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1. New JWST redshifts for the host galaxies of CDF-S XT1 and XT2: understanding their nature

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Quirola-Vásquez, J., Bauer, F. E., Jonker, P. G., Levan, A., Brandt, W. N., Ravasio, M., Eappachen, D., Xue, Y. Q., and Zheng, X. C.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

CDF-S XT1 and XT2 are considered two "canonical" extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs). In this work, we report new constraints on both FXTs, based on recent JWST NIRCam and MIRI photometry, as well as NIRspec spectroscopy for CDF-S XT2 that allow us to improve our understanding of their distances, energetics, and host galaxy properties compared to the pre-JWST era. We use the available HST and JWST archival data to determine the host properties and constrain the energetics of each FXT based on spectral energy distribution (SED) photometric fitting. The host of CDF-S XT1 is now constrained to lie at $z_{phot}{=}2.76_{-0.13}^{+0.21}$, implying a host absolute magnitude $M_{R}=-19.14$ mag, stellar mass $M_{*}$=2.8e8 $M_\odot$, and star formation rate SFR=0.62 $M_\odot$~yr$^{-1}$. These properties lie at the upper end of previous estimates, leaving CDF-S XT1 with a peak X-ray luminosity of $L_{X,peak}$=2.8e47 erg s$^{-1}$. We argue that the best progenitor scenario for XT1 is a low-luminosity gamma-ray burst (GRB), although we do not fully rule out a proto-magnetar association or a jetted tidal disruption event involving a white dwarf and an intermediate-massive black hole. In the case of CDF-S XT2, JWST imaging reveals a new highly obscured component of the host galaxy, previously missed by HST, while NIRspec spectroscopy securely places the host at $z_{spec}{=}3.4598{\pm}0.0022$. The new redshift implies a host with $M_{R}=-21.76$ mag, $M_{*}$=5.5e10 $M_\odot$, SFR=160 $M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, and FXT $L_{X,peak}$=1.4e47 erg s$^{-1}$. The revised energetics, similarity to X-ray flash event light curves, small host offset, and high host SFR favor a low-luminosity collapsar progenitor for CDF-S XT2. While these HST and JWST observations shed light on the host galaxies of XT1 and XT2, and by extension, on the nature of FXTs, a unique explanation for both sources remains elusive., Comment: The manuscript was submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics in August 2024

Published
2024

2. A study in scarlet -- II. Spectroscopic properties of a sample of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients

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Valerin, G., Pastorello, A., Mason, E., Reguitti, A., Benetti, S., Cai, Y. -Z., Chen, T. -W., Eappachen, D., Elias-Rosa, N., Fraser, M., Gangopadhyay, A., Hsiao, E. Y., Howell, D. A., Inserra, C., Izzo, L., Jencson, J., Kankare, E., Kotak, R., Lundqvist, P., Mazzali, P. A., Misra, K., Pignata, G., Prentice, S. J., Sand, D. J., Smartt, S. J., Stritzinger, M. D., Tartaglia, L., Valenti, S., Anderson, J. P., Andrews, J. E., Amaro, R. C., Barbarino, C., Brennan, S., Bufano, F., Callis, E., Cappellaro, E., Dastidar, R., Della Valle, M., Fiore, A., Fulton, M. D., Galbany, L., Gromadzki, M., Heikkilä, T., Hiramatsu, D., Karamehmetoglu, E., Kuncarayakti, H., Leloudas, G., Limongi, M., Lundquist, M., McCully, C., Müller-Bravo, T. E., Nicholl, M., Ochner, P., Gonzalez, E. Padilla, Paraskeva, E., Pellegrino, C., Rau, A., Reichart, D. E., Reynolds, T. M., Roy, R., Salmaso, I., Shahbandeh, M., Singh, M., Sollerman, J., Turatto, M., Tomasella, L., Wyatt, S., and Young, D. R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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We investigate the spectroscopic characteristics of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients (ILRTs), a class of elusive objects with peak luminosity between that of classical novae and standard supernovae. We present the extensive optical and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic monitoring of four ILRTs, namely NGC 300 2008OT-1, AT 2019abn, AT 2019ahd and AT 2019udc. First we focus on the evolution of the most prominent spectral features observed in the low resolution spectra, then we discuss more in detail the high resolution spectrum collected for NGC 300 2008OT-1 with the Very Large Telescope equipped with UVES. Finally we analyse late time spectra of NGC 300 2008OT-1 and AT 2019ahd through comparisons with both synthetic and observed spectra. Balmer and Ca lines dominate the optical spectra, revealing the presence of slowly moving circumstellar medium (CSM) around the objects. The line luminosity of H$\alpha$, H$\beta$ and Ca II NIR triplet presents a double peaked evolution with time, possibly indicative of interaction between fast ejecta and the slow CSM. The high resolution spectrum of NGC 300 2008OT-1 reveals a complex circumstellar environment, with the transient being surrounded by a slow ($\sim$30 km s$^{-1}$) progenitor wind. At late epochs, optical spectra of NGC 300 2008OT-1 and AT 2019ahd show broad ($\sim$2500 km s$^{-1}$) emission features at $\sim$6170 A and $\sim$7000 A which are unprecedented for ILRTs. We find that these lines originate most likely from the blending of several narrow lines, possibly of iron-peak elements., Comment: 28 pages, 19 figures. Submitted to A&A

Published
2024

3. A study in scarlet -- I. Photometric properties of a sample of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients

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Valerin, G., Pastorello, A., Reguitti, A., Benetti, S., Cai, Y. -Z., Chen, T. -W., Eappachen, D., Elias-Rosa, N., Fraser, M., Gangopadhyay, A., Hsiao, E. Y., Howell, D. A., Inserra, C., Izzo, L., Jencson, J., Kankare, E., Kotak, R., Mazzali, P. A., Misra, K., Pignata, G., Prentice, S. J., Sand, D. J., Smartt, S. J., Stritzinger, M. D., Tartaglia, L., Valenti, S., Anderson, J. P., Andrews, J. E., Amaro, R. C., Brennan, S., Bufano, F., Callis, E., Cappellaro, E., Dastidar, R., Della Valle, M., Fiore, A., Fulton, M. D., Galbany, L., Heikkilä, T., Hiramatsu, D., Karamehmetoglu, E., Kuncarayakti, H., Leloudas, G., Lundquist, M., McCully, C., Müller-Bravo, T. E., Nicholl, M., Ochner, P., Gonzalez, E. Padilla, Paraskeva, E., Pellegrino, C., Reichart, D. E., Reynolds, T. M., Roy, R., Salmaso, I., Singh, M., Turatto, M., Tomasella, L., Wyatt, S., and Young, D. R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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We investigate the photometric characteristics of a sample of Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients (ILRTs), a class of elusive objects with peak luminosity between that of classical novae and standard supernovae. We present the multi-wavelength photometric follow-up of four ILRTs, namely NGC 300 2008OT-1, AT 2019abn, AT 2019ahd and AT 2019udc. Through the analysis and modelling of their spectral energy distribution and bolometric light curves we infer the physical parameters associated with these transients. All four objects display a single peaked light curve which ends in a linear decline in magnitudes at late phases. A flux excess with respect to a single black body emission is detected in the infrared domain for three objects in our sample, a few months after maximum. This feature, commonly found in ILRTs, is interpreted as a sign of dust formation. Mid infrared monitoring of NGC 300 2008OT-1 761 days after maximum allows us to infer the presence of $\sim$10$^{-3}$-10$^{-5}$ M$_{\odot}$ of dust, depending on the chemical composition and the grain size adopted. The late time decline of the bolometric light curves of the considered ILRTs is shallower than expected for $^{56}$Ni decay, hence requiring an additional powering mechanism. James Webb Space Telescope observations of AT 2019abn prove that the object has faded below its progenitor luminosity in the mid-infrared domain, five years after its peak. Together with the disappearance of NGC 300 2008OT-1 in Spitzer images seven years after its discovery, this supports the terminal explosion scenario for ILRTs. With a simple semi-analytical model we try to reproduce the observed bolometric light curves in the context of few M$_{\odot}$ of material ejected at few 10$^{3}$ km s$^{-1}$ and enshrouded in an optically thick circumstellar medium., Comment: 21 pages, 15 figures plus 20 additional pages of data in appendix. Submitted to A&A

Published
2024

4. Probing a Magnetar Origin for the population of Extragalactic Fast X-ray Transients detected by Chandra

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Quirola-Vásquez, J., Bauer, F. E., Jonker, P. G., Brandt, W. N., Eappachen, D., Levan, A. J., Lopez, E., Luo, B., Ravasio, M. E., Sun, H., Xue, Y. Q., Yang, G., and Zheng, X. C.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Twenty-two extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs) have now been discovered from two decades of Chandra data (analyzing ~259 Ms of data), with 17 associated with distant galaxies (>100 Mpc). Different mechanisms and progenitors have been proposed to explain their properties; nevertheless, after analyzing their timing, spectral parameters, host-galaxy properties, luminosity function, and volumetric rates, their nature remains uncertain. We interpret a sub-sample of nine FXTs that show a plateau or a fast-rise light curve within the framework of a binary neutron star (BNS) merger magnetar model. We fit their light curves and derive magnetar (magnetic field and initial rotational period) and ejecta (ejecta mass and opacity) parameters. This model predicts two zones: an orientation-dependent free zone (where the magnetar spin-down X-ray photons escape freely to the observer) and a trapped zone (where the X-ray photons are initially obscured and only escape freely once the ejecta material becomes optically thin). We argue that six FXTs show properties consistent with the free zone and three FXTs with the trapped zone. This sub-sample of FXTs has a similar distribution of magnetic fields and initial rotation periods to those inferred for short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs), suggesting a possible association. We compare the predicted ejecta emission fed by the magnetar emission (called merger-nova) to the optical and near-infrared upper limits of two FXTs, XRT 141001 and XRT 210423 where contemporaneous optical observations are available. The non-detections place lower limits on the redshifts of XRT 141001 and XRT 210423 of z>1.5 and >0.1, respectively. If the magnetar remnants lose energy via gravitational waves, it should be possible to detect similar objects with the current advanced LIGO detectors out to a redshift z<0.03, while future GW detectors will be able to detect them out to z=0.5., Comment: The paper was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Published
2024

5. XMM-Newton-discovered Fast X-ray Transients: Host galaxies and limits on contemporaneous detections of optical counterparts

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Eappachen, D., Jonker, P. G., Quirola-Vásquez, J., Sánchez, D. Mata, Inkenhaag, A., Levan, A. J., Fraser, M., Torres, M. A. P., Bauer, F. E., Chrimes, A. A., Stern, D., Graham, M. J., Smartt, S. J., Smith, K. W., Ravasio, M. E., Zabludoff, A. I., Yue, M., Stoppa, F., Malesani, D. B., Stone, N. C., and Wen, S.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are a class of soft (0.3-10 keV) X-ray transients lasting a few hundred seconds to several hours. Several progenitor mechanisms have been suggested to produce FXTs, including supernova shock breakouts, binary neutron star mergers, or tidal disruptions involving an intermediate-mass black hole and a white dwarf. We present detailed host studies, including spectroscopic observations of the host galaxies of 7 XMM-Newton-discovered FXTs. The candidate hosts lie at redshifts 0.0928 $< z <$ 0.645 implying peak X-ray luminosities of 10$^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$ $< L_X <$ 10$^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$,and physical offsets of 1 kpc < $r_\mathrm{proj}$ < 22 kpc. These observations increase the number of FXTs with a spectroscopic redshift measurement by a factor of 2, although we note that one event is re-identified as a Galactic flare star. We infer host star formation rates and stellar masses by fitting the combined spectroscopic and archival photometric data. We also report on a contemporaneous optical counterpart search to the FXTs in Pan-STARRS and ATLAS by performing forced photometry at the position of the FXTs. We do not find any counterpart in our search. Given our constraints, including peak X-ray luminosities, optical limits, and host properties, we find that XRT 110621 is consistent with a SN SBO event. Spectroscopic redshifts of likely host galaxies for four events imply peak X-ray luminosities that are too high to be consistent with SN SBOs, but we are unable to discard either the BNS or WD-IMBH TDE scenarios for these FXTs., Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Published
2023

6. Extragalactic FXT Candidates Discovered by Chandra (2014-2022)

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Quirola-Vásquez, J., Bauer, F. E., Jonker, P. G., Brandt, W. N., Yang, G., Levan, A. J., Xue, Y. Q., Eappachen, D., Camacho, E., Ravasio, M. E., Zheng, X. C., and Luo, B.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are short flashes of X-ray photons of unknown origin that last a few minutes to hours. We extend the search for extragalactic FXTs from Quirola et al. 2022 (Paper I; based on sources in the Chandra Source Catalog 2.0, CSC2) to further Chandra archival data between 2014-2022. We extract X-ray data using a method similar to that employed by CSC2 and apply identical search criteria as in Paper I. We report the detection of eight FXT candidates, with peak 0.3-10 keV fluxes between 1$\times$10$^{-13}$ to 1$\times$10$^{-11}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ and $T_{90}$ values from 0.3 to 12.1 ks. This sample of FXTs has likely redshifts between 0.7 to 1.8. Three FXT candidates exhibit light curves with a plateau (${\approx}$1-3 ks duration) followed by a power-law decay and X-ray spectral softening, similar to what was observed for a few previously reported FXTs in Paper I. In light of the new, expanded source lists (eight FXTs with known redshifts from Paper I and this work), we update the event sky rates derived in Paper I, finding 36.9$_{-8.3}^{+9.7}$ deg$^{-2}$ yr$^{-1}$ for the extragalactic samples for a limiting flux of ${\gtrsim}$1${\times}$10$^{-13}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, calculate the first FXT X-ray luminosity function, and compare the volumetric density rate between FXTs and other transient classes. Our latest Chandra-detected extragalactic FXT candidates boost the total Chandra sample by $\sim$50 %, and appear to have a similar diversity of possible progenitors., Comment: 37 pages, 19 figures, 11 tables, accepted for publication in A&A. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2201.07773

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2023
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7. The Fast X-ray Transient XRT 210423 and its Host Galaxy

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Eappachen, D., Jonker, P. G., Levan, A. J., Quirola-Vasquez, J., Torres, M. A. P., Bauer, F. E., Dhillon, V. S., Marsh, T., Littlefair, S. P., Ravasio, M. E., and Fraser, M.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) are X-ray flares with a duration ranging from a few hundred seconds to a few hours. Possible origins include the tidal disruption of a white dwarf by an intermediate-mass black hole, a supernova shock breakout, and a binary neutron star merger. We present the X-ray light curve and spectrum, and deep optical imaging of the FXT XRT 210423, which has been suggested to be powered by a magnetar produced in a binary neutron star merger. Our Very Large Telescope and Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) observations began on May 6, 2021, thirteen days after the onset of the flare. No transient optical counterpart is found in the 1" (3$\sigma$) X-ray uncertainty region of the source to a depth $g_{s}$=27.0 AB mag. A candidate host lies within the 1" X-ray uncertainty region with a magnitude of 25.9 $\pm$ 0.1 in the GTC/HiPERCAM $g_s$-filter. Due to its faintness, it was not detected in other bands, precluding a photometric redshift determination. We detect two additional candidate host galaxies; one with $z_{\rm spec}=1.5082 \pm 0.0001$ and an offset of 4.2$\pm$1" (37$\pm$9 kpc) from the FXT and another one with $z_{\rm phot}=1.04^{+0.22}_{-0.14}$, at an offset of 3.6$\pm$1" (30$\pm$8 kpc). Based on the properties of all the prospective hosts we favour a binary neutron star merger, as previously suggested in the literature, as explanation for XRT 210423., Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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2023
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8. Probing for the host galaxies of the fast X-ray transients XRT 000519 and XRT 110103

