11h00, IPAG seminar room

I would like to present the status of astrocladistics, a new branch of research that consists in the use of phylogenetic tools for classification in astrophysics, that I started in 2001. Exactly fifteen years later, a few facts lead me to consider this heavy, risky, original and exciting investment as a success. In this talk, I will make a review of the achievements insisting on the many astrophysical results and projects regarding stellar populations, globular clusters, galaxies and gamma ray-bursts.