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1. ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science goals, project overview and future developments

Author

Marconi, A., Abreu, M., Adibekyan, V., Alberti, V., Albrecht, S., Alcaniz, J., Aliverti, M., Prieto, C. Allende, Gómez, J. D. Alvarado, Alves, C. S., Amado, P. J., Amate, M., Andersen, M. I., Antoniucci, S., Artigau, E., Bailet, C., Baker, C., Baldini, V., Balestra, A., Barnes, S. A., Baron, F., Barros, S. C. C., Bauer, S. M., Beaulieu, M., Bellido-Tirado, O., Benneke, B., Bensby, T., Bergin, E. A., Berio, P., Biazzo, K., Bigot, L., Bik, A., Birkby, J. L., Blind, N., Boebion, O., Boisse, I., Bolmont, E., Bolton, J. S., Bonaglia, M., Bonfils, X., Bonhomme, L., Borsa, F., Bouret, J. -C., Brandeker, A., Brandner, W., Broeg, C. H., Brogi, M., Brousseau, D., Brucalassi, A., Brynnel, J., Buchhave, L. A., Buscher, D. F., Cabona, L., Cabral, A., Calderone, G., Calvo-Ortega, R., Cantalloube, F., Martins, B. L. Canto, Carbonaro, L., Caujolle, Y., Chauvin, G., Chazelas, B., Cheffot, A. -L., Cheng, Y. S., Chiavassa, A., Christensen, L., Cirami, R., Cirasuolo, M., Cook, N. J., Cooke, R. J., Coretti, I., Covino, S., Cowan, N., Cresci, G., Cristiani, S., Parro, V. Cunha, Cupani, G., D'Odorico, V., Dadi, K., Leão, I. de Castro, De Cia, A., De Medeiros, J. R., Debras, F., Debus, M., Delorme, A., Demangeon, O., Derie, F., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Di Marcantonio, P., Di Stefano, S., Dionies, F., de Souza, A. Domiciano, Doyon, R., Dunn, J., Egner, S., Ehrenreich, D., Faria, J. P., Ferruzzi, D., Feruglio, C., Fisher, M., Fontana, A., Frank, B. S., Fuesslein, C., Fumagalli, M., Fusco, T., Fynbo, J., Gabella, O., Gaessler, W., Gallo, E., Gao, X., Genolet, L., Genoni, M., Giacobbe, P., Giro, E., Goncalves, R. S., Gonzalez, O. A., Hernández, J. I. González, Gouvret, C., Temich, F. Gracia, Haehnelt, M. G., Haniff, C., Hatzes, A., Helled, R., Hoeijmakers, H. J., Hughes, I., Huke, P., Ivanisenko, Y., Järvinen, A. S., Järvinen, S. P., Kaminski, A., Kern, J., Knoche, J., Kordt, A., Korhonen, H., Korn, A. J., Kouach, D., Kowzan, G., Kreidberg, L., Landoni, M., Lanotte, A. A., Lavail, A., Lavie, B., Lee, D., Lehmitz, M., Li, J., Li, W., Liske, J., Lovis, C., Lucatello, S., Lunney, D., MacIntosh, M. J., Madhusudhan, N., Magrini, L., Maiolino, R., Maldonado, J., Malo, L., Man, A. W. S., Marquart, T., Marques, C. M. J., Marques, E. L., Martinez, P., Martins, A., Martins, C. J. A. P., Martins, J. H. C., Maslowski, P., Mason, C. A., Mason, E., McCracken, R. A., Sousa, M. A. F. Melo e, Mergo, P., Micela, G., Milaković, D., Molliere, P., Monteiro, M. A., Montgomery, D., Mordasini, C., Morin, J., Mucciarelli, A., Murphy, M. T., N'Diaye, M., Nardetto, N., Neichel, B., Neri, N., Niedzielski, A. T., Niemczura, E., Nisini, B., Nortmann, L., Noterdaeme, P., Nunes, N. J., Oggioni, L., Olchewsky, F., Oliva, E., Onel, H., Origlia, L., Ostlin, G., Ouellette, N. N. -Q., Palle, E., Papaderos, P., Pariani, G., Pasquini, L., Castro, J. Peñate, Pepe, F., Peroux, C., Levasseur, L. Perreault, Perruchot, S., Petit, P., Pfuhl, O., Pino, L., Piqueras, J., Piskunov, N., Pollo, A., Poppenhaeger, K., Porru, M., Puschnig, J., Quirrenbach, A., Rauscher, E., Rebolo, R., Redaelli, E. M. A., Reffert, S., Reid, D. T., Reiners, A., Richter, P., Riva, M., Rivoire, S., Rodriguez-López, C., Roederer, I. U., Romano, D., Roth, M., Rousseau, S., Rowe, J., Saccardi, A., Salvadori, S., Sanna, N., Santos, N. C., Diaz, P. Santos, Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarajlic, M., Sauvage, J. -F., Savio, D., Scaudo, A, Schäfer, S., Schiavon, R. P., Schmidt, T. M., Selmi, C., Simoes, R., Simonnin, A., Sivanandam, S., Sordet, M., Sordo, R., Sortino, F., Sosnowska, D., Sousa, S. G., Spang, A., Spiga, R., Stempels, E., Stevenson, J. R. Y., Strassmeier, K. G., Mascareño, A. Suárez, Sulich, A., Sun, X., Tanvir, N. R., Tenegi-Sangines, F., Thibault, S., Thompson, S. J., Tisserand, P., Tozzi, A., Turbet, M., Veran, J. -P., Vallee, P., Vanni, I., Varas, R., Vega-Moreno, A., Venn, K. A., Verma, A., Vernet, J., Viel, M., Wade, G., Waring, C., Weber, M., Weder, J., Wehbe, B., Weingrill, J., Woche, M., Xompero, M., Zackrisson, E., Zanutta, A., Osorio, M. R. Zapatero, Zechmeister, M., and Zimara, J.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The first generation of ELT instruments includes an optical-infrared high-resolution spectrograph, indicated as ELT-HIRES and recently christened ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph). ANDES consists of three fibre-fed spectrographs ([U]BV, RIZ, YJH) providing a spectral resolution of $\sim$100,000 with a minimum simultaneous wavelength coverage of 0.4-1.8 $\mu$m with the goal of extending it to 0.35-2.4 $\mu$m with the addition of a U arm to the BV spectrograph and a separate K band spectrograph. It operates both in seeing- and diffraction-limited conditions and the fibre feeding allows several, interchangeable observing modes including a single conjugated adaptive optics module and a small diffraction-limited integral field unit in the NIR. Modularity and fibre-feeding allow ANDES to be placed partly on the ELT Nasmyth platform and partly in the Coud\'e room. ANDES has a wide range of groundbreaking science cases spanning nearly all areas of research in astrophysics and even fundamental physics. Among the top science cases, there are the detection of biosignatures from exoplanet atmospheres, finding the fingerprints of the first generation of stars, tests on the stability of Nature's fundamental couplings, and the direct detection of the cosmic acceleration. The ANDES project is carried forward by a large international consortium, composed of 35 Institutes from 13 countries, forming a team of almost 300 scientists and engineers which include the majority of the scientific and technical expertise in the field that can be found in ESO member states., Comment: SPIE astronomical telescope and instrumentation 2024, in press