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Eappachen, D., Jonker, P. G., Fraser, M., Torres, M. A. P., Dhillon, V. S., Marsh, T., Littlefair, S. P., Quirola-Vasquez, J., Maguire, K., Sanchez, D. Mata, Cannizzaro, G., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Wevers, T., Onori, F., Inkenhaag, Anne, and Brennan, S. J.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

Over the past few years, $\sim$30 extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXRTs) have been discovered, mainly in Chandra and XMM-Newton data. Their nature remains unclear, with proposed origins including a double neutron star merger, a tidal disruption event involving an intermediate-mass black hole and a white dwarf, or a supernova shock breakout. A decisive differentiation between these three promising mechanisms for their origin requires an understanding of the FXRT energetics, environments, and/or host properties. We present optical observations obtained with the Very Large Telescope for the FXRTs XRT 000519 and XRT 110103 and Gran Telescopio Canarias observations for XRT 000519 designed to search for host galaxies of these FXRTs. In the $g_s$, $r_s$ and $R$-band images, we detect an extended source on the North-West side of the $\sim$ $1^{\prime\prime}$ (68% confidence) error circle of the X-ray position of XRT 000519 with a Kron magnitude of $g_s=$26.29$\pm$0.09 (AB magnitude). We discuss the XRT 000519 association with the probable host candidate for various possible distances, and we conclude that if XRT 000519 is associated with the host candidate a supernova shock breakout scenario is likely excluded. No host galaxy is found near XRT 110103 down to a limiting magnitude of $R>25.8$., Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, submitted to MNRAS

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2022
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9. Extragalactic fast X-ray transient candidates discovered by Chandra (2000-2014)

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Quirola-Vasquez, J., Bauer, F. E., Jonker, P. G., Brandt, W. N., Yang, G., Levan, A. J., Xue, Y. Q., Eappachen, D., Zheng, X. C., and Luo, B.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Extragalactic Fast X-ray Transients (FXRTs) are short flashes of X-ray photons spanning a few seconds to hours, with an uncertain origin. Our ignorance about their physical mechanisms and progenitor systems is due in part to the lack of clear multi-wavelength counterparts in most cases because they only have been identified serendipitously. We develop a systematic search of FXRTs using a straightforward X-ray flare search algorithm, in the Chandra Source Catalog (Data Release 2.0; 169.6 Ms over 592.4 deg$^{2}$ using only observations with $|b|>10^{\circ}$ and before 2015), incorporating various multi-wavelength constraints to rule out Galactic contamination and characterize the candidates. We report the detection of 14 FXRT candidates from a parent sample of 214,701 sources. Candidates have peak 0.5-7 keV fluxes between 1$\times$10$^{-13}$ to 2$\times$10$^{-10}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ and $T_{90}$ values from 4 to 48 ks. The sample can be subdivided into two groups: six "nearby" FXRTs that occurred within $d\lesssim$100 Mpc and eight "distant" FXRTs with likely redshifts $\gtrsim$0.1. Three distant FXRT candidates exhibit light curves with a plateau (${\approx}$1-3 ks duration) followed by a power-law decay and X-ray spectral softening, similar to what was observed for the previously reported FXRT CDF-S~XT2, a proposed magnetar-powered binary neutron star merger event. After applying completeness corrections, we calculate event rates for the nearby and distant samples of 53.7$_{-15.1}^{+22.6}$ and 28.2$_{-6.9}^{+9.8}$ deg$^{-2}$ yr$^{-1}$, respectively. This novel sample of Chandra-detected extragalactic FXRT candidates, although modest in size, breaks new ground in terms of characterizing the diverse properties, nature, and possible progenitors of these enigmatic events., Comment: 44 pages, 22 figures, submitted to A&A on Jan 6, 2022, and accepted on Apr 11, 2022

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2022
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10. How low can you go? SN 2018zd as a low-mass Fe core-collapse supernova

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Callis, E., Fraser, M., Pastorello, A., Dong, Subo, Brennan, S. J., Chen, P., Bose, S., Reynolds, T., Salmon, L., Jonker, P., Benetti, S., Berton, M., Cannizzaro, G., Cappellaro, E., Congiu, E., Dyrbye, S., Eappachen, D., Elias-Rosa, N., Gromadzki, M., Gutiérrez, C. P., Holmbo, S., Holoien, T. W. S., Itagaki, K., Kankare, E., Mattila, S., Mutel, R., Ochner, P., Post, R. S., Prieto, J., Reguitti, A., Roth, T., Ryon, J., Sagués-Carracedo, A., Shappee, B. J., Siviero, A., Stassun, K. G., Stritzinger, M., Tomasella, L., Villanueva Jr., S., Wevers, T., and Wiggins, P.

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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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We present spectroscopy and photometry of SN 2018zd, a Type IIP core-collapse supernova with signatures of interaction with circumstantial material in its earliest spectra. High ionization lines, the earmark of shock breakout, are not seen in the earliest spectral epoch, and are only seen in a single spectrum at 4.9 d after explosion. The strength and brevity of these features imply a confined circumstellar material shell in the immediate vicinity of the progenitor. Once the narrow emission lines disappear, SN 2018zd evolves similarly to a Type IIP SN, although the blue colour and enhanced plateau magnitude of SN 2018zd suggests an additional source of luminosity throughout the plateau phase. While SN 2018zd has previously been proposed as an electron-capture SN, we suggest that it is an Fe core-collapse from a low mass red supergiant progenitor. Differences in interpretation for SN 2018zd arise in part due to the large uncertainty on the distance to the host-galaxy NGC 2146, which we re-derive here to be $15.6^{+6.1}_{-3.0}$ Mpc. We find the ejected $^{56}$Ni mass for SN 2018zd to be 0.017 M$_{\odot}$, significantly higher than models of ECSNe predict. We also find the Ni/Fe ratio in SN 2018zd to be much lower that would be expected for an ECSN.

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2021

11. Gaia Photometric Science Alerts

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Hodgkin, S. T., Harrison, D. L., Breedt, E., Wevers, T., Rixon, G., Delgado, A., Yoldas, A., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Wyrzykowski, Ł., van Leeuwen, M., Blagorodnova, N., Campbell, H., Eappachen, D., Fraser, M., Ihanec, N., Koposov, S. E., Kruszyńska, K., Marton, G., Rybicki, K. A., Brown, A. G. A., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Cowell, S., De Angeli, F., Diener, C., Evans, D. W., Gilmore, G., Holland, G., Jonker, P. G., van Leeuwen, F., Mignard, F., Osborne, P. J., Portell, J., Prusti, T., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Seabroke, G. M., Walton, N. A., Ábrahám, Péter, Altavilla, G., Baker, S. G., Bastian, U., O'Brien, P., de Bruijne, J., Butterley, T., Carrasco, J. M., Castañeda, J., Clark, J. S., Clementini, G., Copperwheat, C. M., Cropper, M., Damljanovic, G., Davidson, M., Davis, C. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dolding, C., Dominik, M., Esquej, P., Eyer, L., Fabricius, C., Fridman, M., Froebrich, D., Garralda, N., Gomboc, A., González-Vidal, J. J., Guerra, R., Hambly, N. C., Hardy, L. K., Holl, B., Hourihane, A., Japelj, J., Kann, D. A., Kiss, C., Knigge, C., Kolb, U., Komossa, S., Kóspál, Á., Kovács, G., Kun, M., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Littlefair, S. P., Mahabal, A. A., Mundell, C. G., Nagy, Z., Padeletti, D., Palaversa, L., Pigulski, A., Pretorius, M. L., van Reeven, W., Ribeiro, V. A. R. M., Roelens, M., Rowell, N., Schartel, N., Scholz, A., Schwope, A., Sipőcz, B. M., Smartt, S. J., Smith, M. D., Serraller, I., Steeghs, D., Sullivan, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Tisserand, P., Tomasella, L., van Velzen, S., Whitelock, P. A, Wilson, R. W., and Young, D. R.

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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Since July 2014, the Gaia mission has been engaged in a high-spatial-resolution, time-resolved, precise, accurate astrometric, and photometric survey of the entire sky. Aims: We present the Gaia Science Alerts project, which has been in operation since 1 June 2016. We describe the system which has been developed to enable the discovery and publication of transient photometric events as seen by Gaia. Methods: We outline the data handling, timings, and performances, and we describe the transient detection algorithms and filtering procedures needed to manage the high false alarm rate. We identify two classes of events: (1) sources which are new to Gaia and (2) Gaia sources which have undergone a significant brightening or fading. Validation of the Gaia transit astrometry and photometry was performed, followed by testing of the source environment to minimise contamination from Solar System objects, bright stars, and fainter near-neighbours. Results: We show that the Gaia Science Alerts project suffers from very low contamination, that is there are very few false-positives. We find that the external completeness for supernovae, $C_E=0.46$, is dominated by the Gaia scanning law and the requirement of detections from both fields-of-view. Where we have two or more scans the internal completeness is $C_I=0.79$ at 3 arcsec or larger from the centres of galaxies, but it drops closer in, especially within 1 arcsec. Conclusions: The per-transit photometry for Gaia transients is precise to 1 per cent at $G=13$, and 3 per cent at $G=19$. The per-transit astrometry is accurate to 55 milliarcseconds when compared to Gaia DR2. The Gaia Science Alerts project is one of the most homogeneous and productive transient surveys in operation, and it is the only survey which covers the whole sky at high spatial resolution (subarcsecond), including the Galactic plane and bulge., Comment: 26 pages, 26 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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2021
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12. Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Galactic anticentre

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Gaia Collaboration, Antoja, T., McMillan, P., Kordopatis, G., Ramos, P., Helmi, A., Balbinot, E., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Chemin, L., Figueras, F., Jordi, C., Khanna, S., Romero-Gomez, M., Seabroke, G., Brown, A. G. A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Creevey, O. L., Evans, D. W., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Klioner, S. A., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Luri, X., Mignard, F., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N. A., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Bastian, U., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Castañeda, J., De Angeli, F., Ducourant, C., Fabricius, C., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Piccolo, A. Jean-Antoine, Masana, E., Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thévenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Fernández-Hernández, J., Galluccio, L., García-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J. -L., Hambly, N. C., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hernández, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S. T., Holl, B., Janßen, K., de Fombelle, G. Jevardat, Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., Löffler, W., Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A. C., Roegiers, T., Rybizki, J., Sarro, L. M., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., van Reeven, W., Abbas, U., Aramburu, A. Abreu, Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Álvarez, M. A., Cid-Fuentes, J. Álvarez, Alves, J., Anderson, J. J. R. I., Varela, E. Anglada, Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Núñez, L., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Barstow, M. A., Bartolomé, S., Bassilana, J. -L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Bucciarelli, B., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Cánovas, H., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I, Carrasco, J. M., Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Castro-Ginard, A., Sampol, P. Castro, Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chiavassa, A., Cioni, M. -R. L., Comoretto, G., Cooper, W. J., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., deLaverny, P., DeLuise, F., DeMarch, R., DeRidder, J., deSouza, R., de Teodoro, P., de Torres, A., del Peloso, E. F., del Pozo, E., Delgado, A., Delgado, H. E., Delisle, J. -B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., García-Torres, M., Garofalo, A., Gavras, P., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., González-Vidal, J. J., Granvik, M., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R., Guy, L. P., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Hidalgo, S. L., Hilger, T., Hładczuk, N., Hobbs, D., Holland, G., Huckle, H. E., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P. G., Campillo, J. Juaristi, Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Kochoska, A., Kontizas, M., Korn, A. J., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszyńska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lasne, Y., Campion, J. -F. Le, Fustec, Y. Le, Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrøm, H. E. P., Lister, T. A., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Pardo, P. Madrero, Managau, S., Mann, R. G., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Santos, M. M. S. Marcos, Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D. J., Polo, L. Martin, Martín-Fleitas, J. M., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., Messina, S., Michalik, D., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnár, L., Montegriffo, P., Mor, R., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A. F., Munoz, D., Muraveva, T., Murphy, C. P., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordénovic, C., Orrù, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Esteller, X. Peñalosa, Penttilä, A., Piersimoni, A. M., Pineau, F. -X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prša, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Rambaux, N., Ramos-Lerate, M., Fiorentin, P. Re, Regibo, S., Reylé, C., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Sellés, A. Sagristà, Sahlmann, J., Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Gimenez, V. Sanchez, Sanna, N., Santoveña, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J. C., Ségransan, D., Semeux, D., Siddiqui, H. I., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Smart, R. L., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I. A., Steidelmüller, H., Stephenson, C. A., Süveges, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M. B., Teixeira, R., Thuillot, W., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Torra, J., Turon, C., Unger, N., Vaillant, M., van Dillen, E., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Viala, Y., Vicente, D., Voutsinas, S., Weiler, M., Wevers, T., Wyrzykowski, L., Yoldas, A., Yvard, P., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We aim to demonstrate the scientific potential of the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) for the study of the Milky Way structure and evolution. We used astrometric positions, proper motions, parallaxes, and photometry from EDR3 to select different populations and components and to calculate the distances and velocities in the direction of the anticentre. We explore the disturbances of the current disc, the spatial and kinematical distributions of early accreted versus in-situ stars, the structures in the outer parts of the disc, and the orbits of open clusters Berkeley 29 and Saurer 1. We find that: i) the dynamics of the Galactic disc are very complex with vertical asymmetries, and new correlations, including a bimodality with disc stars with large angular momentum moving vertically upwards from below the plane, and disc stars with slightly lower angular momentum moving preferentially downwards; ii) we resolve the kinematic substructure (diagonal ridges) in the outer parts of the disc for the first time; iii) the red sequence that has been associated with the proto-Galactic disc that was present at the time of the merger with Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage is currently radially concentrated up to around 14 kpc, while the blue sequence that has been associated with debris of the satellite extends beyond that; iv) there are density structures in the outer disc, both above and below the plane, most probably related to Monoceros, the Anticentre Stream, and TriAnd, for which the Gaia data allow an exhaustive selection of candidate member stars and dynamical study; and v) the open clusters Berkeley~29 and Saurer~1, despite being located at large distances from the Galactic centre, are on nearly circular disc-like orbits. We demonstrate how, once again, the Gaia are crucial for our understanding of the different pieces of our Galaxy and their connection to its global structure and history., Comment: Gaia EDR3 performance verification paper, version 2 closer to published version in A&A, complete list of authors

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2021
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13. Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

