1. The Sixth Data Release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). I. Survey Description, Spectra, and Radial Velocities
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Alessandro Siviero, Rosemary F. G. Wyse, Kristin Fiegert, Amina Helmi, Teresa Antoja, George M. Seabroke, Ortwin Gerhard, Ivan Minchev, William J. Chaplin, Andrea Kunder, Borja Anguiano, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Savita Mathur, Matthias Steinmetz, Giacomo Monari, Cristina Chiappini, Benoit Mosser, Guillaume Guiglion, Paul Cass, Jennifer Wojno, Warren A. Reid, Olivier Bienaymé, M. Stupar, J. P. Fulbright, Quentin A. Parker, Benoit Famaey, Kseniia Sysoliatina, Andreas Ritter, James Binney, Diego Bossini, Harry Enke, Rafael A. García, Kenneth C. Freeman, Paula Jofre, Gal Matijevic, Andreas Just, Andrea Miglio, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, G. R. Ruchti, Danijela Birko, Georges Kordopatis, Gerard Gilmore, Friedrich Anders, Fred Watson, Ulisse Munari, Sanjib Sharma, Marica Valentini, Eva K. Grebel, Arnaud Siebert, Thaíse S. Rodrigues, Ralf-Dieter Scholz, Yvonne Elsworth, I. Carrillo, Luca Casagrande, Julio F. Navarro, Mary E K Williams, D. Burton, Brad K. Gibson, Albert Bijaoui, Patrick de Laverny, Tomaž Zwitter, Paul J. McMillan, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Australian Astronomical Observatory, Australian National University, Australian Research Council, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), German Research Foundation, European Research Council, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Johns Hopkins University, National Science Foundation (US), W. M. Keck Foundation, Macquarie University, Netherlands Research School for Astronomy, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Slovenian Research Agency, Swiss National Science Foundation, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Opticon, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, University of Basel, University of Groningen, University of Heidelberg, University of Sydney, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Simons Foundation, Astronomy, Matthias Steinmetz, Gal Matijevic, Harry Enke, Tomaz Zwitter, Guillaume Guiglion, McMillan, {Paul J.}, Georges Kordopati, Marica Valentini, Cristina Chiappini, Luca Casagrande, Jennifer Wojno, Borja Anguiano, Olivier Bienayme, Albert Bijaoui, James Binney, Donna Burton, Paul Ca, Laverny, {Patrick de}, Kristin Fiegert, Kenneth Freeman, Fulbright, {Jon P.}, Gibson, {Brad K.}, Gerard Gilmore, Grebel, {Eva K.}, Amina Helmi, Andrea Kunder, Ulisse Munari, Navarro, {Julio F.}, Quentin Parker, Ruchti, {Gregory R.}, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Warren Reid, Seabroke, {George M.}, Alessandro Siviero, Arnaud Siebert, Milorad Stupar, Fred Watson, Williams, {Mary E. K.}, Wyse, {Rosemary F. G.}, Friedrich Ander, Teresa Antoja, Danijela Birko, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Diego Bossini, Garcia, {Rafael A.}, Ismael Carrillo, Chaplin, {William J.}, Yvonne Elsworth, Benoit Famaey, Ortwin Gerhard, Paula Jofre, Andreas Just, Savita Mathur, Andrea Miglio, Ivan Minchev, Giacomo Monari, Benoit Mosser, Andreas Ritter, Rodrigues, {Thaise S.}, Ralf-Dieter Scholz, Sanjib Sharma, and Kseniia Sysoliatina
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Library science ,Surveys ,Sky surveys ,01 natural sciences ,Milky Way Galaxy ,Observatory ,0103 physical sciences ,PHOTOMETRY ,FIELD ,Stellar populations ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Milky Way dynamics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Physics ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,GALAH SURVEY ,European research ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Catalogues ,Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ,Galaxy stellar content ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,Research council ,Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) ,LIBRARY ,Christian ministry ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,EXPERIMENT RAVE ,SKY SURVEY ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Data release ,SYSTEM - Abstract
The Radial Velocity Experiment (Rave) is a magnitude-limited (9 < I < 12) spectroscopic survey of Galactic stars randomly selected in Earth's southern hemisphere. The Rave medium-resolution spectra (R ∼ 7500) cover the Ca-triplet region (8410-8795 Å). The sixth and final data release (DR6) is based on 518,387 observations of 451,783 unique stars. Rave observations were taken between 2003 April 12 and 2013 April 4. Here we present the genesis, setup, and data reduction of Rave as well as wavelength-calibrated and flux-normalized spectra and error spectra for all observations in Rave DR6. Furthermore, we present derived spectral classification and radial velocities for the Rave targets, complemented by cross-matches with Gaia DR2 and other relevant catalogs. A comparison between internal error estimates, variances derived from stars with more than one observing epoch, and a comparison with radial velocities of Gaia DR2 reveals consistently that 68% of the objects have a velocity accuracy better than 1.4 km s-1, while 95% of the objects have radial velocities better than 4.0 km s-1. Stellar atmospheric parameters, abundances and distances are presented in a subsequent publication. The data can be accessed via the Rave website (http://rave-survey.org) or the Vizier database., Funding for Rave has been provided by: the Leibniz-Institut f¨ur Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP); the Australian Astronomical Observatory; the Australian National University; the Australian Research Council; the French National Research Agency (Programme National Cosmology et Galaxies (PNCG) of CNRS/INSU with INP and IN2P3, co-funded by CEA and CNES); the German Research Foundation (SPP 1177 and SFB 881); the European Research Council (ERC-StG 240271 Galactica); the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica at Padova; The Johns Hopkins University; the National Science Foundation of the USA (AST-0908326); the W. M. Keck foundation; the Macquarie University; the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy; the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding no. P1-0188); the Swiss National Science Foundation; the Science & Technology Facilities Council of the UK; Opticon; Strasbourg Observatory; and the Universities of Basel, Groningen, Heidelberg, and Sydney. PJM is supported by grant 2017-03721 from the Swedish Research Council. LC is the recipient of the ARC Future Fellowship FT160100402. RAG acknowledges the support from the PLATO CNES grant. SM would like to acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry with the Ramon y Cajal fellowship number RYC-2015-17697. MS thanks the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics in Canberra for support through a Distinguished Visitor Fellowship. RFGW thanks the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Simons Foundation for support as a Simons Distinguished Visiting Scholar. This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF PHY-1748958 to KITP.
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- 2020