Published
2024

2. Notable photocatalytic activity of TiO2-polyethylene nanocomposites for visible light degradation of organic pollutants

Author

M. Romero-Saez, L. Y. Jaramillo, R. Saravanan, N. Benito, E. Pabon, E. Mosquera, and F. Gracia

Subjects
Polymer composites, TiO2/LDPE, TiO2/HDPE, Photocatalytic activity, Visible light, Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials, TA401-492, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
Abstract

This paper reports on the photocatalytic activity showed by nanocomposites of TiO2 with low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) (10, 20 wt%) for the degradation of methyl orange in aqueous medium under visible light irradiation. TiO2 was synthetized by sol-gel process, and the polymers were incorporated by impregnation. Both the pure TiO2 and the nanocomposites were characterized using different physico-chemical techniques including specific surface area analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy, ultraviolet-visible and photoluminescence spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. All the prepared nanocomposites showed an absorption edge in the visible region. TiO2(90)/LDPE photocatalyst showed the best degradation efficiency after 180 minutes of reaction, without notorious decrease of degradation efficiency after three consecutive uses. Photoluminescence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses suggested the presence of vacancies in the TiO2 structure promoted by a Ti–O–C interaction being responsible for the photocatalytic activity enhancement under visible light irradiation.

Published
2017
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5. Visible light induced degradation of methyl orange using β-Ag0.333V2O5 nanorod catalysts by facile thermal decomposition method

Author

R. Saravanan, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Edgar Mosquera, F. Gracia, V. Narayanan, and A. Stephen

Subjects
Thermal decomposition method, Nanorods, Degradation, Photocatalytic activity, Chemistry, QD1-999
Abstract

One dimensional nanorods of β-Ag0.333V2O5 have been synthesized by facile thermal decomposition method without using any additives. The prepared sample was characterized by different physical and chemical techniques such as XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, DRS and XPS. The photocatalytic activity of β-Ag0.333V2O5 catalyst was investigated by studying the degradation of methyl orange (MO) in aqueous medium under visible light exposure. The result shows β-Ag0.333V2O5 exhibits outstanding photocatalytic activity under visible light illumination.

Published
2015
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8. Vous avez dit « green radiology » ?