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Gaia Collaboration, Smart, R. L., Sarro, L. M., Rybizki, J., Reylé, C., Robin, A. C., Hambly, N. C., Abbas, U., Barstow, M. A., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Bucciarelli, B., Carrasco, J. M., Cooper, W. J., Hodgkin, S. T., Masana, E., Michalik, D., Sahlmann, J., Sozzetti, A., Brown, A. G. A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Creevey, O. L., Evans, D. W., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Jordi, C., Klioner, S. A., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Luri, X., Mignard, F., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N. A., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Bastian, U., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Castañeda, J., De Angeli, F., Ducourant, C., Fabricius, C., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Piccolo, A. Jean-Antoine, Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Seabroke, G. M., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thévenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Fernández-Hernández, J., Galluccio, L., García-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J. -L., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hernández, J., Hestroffer, D., Holl, B., Janßen, K., de Fombelle, G. Jevardat, Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., Löffler, W., Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Roegiers, T., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., van Reeven, W., Aramburu, A. Abreu, Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, J. J., Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Álvarez, M. A., Cid-Fuentes, J. Álvarez, Alves, J., Anderson, R. I., Varela, E. Anglada, Antoja, T., Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Núñez, L., Balbinot, E., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Bartolomé, S., Bassilana, J. -L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Cánovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I, Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Castro-Ginard, A., Sampol, P. Castro, Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chemin, L., Chiavassa, A., Cioni, M. -R. L., Comoretto, G., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., de Laverny, P., De Luise, F., De March, R., De Ridder, J., de Souza, R., de Teodoro, P., de Torres, A., del Peloso, E. F., del Pozo, E., Delgado, A., Delgado, H. E., Delisle, J. -B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Edvardsson, B., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., García-Torres, M., Garofalo, A., Gavras, P., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomel, R., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., González-Vidal, J. J., Granvik, M., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R., Guy, L. P., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Helmi, A., Hidalgo, S. L., Hilger, T., Hładczuk, N., Hobbs, D., Holland, G., Huckle, H. E., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P. G., Campillo, J. Juaristi, Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kochoska, A., Kontizas, M., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. J., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszyńska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lasne, Y., Campion, J. -F. Le, Fustec, Y. Le, Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrøm, H. E. P., Lister, T. A., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Pardo, P. Madrero, Managau, S., Mann, R. G., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Santos, M. M. S. Marcos, Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D. J., Polo, L. Martin, Martín-Fleitas, J. M., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., McMillan, P. J., Messina, S., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnár, L., Montegriffo, P., Mor, R., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A. F., Munoz, D., Muraveva, T., Murphy, C. P., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordénovic, C., Orrù, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Esteller, X. Peñalosa, Penttilä, A., Piersimoni, A. M., Pineau, F. -X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prša, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Rambaux, N., Ramos, P., Ramos-Lerate, M., Fiorentin, P. Re, Regibo, S., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Romero-Gómez, M., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Sellés, A. Sagristà, Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Gimenez, V. Sanchez, Sanna, N., Santoveña, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J. C., Ségransan, D., Semeux, D., Shahaf, S., Siddiqui, H. I., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I. A., Steidelmüller, H., Stephenson, C. A., Süveges, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M. B., Teixeira, R., Thuillot, W., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Torra, J., Turon, C., Unger, N., Vaillant, M., van Dillen, E., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Viala, Y., Vicente, D., Voutsinas, S., Weiler, M., Wevers, T., Wyrzykowski, L., Yoldas, A., Yvard, P., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We produce a clean and well-characterised catalogue of objects within 100\,pc of the Sun from the \G\ Early Data Release 3. We characterise the catalogue through comparisons to the full data release, external catalogues, and simulations. We carry out a first analysis of the science that is possible with this sample to demonstrate its potential and best practices for its use. The selection of objects within 100\,pc from the full catalogue used selected training sets, machine-learning procedures, astrometric quantities, and solution quality indicators to determine a probability that the astrometric solution is reliable. The training set construction exploited the astrometric data, quality flags, and external photometry. For all candidates we calculated distance posterior probability densities using Bayesian procedures and mock catalogues to define priors. Any object with reliable astrometry and a non-zero probability of being within 100\,pc is included in the catalogue. We have produced a catalogue of \NFINAL\ objects that we estimate contains at least 92\% of stars of stellar type M9 within 100\,pc of the Sun. We estimate that 9\% of the stars in this catalogue probably lie outside 100\,pc, but when the distance probability function is used, a correct treatment of this contamination is possible. We produced luminosity functions with a high signal-to-noise ratio for the main-sequence stars, giants, and white dwarfs. We examined in detail the Hyades cluster, the white dwarf population, and wide-binary systems and produced candidate lists for all three samples. We detected local manifestations of several streams, superclusters, and halo objects, in which we identified 12 members of \G\ Enceladus. We present the first direct parallaxes of five objects in multiple systems within 10\,pc of the Sun., Comment: 45 Pages, 39 figures in main part and 18 in appendix, tables on CDS

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2020
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14. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Acceleration of the solar system from Gaia astrometry

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Gaia Collaboration, Klioner, S. A., Mignard, F., Lindegren, L., Bastian, U., McMillan, P. J., Hernández, J., Hobbs, D., Ramos-Lerate, M., Biermann, M., Bombrun, A., de Torres, A., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Hilger, T., Lammers, U., Steidelmüller, H., Stephenson, C. A., Brown, A. G. A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Babusiaux, C., Creevey, O. L., Evans, D. W., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Jordi, C., Luri, X., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N. A., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Castañeda, J., De Angeli, F., Ducourant, C., Fabricius, C., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Piccolo, A. Jean-Antoine, Masana, E., Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Seabroke, G. M., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thévenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Fernández-Hernández, J., Galluccio, L., García-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J. -L., Hambly, N. C., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S. T., Holl, B., Janßen, K., de Fombelle, G. Jevardat, Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., Löffler, W., Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A. C., Roegiers, T., Rybizki, J., Sarro, L. M., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., van Reeven, W., Abbas, U., Aramburu, A. Abreu, Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, J. J., Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Álvarez, M. A., Cid-Fuentes, J. Álvarez, Alves, J., Anderson, R. I., Varela, E. Anglada, Antoja, T., Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Nú\-nez, L., Balbinot, E., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Barstow, M. A., Bartolomé, S., Bassilana, J. -L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Bucciarelli, B., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Cánovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I, Carrasco, J. M., Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Castro-Ginard, A., Sampol, P. Castro, Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chemin, L., Chiavassa, A., Comoretto, G., Cooper, W. J., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., de Laverny, P., De Luise, F., De March, R., De Ridder, J., de Souza, R., de Teodoro, P., del Peloso, E. F., del Pozo, E., Delgado, A., Delgado, H. E., Delisle, J. -B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., García-Torres, M., Garofalo, A., Gavras, P., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., González-Vidal, J. J., Granvik, M., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R., Guy, L. P., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Helmi, A., Hidalgo, S. L., Hładczuk, N., Holland, G., Huckle, H. E., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P. G., Campillo, J. Juaristi, Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kochoska, A., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. J., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszyńska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lasne, Y., Campion, J. -F. Le, Fustec, Y. Le, Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrøm, H. E. P., Lister, T. A., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Pardo, P. Madrero, Managau, S., Mann, R. G., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Santos, M. M. S. Marcos, Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D. J., Polo, L. Martin, Martín-Fleitas, J. M., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., Messina, S., Michalik, D., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnár, L., Montegriffo, P., Mor, R., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A. F., Munoz, D., Muraveva, T., Murphy, C. P., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordénovic, C., Orrù, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Esteller, X. Pe\-nalosa, Penttilä, A., Piersimoni, A. M., Pineau, F. -X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prša, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Rambaux, N., Ramos, P., Fiorentin, P. Re, Regibo, S., Reylé, C., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Romero-Gómez, M., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Sellés, A. Sagristà, Sahlmann, J., Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Gimenez, V. Sanchez, Sanna, N., Santoveña, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J. C., Ségransan, D., Semeux, D., Siddiqui, H. I., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Smart, R. L., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I. A., Süveges, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M. B., Teixeira, R., Thuillot, W., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Torray, J., Turon, C., Unger, N., Vaillant, M., van Dillen, E., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Viala, Y., Vicente, D., Voutsinas, S., Weiler, M., Wevers, T., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Yoldas, A., Yvard, P., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

Context. Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3) provides accurate astrometry for about 1.6 million compact (QSO-like) extragalactic sources, 1.2 million of which have the best-quality five-parameter astrometric solutions. Aims. The proper motions of QSO-like sources are used to reveal a systematic pattern due to the acceleration of the solar system barycentre with respect to the rest frame of the Universe. Apart from being an important scientific result by itself, the acceleration measured in this way is a good quality indicator of the Gaia astrometric solution. Methods. The effect of the acceleration is obtained as a part of the general expansion of the vector field of proper motions in Vector Spherical Harmonics (VSH). Various versions of the VSH fit and various subsets of the sources are tried and compared to get the most consistent result and a realistic estimate of its uncertainty. Additional tests with the Gaia astrometric solution are used to get a better idea on possible systematic errors in the estimate. Results. Our best estimate of the acceleration based on Gaia EDR3 is $(2.32 \pm 0.16) \times 10^{-10}$ m s${}^{-2}$ (or $7.33 \pm 0.51$ km s$^{-1}$ Myr${}^{-1}$) towards $\alpha = 269.1^\circ \pm 5.4^\circ$, $\delta = -31.6^\circ \pm 4.1^\circ$, corresponding to a proper motion amplitude of $5.05 \pm 0.35$ $\mu$as yr${}^{-1}$. This is in good agreement with the acceleration expected from current models of the Galactic gravitational potential. We expect that future Gaia data releases will provide estimates of the acceleration with uncertainties substantially below 0.1 $\mu$as yr${}^{-1}$., Comment: A&A, accepted

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2020
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15. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

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Gaia Collaboration, Luri, X., Chemin, L., Clementini, G., Delgado, H. E., McMillan, P. J., Romero-Gómez, M., Balbinot, E., Castro-Ginard, A., Mor, R., Ripepi, V., Sarro, L. M., Cioni, M. -R. L., Fabricius, C., Garofalo, A., Helmi, A., Muraveva, T., Brown, A. G. A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., de, J. H. J., Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Creevey, O. L., Evans, D. W., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Jordi, C., Klioner, S. A., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Mignard, F., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N. A., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Bastian, U., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Castañeda, J., De, F., Ducourant, C., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Jean-Antoine, A., Masana, E., Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Seabroke, G. M., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thévenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Fernández-Hernández, J., Galluccio, L., García-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J. -L., Hambly, N. C., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hernández, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S. T., Holl, B., Janßen, K., de Fombelle, G. Jevardat, Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., Löffler, W., Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A. C., Roegiers, T., Rybizki, J., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., van Reeven, W., Abbas, U., Abreu, A., Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, J. J., Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Álvarez, M. A., Cid-Fuentes, J. Álvarez, Alves, J., Anderson, R. I., Varela, E. Anglada, Antoja, T., Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Núñez, L., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Barstow, M. A., Bartolomé, S., Bassilana, J. -L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Bucciarelli, B., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Cánovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I, Carrasco, J. M., Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Sampol, P. Castro, Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chiavassa, A., Comoretto, G., Cooper, W. J., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., de Laverny, P., De Luise, F., De March, R., De Ridder, J., de Souza, R., de Teodoro, P., de Torres, A., del Peloso, E. F., del Pozo, E., Delgado, A., Delisle, J. -B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., García-Torres, M., Gavras, P., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., González-Vidal, J. J., Granvik, M., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R., Guy, L. P., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Hidalgo, S. L., Hilger, T., Hładczuk, N., Hobbs, D., Holland, G., Huckle, H. E., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P. G., Juaristi, J., Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kochoska, A., Kontizas, M., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. J., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszyńska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lasne, Y., Campion, J. -F. Le, Fustec, Y. Le, Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrøm, H. E. P., Lister, T. A., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Madrero, P., Managau, S., Mann, R. G., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Marcos, M. M. S., Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D. J., Polo, L. Martin, Martín-Fleitas, J. M., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., Messina, S., Michalik, D., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnár, L., Montegriffo, P., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A. F., Munoz, D., Murphy, C. P., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordénovic, C., Orrù, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Peñalosa, X., Penttilä, A., Piersimoni, A. M., Pineau, F. -X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prša, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Rambaux, N., Ramos, P., Ramos-Lerate, M., Re, P., Regibo, S., Reylé, C., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Sagristà, A., Sahlmann, J., Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Sanchez, V., Sanna, N., Santoveña, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J. C., Ségransan, D., Semeux, D., Siddiqui, H. I., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Smart, R. L., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I. A., Steidelmüller, H., Stephenson, C. A., Süveges, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M. B., Teixeira, R., Thuillot, W., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Torra, J., Turon, C., Unger, N., Vaillant, M., van, E., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Viala, Y., Vicente, D., Voutsinas, S., Weiler, M., Wevers, T., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Yoldas, A., Yvard, P., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We compare the Gaia DR2 and Gaia EDR3 performances in the study of the Magellanic Clouds and show the clear improvements in precision and accuracy in the new release. We also show that the systematics still present in the data make the determination of the 3D geometry of the LMC a difficult endeavour; this is at the very limit of the usefulness of the Gaia EDR3 astrometry, but it may become feasible with the use of additional external data. We derive radial and tangential velocity maps and global profiles for the LMC for the several subsamples we defined. To our knowledge, this is the first time that the two planar components of the ordered and random motions are derived for multiple stellar evolutionary phases in a galactic disc outside the Milky Way, showing the differences between younger and older phases. We also analyse the spatial structure and motions in the central region, the bar, and the disc, providing new insights into features and kinematics. Finally, we show that the Gaia EDR3 data allows clearly resolving the Magellanic Bridge, and we trace the density and velocity flow of the stars from the SMC towards the LMC not only globally, but also separately for young and evolved populations. This allows us to confirm an evolved population in the Bridge that is slightly shift from the younger population. Additionally, we were able to study the outskirts of both Magellanic Clouds, in which we detected some well-known features and indications of new ones., Comment: This paper is part of the "demonstration papers" released with Gaia EDR3: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/earlydr3

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2020
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16. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties

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Gaia Collaboration, Brown, A. G. A, Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Creevey, O. L., Evans, D. W., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Jordi, C., Klioner, S. A., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Luri, X., Mignard, F., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N. A., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Bastian, U., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Cacciari, C., Castañeda, J., De Angeli, F., Ducourant, C., Fabricius, C., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Piccolo, A. Jean-Antoine, Masana, E., Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Seabroke, G. M., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thévenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Fernández-Hernández, J., Galluccio, L., García-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J. -L., Hambly, N. C., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hernández, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S. T., Holl, B., Janßen, K., de Fombelle, G. Jevardat, Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., o}ffler, W. L\"{, Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Petit, J. -M., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A. C., Roegiers, T., Rybizki, J., Sarro, L. M., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., van Reeven, W., Abbas, U., Aramburu, A. Abreu, Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, J. J., Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Álvarez, M. A., Cid-Fuentes, J. Álvarez, Alves, J., Anderson, R. I., Varela, E. Anglada, Antoja, T., Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Núñez, L., Balbinot, E., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Barstow, M. A., Bartolomé, S., Bassilana, J. -L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Bucciarelli, B., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Cánovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I, Carrasco, J. M., Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Castro-Ginard, A., Sampol, P. Castro, Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chemin, L., Chiavassa, A., Cioni, M. -R. L., Comoretto, G., Cooper, W. J., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., de Laverny, P., De Luise, F., De March, R., De Ridder, J., de Souza, R., de Teodoro, P., de Torres, A., del Peloso, E. F., del Pozo, E., Delbo, M., Delgado, A., Delgado, H. E., Delisle, J. -B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Edvardsson, B., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., García-Torres, M., Garofalo, A., Gavras, P., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomel, R., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., González-Vidal, J. J., Granvik, M., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R., Guy, L. P., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Helmi, A., Hidalgo, S. L., Hilger, T., Hładczuk, N., Hobbs, D., Holland, G., Huckle, H. E., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P. G., Campillo, J. Juaristi, Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kochoska, A., Kontizas, M., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. J., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszyńska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lasne, Y., Campion, J. -F. Le, Fustec, Y. Le, Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrøm, H. E. P., Lister, T. A., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Pardo, P. Madrero, Managau, S., Mann, R. G., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Santos, M. M. S. Marcos, Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D. J., Polo, L. Martin, Martín-Fleitas, J. M., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., McMillan, P. J., Messina, S., Michalik, D., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnár, L., Montegriffo, P., Mor, R., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A. F., Munoz, D., Muraveva, T., Murphy, C. P., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordénovic, C., Orrù, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Esteller, X. Peñalosa, a}, A. Penttil\"{, Piersimoni, A. M., Pineau, F. -X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prša, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Rambaux, N., Ramos, P., Ramos-Lerate, M., Fiorentin, P. Re, Regibo, S., Reylé, C., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Romero-Gómez, M., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Sellés, A. Sagristà, Sahlmann, J., Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Gimenez, V. Sanchez, Sanna, N., Santoveña, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J. C., Ségransan, D., Semeux, D., Shahaf, S., Siddiqui, H. I., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Smart, R. L., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I. A., u}ller, H. Steidelm\"{, Stephenson, C. A., u}veges, M. S\"{, Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M. B., Teixeira, R., Thuillot, W., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Torra, J., Turon, C., Unger, N., Vaillant, M., van Dillen, E., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Viala, Y., Vicente, D., Voutsinas, S., Weiler, M., Wevers, T., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Yoldas, A., Yvard, P., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We present the early installment of the third Gaia data release, Gaia EDR3, consisting of astrometry and photometry for 1.8 billion sources brighter than magnitude 21, complemented with the list of radial velocities from Gaia DR2. Gaia EDR3 contains celestial positions and the apparent brightness in G for approximately 1.8 billion sources. For 1.5 billion of those sources, parallaxes, proper motions, and the (G_BP-G_RP) colour are also available. The passbands for G, G_BP, and G_RP are provided as part of the release. For ease of use, the 7 million radial velocities from Gaia DR2 are included in this release, after the removal of a small number of spurious values. New radial velocities will appear as part of Gaia DR3. Finally, Gaia EDR3 represents an updated materialisation of the celestial reference frame (CRF) in the optical, the Gaia-CRF3, which is based solely on extragalactic sources. The creation of the source list for Gaia EDR3 includes enhancements that make it more robust with respect to high proper motion stars, and the disturbing effects of spurious and partially resolved sources. The source list is largely the same as that for Gaia DR2, but it does feature new sources and there are some notable changes. The source list will not change for Gaia DR3. Gaia EDR3 represents a significant advance over Gaia DR2, with parallax precisions increased by 30 percent, proper motion precisions increased by a factor of 2, and the systematic errors in the astrometry suppressed by 30--40 percent for the parallaxes and by a factor ~2.5 for the proper motions. The photometry also features increased precision, but above all much better homogeneity across colour, magnitude, and celestial position. A single passband for G, G_BP, and G_RP is valid over the entire magnitude and colour range, with no systematics above the 1 percent level., Comment: Accepted for A&A Special Issue on Gaia EDR3, 21 pages, 2 figures. This version includes the updates in the erratum (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e)

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2020
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17. AT 2017gbl: a dust obscured TDE candidate in a luminous infrared galaxy

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Kool, E. C., Reynolds, T. M., Mattila, S., Kankare, E., Perez-Torres, M. A., Efstathiou, A., Ryder, S., Romero-Canizales, C., Lu, W., Heikkila, T., Anderson, G. E., Berton, M., Bright, J., Cannizzaro, G., Eappachen, D., Fraser, M., Gromadzki, M., Jonker, P. G., Kuncarayakti, H., Lundqvist, P., Maeda, K., McDermid, R. M., Medling, A. M., Moran, S., Reguitti, A., Shahbandeh, M., Tsygankov, S., U, V., and Wevers, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We present the discovery with Keck of the extremely infrared (IR) luminous transient AT 2017gbl, coincident with the Northern nucleus of the luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG) IRAS 23436+5257. Our extensive multi-wavelength follow-up spans ~900 days, including photometry and spectroscopy in the optical and IR, and (very long baseline interferometry) radio and X-ray observations. Radiative transfer modelling of the host galaxy spectral energy distribution and long-term pre-outburst variability in the mid-IR indicate the presence of a hitherto undetected dust obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN). The optical and near-IR spectra show broad 2000 km/s hydrogen, He I and O I emission features that decrease in flux over time. Radio imaging shows a fast evolving compact source of synchrotron emission spatially coincident with AT 2017gbl. We infer a lower limit for the radiated energy of 7.3 x 10^50 erg from the IR photometry. An extremely energetic supernova would satisfy this budget, but is ruled out by the radio counterpart evolution. Instead, we propose AT 2017gbl is related to an accretion event by the central supermassive black hole, where the spectral signatures originate in the AGN broad line region and the IR photometry is consistent with re-radiation by polar dust. Given the fast evolution of AT 2017gbl, we deem a tidal disruption event (TDE) of a star a more plausible scenario than a dramatic change in the AGN accretion rate. This makes AT 2017gbl the third TDE candidate to be hosted by a LIRG, in contrast to the so far considered TDE population discovered at optical wavelengths and hosted preferably by post-starburst galaxies., Comment: Accepted for publication by MNRAS. 32 pages, 22 figures

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2020
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18. Electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events from Gaia

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Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Jonker, P. G., Hodgkin, S. T., Eappachen, D., Harrison, D. L., Koposov, S. E., Rixon, G., Wyrzykowski, L., Yoldas, A., Breedt, E., Delgado, A., van Leeuwen, M., Wevers, T., Burgess, P. W., De Angeli, F., Evans, D. W., Osborne, P. J., and Riello, M.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The recent discoveries of gravitational wave events and in one case also its electromagnetic (EM) counterpart allow us to study the Universe in a novel way. The increased sensitivity of the LIGO and Virgo detectors has opened the possibility for regular detections of EM transient events from mergers of stellar remnants. Gravitational wave sources are expected to have sky localisation up to a few hundred square degrees, thus Gaia as an all-sky multi-epoch photometric survey has the potential to be a good tool to search for the EM counterparts. In this paper we study the possibility of detecting EM counterparts to gravitational wave sources using the Gaia Science Alerts system. We develop an extension to current used algorithms to find transients and test its capabilities in discovering candidate transients on a sample of events from the observation periods O1 and O2 of LIGO and Virgo. For the gravitational wave events from the current run O3 we expect that about 16 (25) per cent should fall in sky regions observed by Gaia 7 (10) days after gravitational wave. The new algorithm will provide about 10 candidates per day from the whole sky., Comment: MNRAS accepted, revised version with corrections from the erratum

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2020
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20. XMM-Newton-discovered Fast X-ray Transients:host galaxies and limits on contemporaneous detections of optical counterparts

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Eappachen, D, Jonker, P G, Quirola-vásquez, J, Sánchez, D Mata, Inkenhaag, A, Levan, A J, Fraser, M, Torres, M A P, Bauer, F E, Chrimes, A A, Stern, D, Graham, M J, Smartt, S J, Smith, K W, Ravasio, M E, Zabludoff, A I, Yue, M, Stoppa, F, Malesani, D B, Stone, N C, Wen, S, Eappachen, D, Jonker, P G, Quirola-vásquez, J, Sánchez, D Mata, Inkenhaag, A, Levan, A J, Fraser, M, Torres, M A P, Bauer, F E, Chrimes, A A, Stern, D, Graham, M J, Smartt, S J, Smith, K W, Ravasio, M E, Zabludoff, A I, Yue, M, Stoppa, F, Malesani, D B, Stone, N C, and Wen, S

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2024

21. XMM-Newton-discovered Fast X-ray Transients: Host galaxies and limits on contemporaneous detections of optical counterparts

Author

Eappachen, D, primary, Jonker, P G, additional, Quirola-Vásquez, J, additional, Sánchez, D Mata, additional, Inkenhaag, A, additional, Levan, A J, additional, Fraser, M, additional, Torres, M A P, additional, Bauer, F E, additional, Chrimes, A A, additional, Stern, D, additional, Graham, M J, additional, Smartt, S J, additional, Smith, K W, additional, Ravasio, M E, additional, Zabludoff, A I, additional, Yue, M, additional, Stoppa, F, additional, Malesani, D B, additional, Stone, N C, additional, and Wen, S, additional

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2023
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23. XMM-Newton-discovered Fast X-ray Transients: host galaxies and limits on contemporaneous detections of optical counterparts.

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Eappachen, D, Jonker, P G, Quirola-Vásquez, J, Sánchez, D Mata, Inkenhaag, A, Levan, A J, Fraser, M, Torres, M A P, Bauer, F E, Chrimes, A A, Stern, D, Graham, M J, Smartt, S J, Smith, K W, Ravasio, M E, Zabludoff, A I, Yue, M, Stoppa, F, Malesani, D B, and Stone, N C

Subjects
*STELLAR mass, *GALAXIES, *X-rays, *BLACK holes, *X-ray binaries, *DETECTION limit, *WHITE dwarf stars
Abstract

Extragalactic fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are a class of soft (0.3–10 keV) X-ray transients lasting a few hundred seconds to several hours. Several progenitor mechanisms have been suggested to produce FXTs, including supernova shock breakouts, binary neutron star mergers, or tidal disruptions involving an intermediate-mass black hole and a white dwarf. We present detailed host studies, including spectroscopic observations of the host galaxies of seven XMM-Newton -discovered FXTs. The candidate hosts lie at redshifts 0.0928 < z < 0.645 implying peak X-ray luminosities of 1043 erg s−1< LX < 1045 erg s−1 and physical offsets of 1 kpc < r proj < 22 kpc. These observations increase the number of FXTs with a spectroscopic redshift measurement by a factor of 2, although we note that one event is re-identified as a Galactic flare star. We infer host star formation rates and stellar masses by fitting the combined spectroscopic and archival photometric data. We also report on a contemporaneous optical counterpart search to the FXTs in Pan-STARRS and ATLAS by performing forced photometry at the position of the FXTs. We do not find any counterpart in our search. Given our constraints, including peak X-ray luminosities, optical limits, and host properties, we find that XRT 110 621 is consistent with an supernova shock breakout (SN SBO) event. Spectroscopic redshifts of likely host galaxies for four events imply peak X-ray luminosities that are too high to be consistent with SN SBOs, but we are unable to discard either the binary neutron star or white dwarf–intermediate-mass black hole tidal disruption event scenarios for these FXTs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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24. The Fast X-Ray Transient XRT 210423 and Its Host Galaxy

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Eappachen, D., primary, Jonker, P. G., additional, Levan, A. J., additional, Quirola-Vásquez, J., additional, Torres, M. A. P., additional, Bauer, F. E., additional, Dhillon, V. S., additional, Marsh, T., additional, Littlefair, S. P., additional, Ravasio, M. E., additional, and Fraser, M., additional

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2023
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25. Preparing for Gaia searches for optical counterparts of gravitational wave events during O4

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Biswas, S., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Jonker, P.G., Vreeswijk, P.M., Eappachen, D., Groot, P.J., Hodgkin, S., Yoldas, A., Rixon, G., Harrison, D., van Leeuwen, M., Evans, D., Biswas, S., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Jonker, P.G., Vreeswijk, P.M., Eappachen, D., Groot, P.J., Hodgkin, S., Yoldas, A., Rixon, G., Harrison, D., van Leeuwen, M., and Evans, D.

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Contains fulltext : 296441.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)

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2023

26. Extragalactic fast X-ray transient candidates discovered by Chandra (2014–2022)⋆

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Quirola-Vásquez, J., Bauer, F.E., Jonker, P.G., Brandt, W.N., Yang, G., Levan, A.J., Xue, Y.Q., Eappachen, D., Camacho, E., Ravasio, M.E., Zheng, X.C., Luo, B., Quirola-Vásquez, J., Bauer, F.E., Jonker, P.G., Brandt, W.N., Yang, G., Levan, A.J., Xue, Y.Q., Eappachen, D., Camacho, E., Ravasio, M.E., Zheng, X.C., and Luo, B.

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Contains fulltext : 294437.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)

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2023

27. The origin of fast X-ray transients

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Jonker, P.G., Rossi, E.M., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Rossi, E.M., and Eappachen, D.

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Radboud University, 20 november 2023, Promotor : Jonker, P.G. Co-promotor : Rossi, E.M., Contains fulltext : 297613.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)

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2023

30. Probing for the host galaxies of the fast X-ray transients XRT 000519 and XRT 110103

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Eappachen, D, primary, Jonker, P G, additional, Fraser, M, additional, Torres, M A P, additional, Dhillon, V S, additional, Marsh, T, additional, Littlefair, S P, additional, Quirola-Vásquez, J, additional, Maguire, K, additional, Mata Sánchez, D, additional, Cannizzaro, G, additional, Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z, additional, Wevers, T, additional, Onori, F, additional, Inkenhaag, Anne, additional, and Brennan, S J, additional

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2022
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31. Gaia early data release 3 : Gaia photometric science alerts

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Hodgkin, ST, Harrison, DL, Breedt, E, Wevers, T, Rixon, G, Delgado, A, Yoldas, A, Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z, Wyrzykowski, L, Van Leeuwen, M, Blagorodnova, N, Campbell, H, Eappachen, D, Fraser, M, Ihanec, N, Koposov, SE, Kruszyńska, K, Marton, G, Rybicki, KA, Brown, AGA, Burgess, PW, Busso, G, Cowell, S, De Angeli, F, Diener, C, Evans, DW, Gilmore, G, Holland, G, Jonker, PG, Van Leeuwen, F, Mignard, F, Osborne, PJ, Portell, J, Prusti, T, Richards, PJ, Riello, M, Seabroke, GM, Walton, NA, Ábrahám, P, Altavilla, G, Baker, SG, Bastian, U, O'Brien, P, De Bruijne, J, Butterley, T, Carrasco, JM, Castañeda, J, Clark, JS, Clementini, G, Copperwheat, CM, Cropper, M, Damljanovic, G, Davidson, M, Davis, CJ, Dennefeld, M, Dhillon, VS, Dolding, C, Dominik, M, Esquej, P, Eyer, L, Fabricius, C, Fridman, M, Froebrich, D, Garralda, N, Gomboc, A, González-Vidal, JJ, Guerra, R, Hambly, NC, Hardy, LK, Holl, B, Hourihane, A, Japelj, J, Kann, DA, Kiss, C, Knigge, C, Kolb, U, Komossa, S, Kóspál, Kovács, G, Kun, M, Leto, G, Lewis, F, Littlefair, SP, Mahabal, AA, Mundell, CG, Nagy, Z, Padeletti, D, Palaversa, L, Pigulski, A, Pretorius, ML, Van Reeven, W, Ribeiro, VARM, Roelens, M, Rowell, N, Schartel, N, Scholz, A, Schwope, A, Sipocz, BM, Smartt, SJ, and Smith, MD

Abstract

Context. Since July 2014, the Gaia mission has been engaged in a high-spatial-resolution, time-resolved, precise, accurate astrometric, and photometric survey of the entire sky.\ud \ud \ud \ud Aims. We present the Gaia Science Alerts project, which has been in operation since 1 June 2016. We describe the system which has been developed to enable the discovery and publication of transient photometric events as seen by Gaia.\ud \ud \ud \ud Methods. We outline the data handling, timings, and performances, and we describe the transient detection algorithms and filtering procedures needed to manage the high false alarm rate. We identify two classes of events: (1) sources which are new to Gaia and (2) Gaia sources which have undergone a significant brightening or fading. Validation of the Gaia transit astrometry and photometry was performed, followed by testing of the source environment to minimise contamination from Solar System objects, bright stars, and fainter near-neighbours.\ud \ud \ud \ud Results. We show that the Gaia Science Alerts project suffers from very low contamination, that is there are very few false-positives. We find that the external completeness for supernovae, CE = 0.46, is dominated by the Gaia scanning law and the requirement of detections from both fields-of-view. Where we have two or more scans the internal completeness is CI = 0.79 at 3 arcsec or larger from the centres of galaxies, but it drops closer in, especially within 1 arcsec.\ud \ud \ud \ud Conclusions. The per-transit photometry for Gaia transients is precise to 1% at G = 13, and 3% at G = 19. The per-transit astrometry is accurate to 55 mas when compared to Gaia DR2. The Gaia Science Alerts project is one of the most homogeneous and productive transient surveys in operation, and it is the only survey which covers the whole sky at high spatial resolution (subarcsecond), including the Galactic plane and bulge.

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2021

32. Erratum: Gaia Early Data Release 3

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Brown, A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., de Bruijne, J., Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Creevey, O., Evans, D., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Jordi, C., Klioner, S., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Luri, X., Mignard, F., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C., Bastian, U., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M., van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Cacciari, C., Castañeda, J., de Angeli, F., Ducourant, C., Fabricius, C., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A., Masana, E., Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Seabroke, G., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thévenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell’oro, A., Fernández-Hernández, J., Galluccio, L., García-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J.-L., Hambly, N., Harrison, D., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hernández, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S., Holl, B., Janssen, K., Jevardat de Fombelle, G., Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A., Löffler, W., Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Petit, J.-M., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A., Roegiers, T., Rybizki, J., Sarro, L., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., van Reeven, W., Abbas, U., Abreu Aramburu, A., Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, J., Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Álvarez, M., Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J., Alves, J., Anderson, R., Anglada Varela, E., Antoja, T., Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S., Balaguer-Núñez, L., Balbinot, E., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Barstow, M., Bartolomé, S., Bassilana, J.-L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Bucciarelli, B., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Cánovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M., Carrasco, J., Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Castro-Ginard, A., Castro Sampol, P., Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chemin, L., Chiavassa, A., Cioni, M.-R., Comoretto, G., Cooper, W., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., de Laverny, P., de Luise, F., de March, R., de Ridder, J., de Souza, R., de Teodoro, P., de Torres, A., del Peloso, E., del Pozo, E., Delbo, M., Delgado, A., Delgado, H., Delisle, J.-B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Edvardsson, B., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., García-Torres, M., Garofalo, A., Gavras, P., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomel, R., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., González-Vidal, J., Granvik, M., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R., Guy, L., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Helmi, A., Hidalgo, S., Hilger, T., Hładczuk, N., Hobbs, D., Holland, G., Huckle, H., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P., Juaristi Campillo, J., Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kochoska, A., Kontizas, M., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszyńska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A., Lasne, Y., Le Campion, J.-F., Le Fustec, Y., Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrøm, H., Lister, T., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Madrero Pardo, P., Managau, S., Mann, R., Marchant, J., Marconi, M., Marcos Santos, M., Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D., Martin Polo, L., Martín-Fleitas, J., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., Mcmillan, P., Messina, S., Michalik, D., Millar, N., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnár, L., Montegriffo, P., Mor, R., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A., Munoz, D., Muraveva, T., Murphy, C., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordénovic, C., Orrù, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Peñalosa Esteller, X., Penttilä, A., Piersimoni, A., Pineau, F.-X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prša, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C., Rambaux, N., Ramos, P., Ramos-Lerate, M., Re Fiorentin, P., Regibo, S., Reylé, C., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Romero-Gómez, M., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K., Sadowski, G., Sagristà Sellés, A., Sahlmann, J., Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Sanchez Gimenez, V., Sanna, N., Santoveña, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J., Ségransan, D., Semeux, D., Shahaf, S., Siddiqui, H., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Smart, R., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I., Steidelmüller, H., Stephenson, C., Süveges, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M., Teixeira, R., Thuillot, W., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Torra, J., Turon, C., Unger, N., Vaillant, M., van Dillen, E., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Viala, Y., Vicente, D., Voutsinas, S., Weiler, M., Wevers, T., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Yoldas, A., Yvard, P., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zurbach, C., Zwitter, T., OSU-THETA - Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers - Terre Homme Environnement Temps Astronomie (OSU-THETA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), and Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]
Abstract

International audience

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2021

33. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Acceleration of the Solar System from Gaia astrometry

Author

Klioner, S.A. Mignard, F. Lindegren, L. Bastian, U. McMillan, P.J. Hernández, J. Hobbs, D. Ramos-Lerate, M. Biermann, M. Bombrun, A. De Torres, A. Gerlach, E. Geyer, R. Hilger, T. Lammers, U. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Babusiaux, C. Creevey, O.L. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Hutton, A. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Luri, X. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Soubiran, C. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Van Leeuwen, F. Bakker, J. Castañeda, J. De Angeli, F. Ducourant, C. Fabricius, C. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Guerra, R. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nicolas, C. Nienartowicz, K. Pailler, F. Panuzzo, P. Riclet, F. Roux, W. Seabroke, G.M. Sordo, R. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Portell, J. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Brugaletta, E. Burgess, P.W. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Cheek, N. Clementini, G. Damerdji, Y. Davidson, M. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Fernández-Hernández, J. Galluccio, L. García-Lario, P. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. González-Núñez, J. Gosset, E. Haigron, R. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hatzidimitriou, D. Heiter, U. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Holl, B. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jordan, S. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Löffler, W. Lorca, A. Manteiga, M. Marchal, O. Marrese, P.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osborne, P. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Riello, M. Rimoldini, L. Robin, A.C. Roegiers, T. Rybizki, J. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Aguado, J.J. Ajaj, M. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Anglada Varela, E. Antoja, T. Audard, M. Baines, D. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balbinot, E. Balog, Z. Barache, C. Barbato, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartolomé, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Bauchet, N. Baudesson-Stella, A. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Bernet, M. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bramante, L. Breedt, E. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cánovas, H. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carnerero, M.I. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Castro Sampol, P. Chaoul, L. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Comoretto, G. Cooper, W.J. Cornez, T. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Dafonte, C. Dapergolas, A. David, M. David, P. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Ridder, J. De Souza, R. De Teodoro, P. Del Peloso, E.F. Del Pozo, E. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Delisle, J.-B. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Eappachen, D. Enke, H. Esquej, P. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Fienga, A. Figueras, F. Fouron, C. Fragkoudi, F. Fraile, E. Franke, F. Gai, M. Garabato, D. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. García-Torres, M. Garofalo, A. Gavras, P. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Gomez, A. Gonzalez-Santamaria, I. González-Vidal, J.J. Granvik, M. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Guy, L.P. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Helmi, A. Hidalgo, S.L. Hładczuk, N. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Jasniewicz, G. Jonker, P.G. Juaristi Campillo, J. Julbe, F. Karbevska, L. Kervella, P. Khanna, S. Kochoska, A. Kordopatis, G. Korn, A.J. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Kruszyńska, K. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Le Campion, J.-F. Le Fustec, Y. Lebreton, Y. Lebzelter, T. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. Madrero Pardo, P. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marcos Santos, M.M.S. Marinoni, S. Marocco, F. Marshall, D.J. Martin Polo, L. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Masip, A. Massari, D. Mastrobuono-Battisti, A. Mazeh, T. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Mints, A. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Munoz, D. Muraveva, T. Murphy, C.P. Musella, I. Noval, L. Ordénovic, C. Orrù, G. Osinde, J. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Palaversa, L. Palicio, P.A. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Peñalosa Esteller, X. Penttilä, A. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poretti, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rainer, M. Raiteri, C.M. Rambaux, N. Ramos, P. Re Fiorentin, P. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rixon, G. Robichon, N. Robin, C. Roelens, M. Rohrbasser, L. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Rybicki, K.A. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, A. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Samaras, N. Sanchez Gimenez, V. Sanna, N. Santoveña, R. Sarasso, M. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Semeux, D. Siddiqui, H.I. Siebert, A. Siltala, L. Slezak, E. Smart, R.L. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Souami, D. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Steele, I.A. Süveges, M. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Thuillot, W. Tonello, N. Torra, F. Torra, J. Turon, C. Unger, N. Vaillant, M. Van Dillen, E. Vanel, O. Vecchiato, A. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Voutsinas, S. Weiler, M. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, L. Yoldas, A. Yvard, P. Zhao, H. Zorec, J. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Abstract

Context. Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3) provides accurate astrometry for about 1.6 million compact (QSO-like) extragalactic sources, 1.2 million of which have the best-quality five-parameter astrometric solutions. Aims. The proper motions of QSO-like sources are used to reveal a systematic pattern due to the acceleration of the solar systembarycentre with respect to the rest frame of the Universe. Apart from being an important scientific result by itself, the acceleration measured in this way is a good quality indicator of the Gaia astrometric solution. Methods. Theeffect of the acceleration was obtained as a part of the general expansion of the vector field of proper motions in vector spherical harmonics (VSH). Various versions of the VSH fit and various subsets of the sources were tried and compared to get the most consistent result and a realistic estimate of its uncertainty. Additional tests with the Gaia astrometric solution were used to get a better idea of the possible systematic errors in the estimate. Results. Our best estimate of the acceleration based on Gaia EDR3 is (2.32 ± 0.16) × 10-10 m s-2 (or 7.33 ±0.51 km s-1 Myr-1) towards α = 269.1° ± 5.4°, δ = -31.6° ± 4.1°, corresponding to a proper motion amplitude of 5.05 ±0.35 μas yr-1. This is in good agreement with the acceleration expected from current models of the Galactic gravitational potential. We expect that future Gaia data releases will provide estimates of the acceleration with uncertainties substantially below 0.1 μas yr-1. © ESO 2021.

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2021

34. Erratum: Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties (Astronomy and Astrophysics DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039657)

Author

Brown, A. G. A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., De Bruijne, J. H. J., Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Creevey, O. L., Evans, D. W., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Jordi, C., Klioner, S. A., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Luri, X., Mignard, F., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N. A., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Bastian, U., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., Van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Cacciari, C., Castaneda, J., De Angeli, F., Ducourant, C., Fabricius, C., Fouesneau, M., Fremat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A., Masana, E., Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Seabroke, G. M., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thevenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Fernandez-Hernandez, J., Galluccio, L., Garcia-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., Gonzalez-Nunez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J. -L., Hambly, N. C., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hernandez, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S. T., Holl, B., Janssen, K., Jevardat De Fombelle, G., Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., Loffler, W., Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Petit, J. -M., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A. C., Roegiers, T., Rybizki, J., Sarro, L. M., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., Van Leeuwen, M., Van Reeven, W., Abbas, U., Abreu Aramburu, A., Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, J. J., Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Alvarez, M. A., Alvarez Cid-Fuentes, J., Alves, J., Anderson, R. I., Anglada Varela, E., Antoja, T., Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Nunez, L., Balbinot, E., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Barstow, M. A., Bartolome, S., Bassilana, J. -L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Bucciarelli, B., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Canovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I., Carrasco, J. M., Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Castro-Ginard, A., Castro Sampol, P., Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chemin, L., Chiavassa, A., Cioni, M. -R. L., Comoretto, G., Cooper, W. J., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., De Laverny, P., De Luise, F., De March, R., De Ridder, J., De Souza, R., De Teodoro, P., De Torres, A., Del Peloso, E. F., Del Pozo, E., Delbo, M., Delgado, A., Delgado, H. E., Delisle, J. -B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Edvardsson, B., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., Garcia-Torres, M., Garofalo, A., Gavras, P., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomel, R., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., Gonzalez-Vidal, J. J., Granvik, M., Gutierrez-Sanchez, R., Guy, L. P., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Helmi, A., Hidalgo, S. L., Hilger, T., Hladczuk, N., Hobbs, D., Holland, G., Huckle, H. E., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P. G., Juaristi Campillo, J., Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kochoska, A., Kontizas, M., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. J., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszynska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lasne, Y., Le Campion, J. -F., Le Fustec, Y., Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrom, H. E. P., Lister, T. A., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Madrero Pardo, P., Managau, S., Mann, R. G., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Marcos Santos, M. M. S., Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D. J., Martin Polo, L., Martin-Fleitas, J. M., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., Mcmillan, P. J., Messina, S., Michalik, D., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnar, L., Montegriffo, P., Mor, R., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A. F., Munoz, D., Muraveva, T., Murphy, C. P., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordenovic, C., Orru, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Penalosa Esteller, X., Penttila, A., Piersimoni, A. M., Pineau, F. -X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prsa, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Rambaux, N., Ramos, P., Ramos-Lerate, M., Re Fiorentin, P., Regibo, S., Reyle, C., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Romero-Gomez, M., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Sagrista Selles, A., Sahlmann, J., Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Sanchez Gimenez, V., Sanna, N., Santovena, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J. C., Segransan, D., Semeux, D., Shahaf, S., Siddiqui, H. I., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Smart, R. L., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I. A., Steidelmuller, H., Stephenson, C. A., Suveges, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M. B., Teixeira, R., Thuillot, W., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Torra, J., Turon, C., Unger, N., Vaillant, M., Van Dillen, E., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Viala, Y., Vicente, D., Voutsinas, S., Weiler, M., Wevers, T., Wyrzykowski, L., Yoldas, A., Yvard, P., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

Subjects
techniques: photometric, proper motions, parallaxes, astrometry, errata, addenda, addenda, catalogs, errata
Published
2021