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H. Kovacsik, A. Luciani, D. Ben Salem, P.-J. Valette, B. Jean, L. Boussel, V. Tacher, A. Fohlen, null F. Gracia, C. Admasbaum, and J.-F. Meder

Published
2022

9. Improving the sensitivity for hydrogen peroxide determination with active V

Author

Devaraj, Manoj, Saravanan, Rajendran, F, Gracia, Sabah, Ansar, Madhappan, Santhamoorthy, Matias, Soto-Moscoso, and M A, Gracia-Pinilla

Subjects
Titanium, Cholesterol Oxidase, Coenzymes, Biosensing Techniques, Hydrogen Peroxide, Enzymes, Immobilized, Horseradish Peroxidase, Hydroquinones
Abstract

The capacity to generate a constant signal response from an enzyme on an electrode surface has been a fascinating topic of research from the past three decades. To nourish the enzymatic activity during electrochemical reactions, the immobilization of dual enzymes on the electrode surface could prevent the enzymatic loss without denaturation and thus long-term stability can be achieved. For effective immobilization of dual enzymes, mesoporous materials are the ideal choice because of its numerous advantages such as 1. The presence of porous structure facilitates high loading of enzymes 2. The formation of protective environment can withstand the enzymatic activity even at acidic or basic pH values and even at elevated temperatures. Herein, we develop bienzymatic immobilization of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and cholesterol oxidase (ChOx) on mesoporous V

Published
2022

10. Mesoporogen free synthesis of CuO/TiO

Author

Devaraj, Manoj, Saravanan, Rajendran, Mu, Naushad, Madhappan, Santhamoorthy, F, Gracia, Matias Soto, Moscoso, and M A, Gracia-Pinilla

Subjects
Catechols, Reproducibility of Results, Water, Oxides, Electrochemical Techniques, Copper, Carbon, Nanocomposites
Abstract

Creating mesoporous architecture on the surface of metal oxides without using pore creating agent is significant interest in electrochemical sensors because these materials act as an efficient electron transfer process between the electrode interface and the analytes. Recent advances in mesoporous titanium dioxide (TiO

Published
2022

13. Tailoring the heterojunction of TiO

Author

Devaraj, Manoj, Saravanan, Rajendran, Yasser, Vasseghian, Sabah, Ansar, F, Gracia, and Matias, Soto-Moscoso

Subjects
Titanium, Metal Nanoparticles, Oxides, Electrochemical Techniques, Aminophenols
Abstract

Enhancing the current signal response for semiconductors is the key factor for designing and fabrication of efficient electrode in electrochemical sensors. By the aid of doping with binary metal oxides, the conductivity of the resultant titanium oxide (TiO

Published
2022

14. ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science case, baseline design and path to construction