36. Gaia Early Data Release 3 Summary of the contents and survey properties

Author

Brown, A. G. A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. de Bruijne, J. H. J. Babusiaux, C. Biermann, M. Creevey, O. L. Evans, D. W. Eyer, L. Hutton, A. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S. A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. and Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. and Soubiran, C. Walton, N. A. Arenou, F. Bailer-Jones, C. A. L. and Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. and Lattanzi, M. G. van Leeuwen, F. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. and Castaneda, J. De Angeli, F. Ducourant, C. Fabricius, C. and Fouesneau, M. Fremat, Y. Guerra, R. Guerrier, A. and Guiraud, J. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. Masana, E. Messineo, R. and Mowlavi, N. Nicolas, C. Nienartowicz, K. Pailler, F. and Panuzzo, P. Riclet, F. Roux, W. Seabroke, G. M. Sordo, R. Tanga, P. Thevenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Portell, J. and Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Bellas-Velidis, I. and Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Brugaletta, E. and Burgess, P. W. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Cheek, N. and Clementini, G. Damerdji, Y. Davidson, M. Delchambre, L. and Dell'Oro, A. Fernandez-Hernandez, J. Galluccio, L. and Garcia-Lario, P. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Gonzalez-Nunez, J. and Gosset, E. Haigron, R. Halbwachs, J. -L. Hambly, N. C. and Harrison, D. L. Hatzidimitriou, D. Heiter, U. Hernandez, J. and Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S. T. Holl, B. Janssen, K. and Jevardat de Fombelle, G. Jordan, S. Krone-Martins, A. and Lanzafame, A. C. Loeffler, W. Lorca, A. Manteiga, M. and Marchal, O. Marrese, P. M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. and Muinonen, K. Osborne, P. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Petit, J. -M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P. J. Riello, M. and Rimoldini, L. Robin, A. C. Roegiers, T. Rybizki, J. and Sarro, L. M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Ulla, A. and Utrilla, E. van Leeuwen, M. van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. and Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Aguado, J. J. and Ajaj, M. Altavilla, G. Alvarez, M. A. Alvarez Cid-Fuentes, J. Alves, J. Anderson, R. I. Anglada Varela, E. Antoja, T. Audard, M. Baines, D. Baker, S. G. Balaguer-Nunez, L. and Balbinot, E. Balog, Z. Barache, C. Barbato, D. and Barros, M. Barstow, M. A. Bartolome, S. Bassilana, J. -L. and Bauchet, N. Baudesson-Stella, A. Becciani, U. and Bellazzini, M. Bernet, M. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. and Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Bombrun, A. Bossini, D. and Bouquillon, S. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breedt, E. and Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. and Busonero, D. Butkevich, A. G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. and Cancelliere, R. Canovas, H. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. and Carlucci, T. Carnerero, I, M. Carrasco, J. M. and Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Castro Sampol, P. Chaoul, L. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cioni, M. -R. L. Comoretto, G. Cooper, W. J. Cornez, T. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. and Dafonte, C. Dapergolas, A. David, M. David, P. de Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Ridder, J. de Souza, R. de Teodoro, P. de Torres, A. del Peloso, E. F. and del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H. E. and Delisle, J. -B. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. and Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Eappachen, D. Edvardsson, B. and Enke, H. Esquej, P. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. and Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Fienga, A. Figueras, F. and Fouron, C. Fragkoudi, F. Fraile, E. Franke, F. Gai, M. and Garabato, D. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Garcia-Torres, M. and Garofalo, A. Gavras, P. Gerlach, E. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Gomel, R. and Gomez, A. Gonzalez-Santamaria, I. Gonzalez-Vidal, J. J. and Granvik, M. Gutierrez-Sanchez, R. Guy, L. P. Hauser, M. and Haywood, M. Helmi, A. Hidalgo, S. L. Hilger, T. and Hladczuk, N. Hobbs, D. Holland, G. Huckle, H. E. and Jasniewicz, G. Jonker, P. G. Juaristi Campillo, J. Julbe, F. and Karbevska, L. Kervella, P. Khanna, S. Kochoska, A. and Kontizas, M. Kordopatis, G. Korn, A. J. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Kruszynska, K. Lambert, S. Lanza, A. F. Lasne, Y. and Le Campion, J. -F. Le Fustec, Y. Lebreton, Y. Lebzelter, T. and Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Liao, S. and Licata, E. Lindstrom, E. P. Lister, T. A. Livanou, E. and Lobel, A. Madrero Pardo, P. Managau, S. Mann, R. G. and Marchant, J. M. Marconi, M. Marcos Santos, M. M. S. and Marinoni, S. Marocco, F. Marshall, D. J. Martin Polo, L. and Martin-Fleitas, J. M. Masip, A. Massari, D. and Mastrobuono-Battisti, A. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P. J. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N. R. Mints, A. Molina, D. and Molinaro, R. Molnar, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. and Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A. F. Munoz, D. Muraveva, T. Murphy, C. P. Musella, I. Noval, L. and Ordenovic, C. Orru, G. Osinde, J. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. and Palaversa, L. Palicio, P. A. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. and Penalosa Esteller, X. Penttila, A. Piersimoni, A. M. Pineau, F. -X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poretti, E. and Poujoulet, E. Prsa, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. and Rainer, M. Raiteri, C. M. Rambaux, N. Ramos, P. and Ramos-Lerate, M. Re Fiorentin, P. Regibo, S. Reyle, C. and Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rixon, G. Robichon, N. Robin, C. and Roelens, M. Rohrbasser, L. Romero-Gomez, M. Rowell, N. and Royer, F. Rybicki, K. A. Sadowski, G. Sagrista Selles, A. and Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Samaras, N. and Sanchez Gimenez, V. Sanna, N. Santovena, R. Sarasso, M. and Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J. C. and Segransan, D. Semeux, D. Shahaf, S. Siddiqui, H. I. and Siebert, A. Siltala, L. Slezak, E. Smart, R. L. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Souami, D. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. and Spoto, F. Steele, I. A. Steidelmueller, H. Stephenson, C. A. and Suveges, M. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Taris, F. and Tauran, G. Taylor, M. B. Teixeira, R. Thuillot, W. and Tonello, N. Torra, F. Torra, J. Turon, C. Unger, N. and Vaillant, M. van Dillen, E. Vanel, O. Vecchiato, A. and Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Voutsinas, S. Weiler, M. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, L. Yoldas, A. Yvard, P. Zhao, H. and Zorec, J. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T. Gaia Collaboration

Abstract

Context. We present the early installment of the third Gaia data release, Gaia EDR3, consisting of astrometry and photometry for 1.8 billion sources brighter than magnitude 21, complemented with the list of radial velocities from Gaia DR2. Aims. A summary of the contents of Gaia EDR3 is presented, accompanied by a discussion on the differences with respect to Gaia DR2 and an overview of the main limitations which are present in the survey. Recommendations are made on the responsible use of Gaia EDR3 results. Methods. The raw data collected with the Gaia instruments during the first 34 months of the mission have been processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium and turned into this early third data release, which represents a major advance with respect to Gaia DR2 in terms of astrometric and photometric precision, accuracy, and homogeneity. Results. Gaia EDR3 contains celestial positions and the apparent brightness in G for approximately 1.8 billion sources. For 1.5 billion of those sources, parallaxes, proper motions, and the (G(BP) - G(RP)) colour are also available. The passbands for G, G(BP), and G(RP) are provided as part of the release. For ease of use, the 7 million radial velocities from Gaia DR2 are included in this release, after the removal of a small number of spurious values. New radial velocities will appear as part of Gaia DR3. Finally, Gaia EDR3 represents an updated materialisation of the celestial reference frame (CRF) in the optical, the Gaia-CRF3, which is based solely on extragalactic sources. The creation of the source list for Gaia EDR3 includes enhancements that make it more robust with respect to high proper motion stars, and the disturbing effects of spurious and partially resolved sources. The source list is largely the same as that for Gaia DR2, but it does feature new sources and there are some notable changes. The source list will not change for Gaia DR3. Conclusions. Gaia EDR3 represents a significant advance over Gaia DR2, with parallax precisions increased by 30 per cent, proper motion precisions increased by a factor of 2, and the systematic errors in the astrometry suppressed by 30-40% for the parallaxes and by a factor similar to 2.5 for the proper motions. The photometry also features increased precision, but above all much better homogeneity across colour, magnitude, and celestial position. A single passband for G, G(BP), and G(RP) is valid over the entire magnitude and colour range, with no systematics above the 1% level

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37. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

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Luri, X. Chemin, L. Clementini, G. Delgado, H.E. McMillan, P.J. Romero-Gómez, M. Balbinot, E. Castro-Ginard, A. Mor, R. Ripepi, V. Sarro, L.M. Cioni, M.-R.L. Fabricius, C. Garofalo, A. Helmi, A. Muraveva, T. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Babusiaux, C. Biermann, M. Creevey, O.L. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Hutton, A. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Soubiran, C. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Van Leeuwen, F. Bakker, J. Castañeda, J. De Angeli, F. Ducourant, C. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Guerra, R. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nicolas, C. Nienartowicz, K. Pailler, F. Panuzzo, P. Riclet, F. Roux, W. Seabroke, G.M. Sordo, R. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Portell, J. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Brugaletta, E. Burgess, P.W. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Cheek, N. Damerdji, Y. Davidson, M. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Fernández-Hernández, J. Galluccio, L. García-Lario, P. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. González-Núñez, J. Gosset, E. Haigron, R. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hatzidimitriou, D. Heiter, U. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Holl, B. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jordan, S. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Löffler, W. Lorca, A. Manteiga, M. Marchal, O. Marrese, P.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osborne, P. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Riello, M. Rimoldini, L. Robin, A.C. Roegiers, T. Rybizki, J. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Aguado, J.J. Ajaj, M. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Anglada Varela, E. Antoja, T. Audard, M. Baines, D. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balog, Z. Barache, C. Barbato, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartolomé, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Bauchet, N. Baudesson-Stella, A. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Bernet, M. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Bombrun, A. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breedt, E. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cánovas, H. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carnerero, M.I. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro Sampol, P. Chaoul, L. Charlot, P. Chiavassa, A. Comoretto, G. Cooper, W.J. Cornez, T. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Dafonte, C. Dapergolas, A. David, M. David, P. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Ridder, J. De Souza, R. De Teodoro, P. De Torres, A. Del Peloso, E.F. Del Pozo, E. Delgado, A. Delisle, J.-B. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Eappachen, D. Enke, H. Esquej, P. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Fienga, A. Figueras, F. Fouron, C. Fragkoudi, F. Fraile, E. Franke, F. Gai, M. Garabato, D. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. García-Torres, M. Gavras, P. Gerlach, E. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Gomez, A. Gonzalez-Santamaria, I. González-Vidal, J.J. Granvik, M. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Guy, L.P. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Hidalgo, S.L. Hilger, T. Hładczuk, N. Hobbs, D. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Jasniewicz, G. Jonker, P.G. Juaristi Campillo, J. Julbe, F. Karbevska, L. Kervella, P. Khanna, S. Kochoska, A. Kontizas, M. Kordopatis, G. Korn, A.J. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Kruszyńska, K. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Le Campion, J.-F. Le Fustec, Y. Lebreton, Y. Lebzelter, T. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. Madrero Pardo, P. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marcos Santos, M.M.S. Marinoni, S. Marocco, F. Marshall, D.J. Martin Polo, L. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Masip, A. Massari, D. Mastrobuono-Battisti, A. Mazeh, T. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Mints, A. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Munoz, D. Murphy, C.P. Musella, I. Noval, L. Ordénovic, C. Orrù, G. Osinde, J. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Palaversa, L. Palicio, P.A. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Peñalosa Esteller, X. Penttilä, A. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poretti, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rainer, M. Raiteri, C.M. Rambaux, N. Ramos, P. Ramos-Lerate, M. Re Fiorentin, P. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Riva, A. Rixon, G. Robichon, N. Robin, C. Roelens, M. Rohrbasser, L. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Rybicki, K.A. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, A. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Samaras, N. Gimenez, V.S. Sanna, N. Santoveña, R. Sarasso, M. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Semeux, D. Siddiqui, H.I. Siebert, A. Siltala, L. Slezak, E. Smart, R.L. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Souami, D. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Süveges, M. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Thuillot, W. Tonello, N. Torra, F. Torra, J. Turon, C. Unger, N. Vaillant, M. Van Dillen, E. Vanel, O. Vecchiato, A. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Voutsinas, S. Weiler, M. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, L. Yoldas, A. Yvard, P. Zhao, H. Zorec, J. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Abstract

Context. This work is part of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium papers published with the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3). It is one of the demonstration papers aiming to highlight the improvements and quality of the newly published data by applying them to a scientific case. Aims. We use the Gaia EDR3 data to study the structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds. The large distance to the Clouds is a challenge for the Gaia astrometry. The Clouds lie at the very limits of the usability of the Gaia data, which makes the Clouds an excellent case study for evaluating the quality and properties of the Gaia data. Methods. The basis of our work are two samples selected to provide a representation as clean as possible of the stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The selection used criteria based on position, parallax, and proper motions to remove foreground contamination from the Milky Way, and allowed the separation of the stars of both Clouds. From these two samples we defined a series of subsamples based on cuts in the colour-magnitude diagram; these subsamples were used to select stars in a common evolutionary phase and can also be used as approximate proxies of a selection by age. Results. We compared the Gaia Data Release 2 and Gaia EDR3 performances in the study of the Magellanic Clouds and show the clear improvements in precision and accuracy in the new release. We also show that the systematics still present in the data make the determination of the 3D geometry of the LMC a difficult endeavour; this is at the very limit of the usefulness of the Gaia EDR3 astrometry, but it may become feasible with the use of additional external data. We derive radial and tangential velocity maps and global profiles for the LMC for the several subsamples we defined. To our knowledge, this is the first time that the two planar components of the ordered and random motions are derived for multiple stellar evolutionary phases in a galactic disc outside the Milky Way, showing the differences between younger and older phases. We also analyse the spatial structure and motions in the central region, the bar, and the disc, providing new insightsinto features and kinematics. Finally, we show that the Gaia EDR3 data allows clearly resolving the Magellanic Bridge, and we trace the density and velocity flow of the stars from the SMC towards the LMC not only globally, but also separately for young and evolved populations. This allows us to confirm an evolved population in the Bridge that is slightly shift from the younger population. Additionally, we were able to study the outskirts of both Magellanic Clouds, in which we detected some well-known features and indications of new ones. © ESO 2021.

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38. Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

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Smart, R.L. Sarro, L.M. Rybizki, J. Reylé, C. Robin, A.C. Hambly, N.C. Abbas, U. Barstow, M.A. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Bucciarelli, B. Carrasco, J.M. Cooper, W.J. Hodgkin, S.T. Masana, E. Michalik, D. Sahlmann, J. Sozzetti, A. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. Babusiaux, C. Biermann, M. Creevey, O.L. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Hutton, A. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Soubiran, C. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Van Leeuwen, F. Bakker, J. Castañeda, J. De Angeli, F. Ducourant, C. Fabricius, C. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Guerra, R. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nicolas, C. Nienartowicz, K. Pailler, F. Panuzzo, P. Riclet, F. Roux, W. Seabroke, G.M. Sordo, R. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Portell, J. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Brugaletta, E. Burgess, P.W. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Cheek, N. Clementini, G. Damerdji, Y. Davidson, M. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Fernández-Hernández, J. Galluccio, L. García-Lario, P. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. González-Núñez, J. Gosset, E. Haigron, R. Halbwachs, J.-L. Harrison, D.L. Hatzidimitriou, D. Heiter, U. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Holl, B. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jordan, S. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Löffler, W. Lorca, A. Manteiga, M. Marchal, O. Marrese, P.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osborne, P. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Riello, M. Rimoldini, L. Roegiers, T. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Van Reeven, W. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Aguado, J.J. Ajaj, M. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Anglada Varela, E. Antoja, T. Audard, M. Baines, D. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balbinot, E. Balog, Z. Barache, C. Barbato, D. Barros, M. Bartolomé, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Bauchet, N. Baudesson-Stella, A. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Bernet, M. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Bombrun, A. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breedt, E. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cánovas, H. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carnerero, M.I. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Castro Sampol, P. Chaoul, L. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cioni, M.-R.L. Comoretto, G. Cornez, T. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Dafonte, C. Dapergolas, A. David, M. David, P. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Ridder, J. De Souza, R. De Teodoro, P. De Torres, A. Del Peloso, E.F. Del Pozo, E. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Delisle, J.-B. DI Matteo, P. DIakite, S. DIener, C. DIstefano, E. Dolding, C. Eappachen, D. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Esquej, P. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Fienga, A. Figueras, F. Fouron, C. Fragkoudi, F. Fraile, E. Franke, F. Gai, M. Garabato, D. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. García-Torres, M. Garofalo, A. Gavras, P. Gerlach, E. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Gomel, R. Gomez, A. Gonzalez-Santamaria, I. González-Vidal, J.J. Granvik, M. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Guy, L.P. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Helmi, A. Hidalgo, S.L. Hilger, T. Hładczuk, N. Hobbs, D. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Jasniewicz, G. Jonker, P.G. Juaristi Campillo, J. Julbe, F. Karbevska, L. Kervella, P. Khanna, S. Kochoska, A. Kontizas, M. Kordopatis, G. Korn, A.J. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Kruszyńska, K. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Le Campion, J.-F. Le Fustec, Y. Lebreton, Y. Lebzelter, T. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. Madrero Pardo, P. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marcos Santos, M.M.S. Marinoni, S. Marocco, F. Marshall, D.J. Martin Polo, L. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Masip, A. Massari, D. Mastrobuono-Battisti, A. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P.J. Messina, S. Millar, N.R. Mints, A. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Munoz, D. Muraveva, T. Murphy, C.P. Musella, I. Noval, L. Ordénovic, C. Orrù, G. Osinde, J. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Palaversa, L. Palicio, P.A. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Peñalosa Esteller, X. Penttilä, A. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poretti, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rainer, M. Raiteri, C.M. Rambaux, N. Ramos, P. Ramos-Lerate, M. Re Fiorentin, P. Regibo, S. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rixon, G. Robichon, N. Robin, C. Roelens, M. Rohrbasser, L. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Rybicki, K.A. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, A. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Samaras, N. Sanchez Gimenez, V. Sanna, N. Santoveña, R. Sarasso, M. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Semeux, D. Shahaf, S. Siddiqui, H.I. Siebert, A. Siltala, L. Slezak, E. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Souami, D. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Süveges, M. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Thuillot, W. Tonello, N. Torra, F. Torra, J. Turon, C. Unger, N. Vaillant, M. Van DIllen, E. Vanel, O. Vecchiato, A. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Voutsinas, S. Weiler, M. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, L. Yoldas, A. Yvard, P. Zhao, H. Zorec, J. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Abstract

Aims. We produce a clean and well-characterised catalogue of objects within 100 pc of the Sun from the Gaia Early Data Release 3. We characterise the catalogue through comparisons to the full data release, external catalogues, and simulations. We carry out a first analysis of the science that is possible with this sample to demonstrate its potential and best practices for its use. Methods. Theselection of objects within 100 pc from the full catalogue used selected training sets, machine-learning procedures, astrometric quantities, and solution quality indicators to determine a probability that the astrometric solution is reliable. The training set construction exploited the astrometric data, quality flags, and external photometry. For all candidates we calculated distance posterior probability densities using Bayesian procedures and mock catalogues to define priors. Any object with reliable astrometry and a non-zero probability of being within 100 pc is included in the catalogue. Results. We have produced a catalogue of 331 312 objects that we estimate contains at least 92% of stars of stellar type M9 within 100 pc of the Sun. We estimate that 9% of the stars in this catalogue probably lie outside 100 pc, but when the distance probability function is used, a correct treatment of this contamination is possible. We produced luminosity functions with a high signal-to-noise ratio for the main-sequence stars, giants, and white dwarfs. We examined in detail the Hyades cluster, the white dwarf population, and wide-binary systems and produced candidate lists for all three samples. We detected local manifestations of several streams, superclusters, and halo objects, in which we identified 12 members of Gaia Enceladus. We present the first direct parallaxes of five objects in multiple systems within 10 pc of the Sun. Conclusions. We provide the community with a large, well-characterised catalogue of objects in the solar neighbourhood. This is a primary benchmark for measuring and understanding fundamental parameters and descriptive functions in astronomy. © ESO 2021.