Author

Evans, Christopher J., Bryant, Julia J., Motohara, Kentaro, Marconi, A., Abreu, M., Adibekyan, V., Alberti, V., Albrecht, S., Alcaniz, J., Aliverti, M., Prieto, C. Allende, Gómez, J. D. Alvarado, Amado, P. J., Amate, M., Andersen, M. I., Artigau, E., Baker, C., Baldini, V., Balestra, A., Barnes, S. A., Baron, F., Barros, S. C. C., Bauer, S. M., Beaulieu, M., Bellido-Tirado, O., Benneke, B., Bensby, T., Bergin, E. A., Biazzo, K., Bik, A., Birkby, J. L., Blind, N., Boisse, I., Bolmont, E., Bonaglia, M., Bonfils, X., Borsa, F., Brandeker, A., Brandner, W., Broeg, C. H., Brogi, M., Brousseau, D., Brucalassi, A., Brynnel, J., Buchhave, L. A., Buscher, D. F., Cabral, A., Calderone, G., Calvo-Ortega, R., Martins, B. L. Canto, Cantalloube, F., Carbonaro, L., Chauvin, G., Chazelas, B., Cheffot, A.-L., Cheng, Y. S., Chiavassa, A., Christensen, L., Cirami, R., Cook, N. J., Cooke, R. J., Coretti, I., Covino, S., Cowan, N., Cresci, G., Cristiani, S., Parro, V. Cunha, Cupani, G., D'Odorico, V., Leão, I. de Castro, Cia, A. De, Medeiros, J. R. De, Debras, F., Debus, M., Demangeon, O., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Marcantonio, P. Di, Dionies, F., Doyon, R., Dunn, J., Ehrenreich, D., Faria, J. P., Feruglio, C., Fisher, M., Fontana, A., Fumagalli, M., Fusco, T., Fynbo, J., Gabella, O., Gaessler, W., Gallo, E., Gao, X., Genolet, L., Genoni, M., Giacobbe, P., Giro, E., Gonçalves, R. S., Gonzalez, O., Hernández, J. I. González, Témich, F. Gracia, Haehnelt, M. G., Haniff, C., Hatzes, A., Helled, R., Hoeijmakers, H.J., Huke, P., Järvinen, S., Järvinen, A., Kaminski, A., Korn, A., Kouach, D., Kowzan, G., Kreidberg, L., Landoni, M., Lanotte, A., Lavail, A., Li, J., Liske, J., Lovis, C., Lucatello, S., Lunney, D., MacIntosh, M., Madhusudhan, N., Magrini, L., Maiolino, R., Malo, L., Man, A., Marquart, T., Marques, E. L., Martins, A. M., Martins, C. J. A. P., Maslowski, P., Mason, C., Mason, E., McCracken, R. A., Mergo, P., Micela, G., Mitchell, T., Mollière, P., Monteiro, M., Montgomery, D., Mordasini, C., Morin, J., Mucciarelli, A., Murphy, M. T., N'Diaye, M., Neichel, B., Niedzielski, A. T., Niemczura, E., Nortmann, L., Noterdaeme, P., Nunes, N., Oggioni, L., Oliva, E., Önel, H., Origlia, L., Östlin, G., Palle, E., Papaderos, P., Pariani, G., Castro, J. Peñate, Pepe, F., Levasseur, L. Perreault, Petit, P., Pino, L., Piqueras, J., Pollo, A., Poppenhaeger, K., Quirrenbach, A., Rauscher, E., Rebolo, R., Redaelli, E. M. A., Reffert, S., Reid, D. T., Reiners, A., Richter, P., Riva, M., Rivoire, S., Rodríguez-López, C., Roederer, I. U., Romano, D., Rousseau, S., Rowe, J., Salvadori, S., Santos, N., Diaz, P. Santos, Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarajlic, M., Sauvage, J.-F., Schäfer, S., Schiavon, R. P., Schmidt, T. M., Selmi, C., Sivanandam, S., Sordet, M., Sordo, R., Sortino, F., Sosnowska, D., Sousa, S. G., Stempels, E., Strassmeier, K. G., Mascareño, A. Suárez, Sulich, A., Sun, X., Tanvir, N.R., Tenegi-Sanginés, F., Thibault, S., Thompson, S. J., Tozzi, A., Turbet, M., Vallée, P., Varas, R., Venn, K., Véran, J.-P., Verma, A., Viel, M., Wade, G., Waring, C., Weber, M., Weder, J., Wehbe, B., Weingrill, J., Woche, M., Xompero, M., Zackrisson, E., Zanutta, A., Osorio, M. R. Zapatero, Zechmeister, M., Zimara, J., Evans, Christopher J., Bryant, Julia J., Motohara, Kentaro, Marconi, A., Abreu, M., Adibekyan, V., Alberti, V., Albrecht, S., Alcaniz, J., Aliverti, M., Prieto, C. Allende, Gómez, J. D. Alvarado, Amado, P. J., Amate, M., Andersen, M. I., Artigau, E., Baker, C., Baldini, V., Balestra, A., Barnes, S. A., Baron, F., Barros, S. C. C., Bauer, S. M., Beaulieu, M., Bellido-Tirado, O., Benneke, B., Bensby, T., Bergin, E. A., Biazzo, K., Bik, A., Birkby, J. L., Blind, N., Boisse, I., Bolmont, E., Bonaglia, M., Bonfils, X., Borsa, F., Brandeker, A., Brandner, W., Broeg, C. H., Brogi, M., Brousseau, D., Brucalassi, A., Brynnel, J., Buchhave, L. A., Buscher, D. F., Cabral, A., Calderone, G., Calvo-Ortega, R., Martins, B. L. Canto, Cantalloube, F., Carbonaro, L., Chauvin, G., Chazelas, B., Cheffot, A.-L., Cheng, Y. S., Chiavassa, A., Christensen, L., Cirami, R., Cook, N. J., Cooke, R. J., Coretti, I., Covino, S., Cowan, N., Cresci, G., Cristiani, S., Parro, V. Cunha, Cupani, G., D'Odorico, V., Leão, I. de Castro, Cia, A. De, Medeiros, J. R. De, Debras, F., Debus, M., Demangeon, O., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Marcantonio, P. Di, Dionies, F., Doyon, R., Dunn, J., Ehrenreich, D., Faria, J. P., Feruglio, C., Fisher, M., Fontana, A., Fumagalli, M., Fusco, T., Fynbo, J., Gabella, O., Gaessler, W., Gallo, E., Gao, X., Genolet, L., Genoni, M., Giacobbe, P., Giro, E., Gonçalves, R. S., Gonzalez, O., Hernández, J. I. González, Témich, F. Gracia, Haehnelt, M. G., Haniff, C., Hatzes, A., Helled, R., Hoeijmakers, H.J., Huke, P., Järvinen, S., Järvinen, A., Kaminski, A., Korn, A., Kouach, D., Kowzan, G., Kreidberg, L., Landoni, M., Lanotte, A., Lavail, A., Li, J., Liske, J., Lovis, C., Lucatello, S., Lunney, D., MacIntosh, M., Madhusudhan, N., Magrini, L., Maiolino, R., Malo, L., Man, A., Marquart, T., Marques, E. L., Martins, A. M., Martins, C. J. A. P., Maslowski, P., Mason, C., Mason, E., McCracken, R. A., Mergo, P., Micela, G., Mitchell, T., Mollière, P., Monteiro, M., Montgomery, D., Mordasini, C., Morin, J., Mucciarelli, A., Murphy, M. T., N'Diaye, M., Neichel, B., Niedzielski, A. T., Niemczura, E., Nortmann, L., Noterdaeme, P., Nunes, N., Oggioni, L., Oliva, E., Önel, H., Origlia, L., Östlin, G., Palle, E., Papaderos, P., Pariani, G., Castro, J. Peñate, Pepe, F., Levasseur, L. Perreault, Petit, P., Pino, L., Piqueras, J., Pollo, A., Poppenhaeger, K., Quirrenbach, A., Rauscher, E., Rebolo, R., Redaelli, E. M. A., Reffert, S., Reid, D. T., Reiners, A., Richter, P., Riva, M., Rivoire, S., Rodríguez-López, C., Roederer, I. U., Romano, D., Rousseau, S., Rowe, J., Salvadori, S., Santos, N., Diaz, P. Santos, Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarajlic, M., Sauvage, J.-F., Schäfer, S., Schiavon, R. P., Schmidt, T. M., Selmi, C., Sivanandam, S., Sordet, M., Sordo, R., Sortino, F., Sosnowska, D., Sousa, S. G., Stempels, E., Strassmeier, K. G., Mascareño, A. Suárez, Sulich, A., Sun, X., Tanvir, N.R., Tenegi-Sanginés, F., Thibault, S., Thompson, S. J., Tozzi, A., Turbet, M., Vallée, P., Varas, R., Venn, K., Véran, J.-P., Verma, A., Viel, M., Wade, G., Waring, C., Weber, M., Weder, J., Wehbe, B., Weingrill, J., Woche, M., Xompero, M., Zackrisson, E., Zanutta, A., Osorio, M. R. Zapatero, Zechmeister, M., and Zimara, J.