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39. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties (vol 649, A1, 2021)

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Brown, A. G. A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. de Bruijne, J. H. J. Babusiaux, C. Biermann, M. Creevey, O. L. Evans, D. W. Eyer, L. Hutton, A. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S. A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. and Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. and Soubiran, C. Walton, N. A. Arenou, F. Bailer-Jones, C. A. L. and Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. and Lattanzi, M. G. van Leeuwen, F. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. and Castaneda, J. De Angeli, F. Ducourant, C. Fabricius, C. and Fouesneau, M. Fremat, Y. Guerra, R. Guerrier, A. and Guiraud, J. Piccolo, A. Jean-Antoine Masana, E. Messineo, R. and Mowlavi, N. Nicolas, C. Nienartowicz, K. Pailler, F. and Panuzzo, P. Riclet, F. Roux, W. Seabroke, G. M. Sordo, R. Tanga, P. Thevenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Portell, J. and Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Bellas-Velidis, I. and Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Brugaletta, E. and Burgess, P. W. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Cheek, N. and Clementini, G. Damerdji, Y. Davidson, M. Delchambre, L. and Dell'Oro, A. Fernandez-Hernandez, J. Galluccio, L. and Garcia-Lario, P. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Gonzalez-Nunez, J. and Gosset, E. Haigron, R. Halbwachs, J. -L. Hambly, N. C. and Harrison, D. L. Hatzidimitriou, D. Heiter, U. Hernandez, J. and Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S. T. Holl, B. Janssen, K. and de Fombelle, G. Jevardat Jordan, S. Krone-Martins, A. and Lanzafame, A. C. Loffler, W. Lorca, A. Manteiga, M. and Marchal, O. Marrese, P. M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. and Muinonen, K. Osborne, P. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Petit, J. -M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P. J. Riello, M. and Rimoldini, L. Robin, A. C. Roegiers, T. Rybizki, J. and Sarro, L. M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Ulla, A. and Utrilla, E. van Leeuwen, M. van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. and Aramburu, A. Abreu Accart, S. Aerts, C. Aguado, J. J. and Ajaj, M. Altavilla, G. Alvarez, M. A. Cid-Fuentes, J. Alvarez Alves, J. Anderson, R. I. Varela, E. Anglada and Antoja, T. Audard, M. Baines, D. Baker, S. G. and Balaguer-Nunez, L. Balbinot, E. Balog, Z. Barache, C. and Barbato, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M. A. Bartolome, S. and Bassilana, J. -L. Bauchet, N. Baudesson-Stella, A. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Bernet, M. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. and Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Bombrun, A. Bossini, D. and Bouquillon, S. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breedt, E. and Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. and Busonero, D. Butkevich, A. G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. and Cancelliere, R. Canovas, H. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. and Carlucci, T. Carnerero, M. I. Carrasco, J. M. and Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Sampol, P. Castro Chaoul, L. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. and Cioni, M. -R. L. Comoretto, G. Cooper, W. J. Cornez, T. and Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Dafonte, C. Dapergolas, A. David, M. David, P. de Laverny, P. and De Luise, F. De March, R. De Ridder, J. de Souza, R. de Teodoro, P. de Torres, A. del Peloso, E. F. del Pozo, E. and Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H. E. Delisle, J. -B. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Eappachen, D. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Esquej, P. and Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Fedorets, G. and Fernique, P. Fienga, A. Figueras, F. Fouron, C. and Fragkoudi, F. Fraile, E. Franke, F. Gai, M. Garabato, D. and Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Garcia-Torres, M. Garofalo, A. and Gavras, P. Gerlach, E. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Gomel, R. Gomez, A. and Gonzalez-Santamaria, I. Gonzalez-Vidal, J. J. Granvik, M. and Gutierrez-Sanchez, R. Guy, L. P. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. and Helmi, A. Hidalgo, S. L. Hilger, T. Hladczuk, N. Hobbs, D. Holland, G. Huckle, H. E. Jasniewicz, G. Jonker, P. G. Campillo, J. Juaristi Julbe, F. Karbevska, L. and Kervella, P. Khanna, S. Kochoska, A. Kontizas, M. and Kordopatis, G. Korn, A. J. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. and Kruszynska, K. Lambert, S. Lanza, A. F. Lasne, Y. Le Campion, J. -F. Le Fustec, Y. Lebreton, Y. Lebzelter, T. and Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Liao, S. and Licata, E. Lindstrom, H. E. P. Lister, T. A. Livanou, E. and Lobel, A. Pardo, P. Madrero Managau, S. Mann, R. G. and Marchant, J. M. Marconi, M. Santos, M. M. S. Marcos and Marinoni, S. Marocco, F. Marshall, D. J. Polo, L. Martin and Martin-Fleitas, J. M. Masip, A. Massari, D. and Mastrobuono-Battisti, A. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P. J. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N. R. Mints, A. Molina, D. and Molinaro, R. Molnar, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. and Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A. F. Munoz, D. Muraveva, T. Murphy, C. P. Musella, I. Noval, L. and Ordenovic, C. Orru, G. Osinde, J. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. and Palaversa, L. Palicio, P. A. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. and Esteller, X. Penalosa Penttila, A. Piersimoni, A. M. Pineau, F. -X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poretti, E. and Poujoulet, E. Prsa, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. and Rainer, M. Raiteri, C. M. Rambaux, N. Ramos, P. and Ramos-Lerate, M. Fiorentin, P. Re Regibo, S. Reyle, C. and Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rixon, G. Robichon, N. Robin, C. and Roelens, M. Rohrbasser, L. Romero-Gomez, M. Rowell, N. and Royer, F. Rybicki, K. A. Sadowski, G. Selles, A. Sagrista and Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Samaras, N. and Gimenez, V. Sanchez Sanna, N. Santovena, R. Sarasso, M. and Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J. C. and Segransan, D. Semeux, D. Shahaf, S. Siddiqui, H. I. and Siebert, A. Siltala, L. Slezak, E. Smart, R. L. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Souami, D. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. and Spoto, F. Steele, I. A. Steidelmuller, H. Stephenson, C. A. and Suveges, M. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Taris, F. and Tauran, G. Taylor, M. B. Teixeira, R. Thuillot, W. and Tonello, N. Torra, F. Torra, J. Turon, C. Unger, N. and Vaillant, M. van Dillen, E. Vanel, O. Vecchiato, A. and Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Voutsinas, S. Weiler, M. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, L. Yoldas, A. Yvard, P. Zhao, H. and Zorec, J. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T. Gaia Collaboration

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2021

40. Gaia Early Data Release 3 Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

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Gaia Collaboration, Luri, X., Chemin, L., Clementini, G., Delgado, H. E., McMillan, P. J., Romero-Gómez, M., Balbinot, E., Castro-Ginard, A., Mor, R., Ripepi, V., Sarro, L. M., Cioni, M. -R. L., Fabricius, C., Garofalo, A., Helmi, A., Muraveva, T., Brown, A. G. A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., de, J. H. J., Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Creevey, O. L., Evans, D. W., Eyer, L., Hutton, A., Jansen, F., Jordi, C., Klioner, S. A., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Mignard, F., Panem, C., Pourbaix, D., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Soubiran, C., Walton, N. A., Arenou, F., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Bastian, U., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., van Leeuwen, F., Bakker, J., Castañeda, J., De, F., Ducourant, C., Fouesneau, M., Frémat, Y., Guerra, R., Guerrier, A., Guiraud, J., Jean-Antoine, A., Masana, E., Messineo, R., Mowlavi, N., Nicolas, C., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Panuzzo, P., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Seabroke, G. M., Sordo, R., Tanga, P., Thévenin, F., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Teyssier, D., Altmann, M., Andrae, R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Blomme, R., Brugaletta, E., Burgess, P. W., Busso, G., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Fernández-Hernández, J., Galluccio, L., García-Lario, P., Garcia-Reinaldos, M., González-Núñez, J., Gosset, E., Haigron, R., Halbwachs, J. -L., Hambly, N. C., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Heiter, U., Hernández, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S. T., Holl, B., Janßen, K., de Fombelle, G. Jevardat, Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., Löffler, W., Lorca, A., Manteiga, M., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Mora, A., Muinonen, K., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Recio-Blanco, A., Richards, P. J., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A. C., Roegiers, T., Rybizki, J., Siopis, C., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Ulla, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., van Reeven, W., Abbas, U., Abreu, A., Accart, S., Aerts, C., Aguado, J. J., Ajaj, M., Altavilla, G., Álvarez, M. A., Cid-Fuentes, J. Álvarez, Alves, J., Anderson, R. I., Varela, E. Anglada, Antoja, T., Audard, M., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Núñez, L., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barbato, D., Barros, M., Barstow, M. A., Bartolomé, S., Bassilana, J. -L., Bauchet, N., Baudesson-Stella, A., Becciani, U., Bellazzini, M., Bernet, M., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boch, T., Bombrun, A., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Bramante, L., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Bucciarelli, B., Burlacu, A., Busonero, D., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Caffau, E., Cancelliere, R., Cánovas, H., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I, Carrasco, J. M., Casamiquela, L., Castellani, M., Sampol, P. Castro, Chaoul, L., Charlot, P., Chiavassa, A., Comoretto, G., Cooper, W. J., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crifo, F., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Dafonte, C., Dapergolas, A., David, M., David, P., de Laverny, P., De Luise, F., De March, R., De Ridder, J., de Souza, R., de Teodoro, P., de Torres, A., del Peloso, E. F., del Pozo, E., Delgado, A., Delisle, J. -B., Di Matteo, P., Diakite, S., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Eappachen, D., Enke, H., Esquej, P., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fedorets, G., Fernique, P., Fienga, A., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Fraile, E., Franke, F., Gai, M., Garabato, D., Garcia-Gutierrez, A., García-Torres, M., Gavras, P., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., González-Vidal, J. J., Granvik, M., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R., Guy, L. P., Hauser, M., Haywood, M., Hidalgo, S. L., Hilger, T., Hładczuk, N., Hobbs, D., Holland, G., Huckle, H. E., Jasniewicz, G., Jonker, P. G., Juaristi, J., Julbe, F., Karbevska, L., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kochoska, A., Kontizas, M., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. J., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszyńska, K., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lasne, Y., Campion, J. -F. Le, Fustec, Y. Le, Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Leclerc, N., Lecoeur-Taibi, I., Liao, S., Licata, E., Lindstrøm, H. E. P., Lister, T. A., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Madrero, P., Managau, S., Mann, R. G., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Marcos, M. M. S., Marinoni, S., Marocco, F., Marshall, D. J., Polo, L. Martin, Martín-Fleitas, J. M., Masip, A., Massari, D., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., Mazeh, T., Messina, S., Michalik, D., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnár, L., Montegriffo, P., Morbidelli, R., Morel, T., Morris, D., Mulone, A. F., Munoz, D., Murphy, C. P., Musella, I., Noval, L., Ordénovic, C., Orrù, G., Osinde, J., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Panahi, A., Pawlak, M., Peñalosa, X., Penttilä, A., Piersimoni, A. M., Pineau, F. -X., Plachy, E., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Poretti, E., Poujoulet, E., Prša, A., Pulone, L., Racero, E., Ragaini, S., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Rambaux, N., Ramos, P., Ramos-Lerate, M., Re, P., Regibo, S., Reylé, C., Riva, A., Rixon, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Roelens, M., Rohrbasser, L., Rowell, N., Royer, F., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Sagristà, A., Sahlmann, J., Salgado, J., Salguero, E., Samaras, N., Sanchez, V., Sanna, N., Santoveña, R., Sarasso, M., Schultheis, M., Sciacca, E., Segol, M., Segovia, J. C., Ségransan, D., Semeux, D., Siddiqui, H. I., Siebert, A., Siltala, L., Slezak, E., Smart, R. L., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spagna, A., Spoto, F., Steele, I. A., Steidelmüller, H., Stephenson, C. A., Süveges, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Taris, F., Tauran, G., Taylor, M. 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Astronomy, Astrophysics, Kinematics, APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION, 01 natural sciences, BRIDGE, STELLAR POPULATIONS, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, OVERDENSITY, morphology, Magellanic Clouds, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Limit (mathematics), bridge, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, education.field_of_study, Astrophysics of Galaxies, Parallaxes, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, stellar populations, overdensity, Astrometry, Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds, field, kinematics, Physical Sciences, parallaxes, astrometry, catalogs, proper motions, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Data release, VMC SURVEY, stars, Milky Way, astro-ph.GA, Population, Structure (category theory), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, system, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, vmc survey, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Proper Motions, 0103 physical sciences, KINEMATICS, FIELD, education, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Physics::History of Physics, Stars, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), MORPHOLOGY, Catalogs, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], SYSTEM, STARS, approximate bayesian computation
Abstract

Context. This work is part of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium papers published with the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3). It is one of the demonstration papers aiming to highlight the improvements and quality of the newly published data by applying them to a scientific case., Aims. We use the Gaia EDR3 data to study the structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds. The large distance to the Clouds is a challenge for the Gaia astrometry. The Clouds lie at the very limits of the usability of the Gaia data, which makes the Clouds an excellent case study for evaluating the quality and properties of the Gaia data., Methods. The basis of our work are two samples selected to provide a representation as clean as possible of the stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The selection used criteria based on position, parallax, and proper motions to remove foreground contamination from the Milky Way, and allowed the separation of the stars of both Clouds. From these two samples we defined a series of subsamples based on cuts in the colour-magnitude diagram; these subsamples were used to select stars in a common evolutionary phase and can also be used as approximate proxies of a selection by age., Results. We compared the Gaia Data Release 2 and Gaia EDR3 performances in the study of the Magellanic Clouds and show the clear improvements in precision and accuracy in the new release. We also show that the systematics still present in the data make the determination of the 3D geometry of the LMC a difficult endeavour; this is at the very limit of the usefulness of the Gaia EDR3 astrometry, but it may become feasible with the use of additional external data. We derive radial and tangential velocity maps and global profiles for the LMC for the several subsamples we defined. To our knowledge, this is the first time that the two planar components of the ordered and random motions are derived for multiple stellar evolutionary phases in a galactic disc outside the Milky Way, showing the differences between younger and older phases. We also analyse the spatial structure and motions in the central region, the bar, and the disc, providing new insightsinto features and kinematics. Finally, we show that the Gaia EDR3 data allows clearly resolving the Magellanic Bridge, and we trace the density and velocity flow of the stars from the SMC towards the LMC not only globally, but also separately for young and evolved populations. This allows us to confirm an evolved population in the Bridge that is slightly shift from the younger population. Additionally, we were able to study the outskirts of both Magellanic Clouds, in which we detected some well-known features and indications of new ones.

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41. Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Galactic anticentre

Author

Antoja, T. McMillan, P.J. Kordopatis, G. Ramos, P. Helmi, A. Balbinot, E. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Chemin, L. Figueras, F. Jordi, C. Khanna, S. Romero-Gómez, M. Seabroke, G.M. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Babusiaux, C. Biermann, M. Creevey, O.L. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Hutton, A. Jansen, F. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Soubiran, C. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Van Leeuwen, F. Bakker, J. Castañeda, J. De Angeli, F. Ducourant, C. Fabricius, C. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Guerra, R. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nicolas, C. Nienartowicz, K. Pailler, F. Panuzzo, P. Riclet, F. Roux, W. Sordo, R. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Portell, J. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Brugaletta, E. Burgess, P.W. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Cheek, N. Clementini, G. Damerdji, Y. Davidson, M. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Fernández-Hernández, J. Galluccio, L. García-Lario, P. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. González-Núñez, J. Gosset, E. Haigron, R. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hatzidimitriou, D. Heiter, U. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Holl, B. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jordan, S. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Löffler, W. Lorca, A. Manteiga, M. Marchal, O. Marrese, P.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osborne, P. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Riello, M. Rimoldini, L. Robin, A.C. Roegiers, T. Rybizki, J. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Aguado, J.J. Ajaj, M. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Varela, E.A. Audard, M. Baines, D. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balog, Z. Barache, C. Barbato, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartolomé, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Bauchet, N. Baudesson-Stella, A. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Bernet, M. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Bombrun, A. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breedt, E. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cánovas, H. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carnerero, M.I. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Castro Sampol, P. Chaoul, L. Charlot, P. Chiavassa, A. Cioni, M.-R.L. Comoretto, G. Cooper, W.J. Cornez, T. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Dafonte, C. Dapergolas, A. David, M. David, P. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Ridder, J. De Souza, R. De Teodoro, P. De Torres, A. Del Peloso, E.F. Del Pozo, E. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Delisle, J.-B. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Eappachen, D. Enke, H. Esquej, P. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Fienga, A. Fouron, C. Fragkoudi, F. Fraile, E. Franke, F. Gai, M. Garabato, D. Garcia-Gutierrez, A. García-Torres, M. Garofalo, A. Gavras, P. Gerlach, E. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Gomez, A. Gonzalez-Santamaria, I. González-Vidal, J.J. Granvik, M. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Guy, L.P. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Hidalgo, S.L. Hilger, T. Hładczuk, N. Hobbs, D. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Jasniewicz, G. Jonker, P.G. Juaristi Campillo, J. Julbe, F. Karbevska, L. Kervella, P. Kochoska, A. Kontizas, M. Korn, A.J. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Kruszyńska, K. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Le Campion, J.-F. Le Fustec, Y. Lebreton, Y. Lebzelter, T. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. Madrero Pardo, P. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marcos Santos, M.M.S. Marinoni, S. Marocco, F. Marshall, D.J. Martin Polo, L. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Masip, A. Massari, D. Mastrobuono-Battisti, A. Mazeh, T. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Mints, A. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Munoz, D. Muraveva, T. Murphy, C.P. Musella, I. Noval, L. Ordénovic, C. Orrù, G. Osinde, J. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Palaversa, L. Palicio, P.A. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Peñalosa Esteller, X. Penttilä, A. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poretti, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rainer, M. Raiteri, C.M. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Re Fiorentin, P. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rixon, G. Robichon, N. Robin, C. Roelens, M. Rohrbasser, L. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Rybicki, K.A. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, A. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Samaras, N. Sanchez Gimenez, V. Sanna, N. Santoveña, R. Sarasso, M. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Semeux, D. Siddiqui, H.I. Siebert, A. Siltala, L. Slezak, E. Smart, R.L. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Souami, D. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Süveges, M. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Thuillot, W. Tonello, N. Torra, F. Torra, J. Turon, C. Unger, N. Vaillant, M. Van Dillen, E. Vanel, O. Vecchiato, A. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Voutsinas, S. Weiler, M. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, L. Yoldas, A. Yvard, P. Zhao, H. Zorec, J. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Aims. We aim to demonstrate the scientific potential of the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) for the study of different aspects of the Milky Way structure and evolution and we provide, at the same time, a description of several practical aspects of the data and examples of their usage. Methods. We used astrometric positions, proper motions, parallaxes, and photometry from EDR3 to select different populations and components and to calculate the distances and velocities in the direction of the anticentre. In this direction, the Gaia astrometric data alone enable the calculation of the vertical and azimuthal velocities; also, the extinction is relatively low compared to other directions in the Galactic plane. We then explore the disturbances of the current disc, the spatial and kinematical distributions of early accreted versus in situ stars, the structures in the outer parts of the disc, and the orbits of open clusters Berkeley 29 and Saurer 1. Results. With the improved astrometry and photometry of EDR3, we find that: (i) the dynamics of the Galactic disc are very complex with oscillations in the median rotation and vertical velocities as a function of radius, vertical asymmetries, and new correlations, including a bimodality with disc stars with large angular momentum moving vertically upwards from below the plane, and disc stars with slightly lower angular momentum moving preferentially downwards; (ii) we resolve the kinematic substructure (diagonal ridges) in the outer parts of the disc for the first time; (iii) the red sequence that has been associated with the proto-Galactic disc that was present at the time of the merger with Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage is currently radially concentrated up to around 14 kpc, while the blue sequence that has been associated with debris of the satellite extends beyond that; (iv) there are density structures in the outer disc, both above and below the plane, most probably related to Monoceros, the Anticentre Stream, and TriAnd, for which the Gaia data allow an exhaustive selection of candidate member stars and dynamical study; and (v) the open clusters Berkeley 29 and Saurer 1, despite being located at large distances from the Galactic centre, are on nearly circular disc-like orbits. Conclusions. Even with our simple preliminary exploration of the Gaia EDR3, we demonstrate how, once again, these data from the European Space Agency are crucial for our understanding of the different pieces of our Galaxy and their connection to its global structure and history. © ESO 2021.

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42. Gaia Early Data Release 3 Summary of the contents and survey properties

Author

Brown, A.G.A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., Bruijne, J.H.J. de, Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zurbach, C., Zwitter, T., Brown, A.G.A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., Bruijne, J.H.J. de, Babusiaux, C., Biermann, M., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

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2021

43. Gaia Early Data Release 3. Summary of the contents and survey properties (Corrigendum)

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Brown, A.G.A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zucker, M.E., Zurbach, C., Zwitter, T., Brown, A.G.A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zucker, M.E., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

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2021

44. Gaia Early Data Release 3 The Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

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Smart, R.L., Sarro, L.M., Rybizki, J., Reyle, C., Robin, A.C., Hambly, N.C., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zurbach, C., Zwitter, T., Smart, R.L., Sarro, L.M., Rybizki, J., Reyle, C., Robin, A.C., Hambly, N.C., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

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45. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Gaia photometric science alerts

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Hodgkin, S.T., Harrison, D.L., Breedt, E., Rixon, G., Delgado, A., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Ribeiro, V.A.R.M., Velzen, S. van, Wilson, R.W., Young, D.R., Hodgkin, S.T., Harrison, D.L., Breedt, E., Rixon, G., Delgado, A., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Ribeiro, V.A.R.M., Velzen, S. van, Wilson, R.W., and Young, D.R.

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2021

46. Gaia Early Data Release 3 The Galactic anticentre

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Antoja, T., McMillan, P.J., Kordopatis, G., Ramos, P., Helmi, A., Balbinot, E., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zurbach, C., Zwitter, T., Antoja, T., McMillan, P.J., Kordopatis, G., Ramos, P., Helmi, A., Balbinot, E., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

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47. Gaia Early Data Release 3 Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

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Luri, X., Chemin, L., Clementini, G., Delgado, H.E., McMillan, P.J., Romero-Gomez, M., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Wevers, T., Zurbach, C., Zwitter, T., Luri, X., Chemin, L., Clementini, G., Delgado, H.E., McMillan, P.J., Romero-Gomez, M., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Wevers, T., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

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2021

48. Gaia Early Data Release 3 Acceleration of the Solar System from Gaia astrometry

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Klioner, S.A., Mignard, F., Lindegren, L., Bastian, U., McMillan, P.J., Hernandez, J., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Wevers, T., Zurbach, C., Zwitter, T., Klioner, S.A., Mignard, F., Lindegren, L., Bastian, U., McMillan, P.J., Hernandez, J., Aerts, C., Eappachen, D., Jonker, P.G., Wevers, T., Zurbach, C., and Zwitter, T.

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2021

49. Gaia Photometric Science Alerts

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Hodgkin, S.T., Harrison, D.L., Breedt, E., Wevers, T., Rixon, G., Delgado, A., Yoldas, A., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Wyrzykowski, Ł., van Leeuwen, M., Blagorodnova, N, Campbell, H., Eappachen, D., Fraser, M., Ihanec, N., Koposov, S.E., Kruszynska, K., Marton, G., Rybicki, K.A., Brown, A.G.A., Burgess, P.W., Busso, G., Cowell, S., De Angeli, F., Diener, C., Evans, D.W., Gilmore, G., Holland, G., Jonker, P.G., van Leeuwen, F., Mignard, F., Osborne, P.J., Portell, J., Prusti, T., Richards, P.J., Riello, M., Seabroke, G.M., Walton, N.A., Ábrahám, Péter, Altavilla, G., Baker, S.G., Bastian, U., O'Brien, p., de Bruijne, J., Butterley, T., Carrasco, J.M., Castañeda, J., Clark, J.S., Clementini, G., Copperwheat, C.M., Cropper, M., Damljanovic, G., Davidson, M., Davis, C.J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V.S., Dolding, C., Dominik, M., Esquej, P., Eyer, L., Fabricius, C., Fridman, M., Froebrich, Dirk, Garralda, N., Gomboc, A., González-Vidal, J.J., Guerra, R., Hambly, N.C., Hardy, L.K., Holl, B., Hourihane, A., Japelj, J., Kann, D.A., Kiss, C., Knigge, C., Kolb, U., Komossa, S., Kóspál, Á., Kovács, G., Kun, M., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Littlefair, S.P., Mahabal, A.A., Mundell, C.G., Nagy, Z., Padeletti, D., Palaversa, L., Pigulski, A., Pretorius, M.L., van Reeven, W., Ribeiro, V.A.R.M., Roelens, M., Rowell, N., Schartel, N., Scholz, A., Schwope, A., Sipocz, B.M., Smartt, S.J., Smith, M.D., Serraller, I., Steeghs, D., Sullivan, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Tisserand, P., Tomasella, L., van Velzen, S., Whitelock, P.A., Wilson, R.W., Young, D.R., Hodgkin, S.T., Harrison, D.L., Breedt, E., Wevers, T., Rixon, G., Delgado, A., Yoldas, A., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Wyrzykowski, Ł., van Leeuwen, M., Blagorodnova, N, Campbell, H., Eappachen, D., Fraser, M., Ihanec, N., Koposov, S.E., Kruszynska, K., Marton, G., Rybicki, K.A., Brown, A.G.A., Burgess, P.W., Busso, G., Cowell, S., De Angeli, F., Diener, C., Evans, D.W., Gilmore, G., Holland, G., Jonker, P.G., van Leeuwen, F., Mignard, F., Osborne, P.J., Portell, J., Prusti, T., Richards, P.J., Riello, M., Seabroke, G.M., Walton, N.A., Ábrahám, Péter, Altavilla, G., Baker, S.G., Bastian, U., O'Brien, p., de Bruijne, J., Butterley, T., Carrasco, J.M., Castañeda, J., Clark, J.S., Clementini, G., Copperwheat, C.M., Cropper, M., Damljanovic, G., Davidson, M., Davis, C.J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V.S., Dolding, C., Dominik, M., Esquej, P., Eyer, L., Fabricius, C., Fridman, M., Froebrich, Dirk, Garralda, N., Gomboc, A., González-Vidal, J.J., Guerra, R., Hambly, N.C., Hardy, L.K., Holl, B., Hourihane, A., Japelj, J., Kann, D.A., Kiss, C., Knigge, C., Kolb, U., Komossa, S., Kóspál, Á., Kovács, G., Kun, M., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Littlefair, S.P., Mahabal, A.A., Mundell, C.G., Nagy, Z., Padeletti, D., Palaversa, L., Pigulski, A., Pretorius, M.L., van Reeven, W., Ribeiro, V.A.R.M., Roelens, M., Rowell, N., Schartel, N., Scholz, A., Schwope, A., Sipocz, B.M., Smartt, S.J., Smith, M.D., Serraller, I., Steeghs, D., Sullivan, M., Szabados, L., Szegedi-Elek, E., Tisserand, P., Tomasella, L., van Velzen, S., Whitelock, P.A., Wilson, R.W., and Young, D.R.

Abstract

Context. Since July 2014, the Gaia mission has been engaged in a high-spatial-resolution, time-resolved, precise, accurate astrometric, and photometric survey of the entire sky. Aims. We present the Gaia Science Alerts project, which has been in operation since 1 June 2016. We describe the system which has been developed to enable the discovery and publication of transient photometric events as seen by Gaia. Methods. We outline the data handling, timings, and performances, and we describe the transient detection algorithms and filtering procedures needed to manage the high false alarm rate. We identify two classes of events: (1) sources which are new to Gaiaand (2) Gaia sources which have undergone a significant brightening or fading. Validation of the Gaia transit astrometry and photometry was performed, followed by testing of the source environment to minimise contamination from Solar System objects, bright stars, and fainter near-neighbours. Results. We show that the Gaia Science Alerts project suffers from very low contamination, that is there are very few false-positives. We find that the external completeness for supernovae, CE = 0.46, is dominated by the Gaia scanning law and the requirement of detections from both fields-of-view. Where we have two or more scans the internal completeness is CI = 0.79 at 3 arcsec or larger from the centres of galaxies, but it drops closer in, especially within 1 arcsec. Conclusions. The per-transit photometry for Gaia transients is precise to 1 per cent at G = 13, and 3 per cent at G = 19. The per-transit astrometry is accurate to 55 milliarcseconds when compared to Gaia DR2. The Gaia Science Alerts project is one of the most homogeneous and productive transient surveys in operation, and it is the only survey which covers the whole sky at high spatial resolution (subarcsecond), including the Galactic plane and bulge.

Published
2021

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