Abstract

The first generation of ELT instruments includes an optical-infrared high resolution spectrograph, indicated as ELT-HIRES and recently christened ANDES (ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph). ANDES consists of three fibre-fed spectrographs (UBV, RIZ, YJH) providing a spectral resolution of ∼100,000 with a minimum simultaneous wavelength coverage of 0.4-1.8 µm with the goal of extending it to 0.35-2.4 µm with the addition of a K band spectrograph. It operates both in seeing- and diffraction-limited conditions and the fibre-feeding allows several, interchangeable observing modes including a single conjugated adaptive optics module and a small diffraction-limited integral field unit in the NIR. Its modularity will ensure that ANDES can be placed entirely on the ELT Nasmyth platform, if enough mass and volume is available, or partly in the Coudé room. ANDES has a wide range of groundbreaking science cases spanning nearly all areas of research in astrophysics and even fundamental physics. Among the top science cases there are the detection of biosignatures from exoplanet atmospheres, finding the fingerprints of the first generation of stars, tests on the stability of Nature’s fundamental couplings, and the direct detection of the cosmic acceleration. The ANDES project is carried forward by a large international consortium, composed of 35 Institutes from 13 countries, forming a team of more than 200 scientists and engineers which represent the majority of the scientific and technical expertise in the field among ESO member states.

Published
2022

17. Orange peel extract influenced partial transformation of SnO

Author

Lalitha, Gnanasekaran, A K, Priya, and F, Gracia

Subjects
Plant Extracts, Tin Compounds, Zinc Oxide, Catalysis, Chlorophenols, Citrus sinensis, Nanocomposites
Abstract

In recent times, visible light enhancement has become much more considered due to the enlightening properties of nanocomposite systems. This has potential applications for wastewater treatment due to the blemish of toxic organic chemicals from industrial sectors. Therefore, this work is focused on novel 3D ZnO/SnO

Published
2021

22. Defective Ce3+associated CeO2 nanoleaves for enhanced CO oxidation

Author

M. Romero-Sáez, R. Suresh, N. Benito, Saravanan Rajendran, F. Gracia, Carlos Navas-Cárdenas, A.K. Priya, and Matias Soto-Moscoso

Subjects
Fuel Technology, General Chemical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Published
2022

23. Capítulo 4 - Shock

Author

Pérez, F.J. Montero, García, F. Gracia, Murillo, J.M. Torres, Jurado, J.M. Dueñas, Millán, M.J. Clemente, and Murillo, L. Jiménez

Published
2021
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24. Visible light driven exotic p (CuO) - n (TiO

Author

Lalitha, Gnanasekaran, Rekha, Pachaiappan, P Senthil, Kumar, Tuan K A, Hoang, Saravanan, Rajendran, D, Durgalakshmi, Matias, Soto-Moscoso, Lorena, Cornejo-Ponce, and F, Gracia

Subjects
Titanium, Photolysis, Light, Escherichia coli, Catalysis, Copper, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Chlorophenols
Abstract

The treatment of industrial waste and harmful bacteria is an important topic due to the release of toxins from the industrial pollutants that damage the water resources. These harmful sources frighten the life of every organism which was later developed as the carcinogenic and mutagenic agents. Therefore, the current study focuses on the breakdown or degradation of 4-chlorophenol and the antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli (E. coli). As a well-known catalyst, pure titanium-di-oxide (TiO

Published
2021

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

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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. 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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27. 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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2021

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

Author

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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2021

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

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. 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

30. 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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2021

31. Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol using bio-green assisted TiO

Author

Lalitha, Gnanasekaran, Saravanan, Rajendran, A K, Priya, D, Durgalakshmi, Dai-Viet N, Vo, Lorena, Cornejo-Ponce, F, Gracia, and Matias, Soto-Moscoso

Subjects
Titanium, Chlorophenols, Nanocomposites
Abstract

In recent times, cost effective synthesis of semiconductor materials has been a subject of concern for the day to today applications. In this work, novelty has been made on the facile synthesis of metal oxides (TiO

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2020

32. HORuS transmission spectroscopy of 55 Cnc e

Author

A. Diaz Torres, J. Peñate Castro, C. Allende Prieto, H. D. Viera Martín, F. Gracia-Témich, J. Calvo Tovar, C. del Burgo, F. Tenegi, Rafael Rebolo, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, R. J. García López, R. Barreto, M. Abril-Abril, Hugo M. Tabernero, S. Santana-Tschudi, M. F. Gómez-Reñasco, J. I. González Hernández, E. Joven, P. Fernández Izquierdo, Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737, Tabernero, H. M. [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-4298], Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Mexican National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), UID/FIS/04434/2019 UIDB/04434/2020 UIDP/04434/2020 PTDC/FIS-AST/28953/2017, Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia Innovacion y Universidades, Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) through Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao, and Spanish Ministry of Science Innovation and Universities (MICIU) under the 2013 Ramon y Cajal program

Subjects
Gran Telescopio Canarias, individual: 55 Cnc e [Planets and satellites], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, 010309 optics, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectrograph, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Line (formation), Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Transmission (telecommunications), Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, atmospheres [Planets and satellites], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Order of magnitude, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The High Optical Resolution Spectrograph (HORuS) is a new high-resolution echelle spectrograph available on the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). We report on the first HORuS observations of a transit of the super-Earth planet 55 Cnc e. We investigate the presence of Na I and H$\alpha$ in its transmission spectrum and explore the capabilities of HORuS for planetary transmission spectroscopy. Our methodology leads to residuals in the difference spectrum between the in-transit and out-of-transit spectra for the Na I doublet lines of (3.4 $\pm$ 0.4) $\times$ 10$^{-4}$, which sets an upper limit to the detection of line absorption from the planetary atmosphere that is one order of magnitude more stringent that those reported in the literature. We demonstrate that we are able to reach the photon-noise limit in the residual spectra using HORuS to a degree that we would be able to easily detect giant planets with larger atmospheres. In addition, we modelled the structure, chemistry and transmission spectrum of 55 Cnc e using state-of-the-art open source tools., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2020

34. 2D structures for CO2 utilization

Author

L.A. Blanco and F. Gracia

Subjects
Energy carrier, chemistry.chemical_compound, World economy, chemistry, Methanation, Circular economy, Greenhouse gas, Environmental science, Production (economics), Biochemical engineering, Carbon sequestration, Methane
Abstract

The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), a naturally occurring greenhouse gas, has constantly increased during the last decades due to human activity. Among the different strategies to reduce CO2 emissions such as worldwide reduction of fossil fuel consumption or CO2 sequestration and storage, alternative uses of CO and CO2 regard them also as valuable carbon sources to meet the requirements of a circular economy. One well-known alternative is the hydrogenation of these species to produce methane, an energy carrier of great importance for the world economy, especially in the sectors of industry, energy, and transport. Therefore, scientific community has shown a revitalized interest in the search for new and improved catalysts for the methanation reaction. This book chapter analyzes novel and exciting 2D materials, or 2D nanostructures, that have shown catalytic properties, either as supports or as metal-free catalysts, for CH4 production through CO/CO2 hydrogenation. This review intends to emphasize the present need for improved catalytic systems and processes that will, hopefully, sustain future development of real alternatives for CO2 use and recycling.

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2020

35. Sustained hyperammonemia induces TNF-a IN Purkinje neurons by activating the TNFR1-NF-kappa B pathway

Author

T. BALZANO, Y. ARENAS, S. DADSETAN, J. FORTEZA, S. GIL-PEROTIN, L. CUBAS-NUNEZ, B. CASANOVA, F. GRACIA, N. VARELA-ANDRES, C. MONTOLIU, M. LLANSOLA, and V. FELIPO

Subjects
Purkinje neurons, TNFR1, Neuroinflammation, TNF-a, Hyperammonemia
Abstract

Background Patients with liver cirrhosis may develop hepatic encephalopathy. Rats with chronic hyperammonemia exhibit neurological alterations mediated by peripheral inflammation and neuroinflammation. Motor incoordination is due to increased TNF-a levels and activation of its receptor TNFR1 in the cerebellum. The aims were to assess (a) whether peripheral inflammation is responsible for TNF-a induction in hyperammonemic rats, (b) the cell type(s) in which TNF-a is increased, (c) whether this increase is associated with increased nuclear NF-kappa B and TNFR1 activation, (d) the time course of TNF-a induction, and (e) if TNF-a is induced in the Purkinje neurons of patients who die with liver cirrhosis. Methods We analyzed the level of TNF-a mRNA and NF-kappa B in microglia, astrocytes, and Purkinje neurons in the cerebellum after 1, 2, and 4 weeks of hyperammonemia. We assessed whether preventing peripheral inflammation by administering an anti-TNF-a antibody prevents TNF-a induction. We tested whether TNF-a induction is reversed by R7050, which inhibits the TNFR1-NF-kappa B pathway, in ex vivo cerebellar slices. Results Hyperammonemia induced microglial and astrocyte activation at 1 week. This was followed by TNF-a induction in both glial cell types at 2 weeks and in Purkinje neurons at 4 weeks. The level of TNF-a mRNA increased in parallel with the TNF-a protein level, indicating that TNF-a was synthesized in Purkinje cells. This increase was associated with increased NF-kappa B nuclear translocation. The nuclear translocation of NF-kappa B and the increase in TNF-a were reversed by R7050, indicating that they were mediated by the activation of TNFR1. Preventing peripheral inflammation with an anti-TNF-a antibody prevents TNF-a induction. Conclusion Sustained (4 weeks) but not short-term hyperammonemia induces TNF-a in Purkinje neurons in rats. This is mediated by peripheral inflammation. TNF-a is also increased in the Purkinje neurons of patients who die with liver cirrhosis. The results suggest that hyperammonemia induces TNF-a in glial cells and that TNF-a released by glial cells activates TNFR1 in Purkinje neurons, leading to NF-kappa B nuclear translocation and the induction of TNF-a expression, which may contribute to the neurological alterations observed in hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy.

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2020

36. Erratum: Gaia Data Release 2: The kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way (Astronomy and Astrophysics (2018) 616 (A12) DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832698)

Author

Helmi, A. Van Leeuwen, F. McMillan, P.J. Massari, D. Antoja, T. Robin, A.C. Lindegren, L. Bastian, U. Arenou, F. Babusiaux, C. Biermann, M. Breddels, M.A. Hobbs, D. Jordi, C. Pancino, E. Reylé, C. Veljanoski, J. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Jansen, F. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Siddiqui, H.I. Soubiran, C. Walton, N.A. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. De Angeli, F. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Holl, B. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nienartowicz, K. Panuzzo, P. Portell, J. Riello, M. Seabroke, G.M. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Audard, M. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Clementini, G. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Ducourant, C. Fernández-Hernández, J. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Galluccio, L. Garciá-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osinde, J. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Rimoldini, L. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Andrei, A.H. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barache, C. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Bombrun, A. Borrachero, R. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bourda, G. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypers, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, P. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Martino, D. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. Del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Figueras, F. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Frézouls, B. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. Garciá-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Glass, F. Gomes, M. Granvik, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Heu, J. Hilger, T. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, Á.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchal, O. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Matijevič, G. Mazeh, T. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordénovic, C. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Regibo, S. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Thuillot, W. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Walmsley, G. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, Ł. Yoldas, A. Žerjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Abstract

This is a corrigendum to Gaia Collaboration (2018). It corrects errors in Appendix B, which describes the modelling of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC). One of these errors also affects Fig. 18 of the paper, which shows the rotation curve and median radial motion in the LMC. No other results in the paper are affected. There should be no vector products in Appendix B, and everywhere a vector product appears should be a scalar product. This affects Eqs. (B.5), (B.8), (B.10), (B.12), (B.13), and (B.20). Equation (B.10), which defines one component of position within the plane of the galaxy, contains an additional typographical error, and it should have read (Farmula Presented) Equation (B.21) is incorrect. The factor of (ax + by + z) is applied to the wrong part of the equation. It should have read (Farmula Presented) This error affects the derived deprojected motions of stars in the LMC, and means that changes in the observational signature of the bulk motion away from the centre are not properly accounted for. The effect becomes more significant further from the centre. Figure 1 shows the resulting median tangential velocity, vT (the rotation curve), and median radial velocity vR as a function of de-projected radius R for the LMC, which is otherwise produced in the same way as before. The major differences between this and the equivalent figure in Gaia Collaboration (2018) are as follows The rotation curve reaches a greater velocity (~85 km s-1 versus ~75 km s-1) and remains flat beyond 6 kpc, as opposed to starting to fall. The difference in asymmetric drift for the blue and red populations is clearer the blue population, which is typically younger than the redder population, is rotating faster. The apparent outward motion of the stellar populations is much smaller. The blue population has almost no net radial motion, while the red population has one of .8 km s-1 (as opposed to ~20 km s-1). The difference in radial motion between the y < 0 and y > 0 populations is dramatically reduced, as is the difference between the value derived assuming the known line-of-sight bulk motion and the one derived leaving this value free. © 2020 ESO.

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2020

37. List of Contributors

Author

S. Balakumar, A. Bhardwaj, L.A. Blanco, Rabah Boukherroub, Milica Budimir, D. Durgalakshmi, Duncan Paul Fagg, G. Feijoo, L. Fernández, M. Gamallo, F. Gracia, C. Gupta, Arindam Indra, Kumaran Kannaiyan, Sekar Karthikeyan, Vignesh Kumaravel, Aruna Kalasapurayil Kunhiraman, Adam F. Lee, Zoran Markovic, Prashanth W. Menezes, M.T. Moreira, Muthuchamy Nallal, A. Joseph Nathanael, Mu. Naushad, Kang Hyun Park, Jayaraj Prithi, D. Pukazhselvan, N. Rajalakshmi, Saravanan Rajendran, K.S. Sandhya, Keiko Sasaki, Ananthakumar Soosaimanickam, Sabine Szunerits, and Raman Vedarajan

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2020

38. Erratum: Gaia Data Release 2: Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way (A&A (2018) 616 (A12) DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832698)

Author

Helmi, A. Van Leeuwen, F. McMillan, P.J. Massari, D. Antoja, T. Robin, A.C. Lindegren, L. Bastian, U. Arenou, F. Babusiaux, C. Biermann, M. Breddels, M.A. Hobbs, D. Jordi, C. Pancino, E. Reylé, C. Veljanoski, J. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Jansen, F. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Siddiqui, H.I. Soubiran, C. Walton, N.A. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. De Angeli, F. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Holl, B. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nienartowicz, K. Panuzzo, P. Portell, J. Riello, M. Seabroke, G.M. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Audard, M. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Clementini, G. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Delloro, A. Ducourant, C. Fernández-Hernández, J. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Galluccio, L. García-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osinde, J. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Rimoldini, L. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Andrei, A.H. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barache, C. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Bombrun, A. Borrachero, R. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bourda, G. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypers, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, P. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Martino, D. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. Del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Figueras, F. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Frézouls, B. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. García-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Glass, F. Gomes, M. Granvik, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Heu, J. Hilger, T. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, Á.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchal, O. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Matijevič, G. Mazeh, T. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordénovic, C. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Regibo, S. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Thuillot, W. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Walmsley, G. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevems, T. Wyrzykowski, Ł. Yoldas, A. Erjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T. Helmi, A.

Abstract

An error occurred during the production process of the original published version. The following names were omitted from the author list: R. Haigron, D. Hatzidimitriou, M. Hauser, M. Haywood, U. Heiter, J. Heu, T. Hilger. The original published version has been corrected together with the publication of this corrigendum. © 2020 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved.

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2020

41. Gaia Data Release 2: Variable stars in the colour-absolute magnitude diagram

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Eyer, L. Rimoldini, L. Audard, M. Anderson, R.I. Nienartowicz, K. Glass, F. Marchal, O. Grenon, M. Mowlavi, N. Holl, B. Clementini, G. Aerts, C. Mazeh, T. Evans, D.W. Szabados, L. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Babusiaux, C. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Biermann, M. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Siddiqui, H.I. Soubiran, C. Van Leeuwen, F. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. De Angeli, F. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Panuzzo, P. Portell, J. Riello, M. Seabroke, G.M. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Ducourant, C. Fernández-Hernández, J. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Galluccio, L. García-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osinde, J. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Robin, A.C. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Andrei, A.H. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Antoja, T. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barache, C. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Bombrun, A. Borrachero, R. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bourda, G. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breddels, M.A. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypers, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, P. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Martino, D. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. Del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Figueras, F. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Frézouls, B. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. García-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Gomes, M. Granvik, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Helmi, A. Heu, J. Hilger, T. Hobbs, D. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, A.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Lorenz, D. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Massari, D. Matijevič, G. McMillan, P.J. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morgenthaler, S. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordénovic, C. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Thuillot, W. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Veljanoski, J. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Walmsley, G. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, A. Yoldas, A. Žerjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Context. The ESA Gaia mission provides a unique time-domain survey for more than 1.6 billion sources with G ≲ 21 mag. Aims. We showcase stellar variability in the Galactic colour-absolute magnitude diagram (CaMD). We focus on pulsating, eruptive, and cataclysmic variables, as well as on stars that exhibit variability that is due to rotation and eclipses. Methods. We describe the locations of variable star classes, variable object fractions, and typical variability amplitudes throughout the CaMD and show how variability-related changes in colour and brightness induce "motions". To do this, we use 22 months of calibrated photometric, spectro-photometric, and astrometric Gaia data of stars with a significant parallax. To ensure that a large variety of variable star classes populate the CaMD, we crossmatched Gaia sources with known variable stars. We also used the statistics and variability detection modules of the Gaia variability pipeline. Corrections for interstellar extinction are not implemented in this article. Results. Gaia enables the first investigation of Galactic variable star populations in the CaMD on a similar, if not larger, scale as was previously done in the Magellanic Clouds. Although the observed colours are not corrected for reddening, distinct regions are visible in which variable stars occur. We determine variable star fractions to within the current detection thresholds of Gaia. Finally, we report the most complete description of variability-induced motion within the CaMD to date. Conclusions. Gaia enables novel insights into variability phenomena for an unprecedented number of stars, which will benefit the understanding of stellar astrophysics. The CaMD of Galactic variable stars provides crucial information on physical origins of variability in a way that has previously only been accessible for Galactic star clusters or external galaxies. Future Gaia data releases will enable significant improvements over this preview by providing longer time series, more accurate astrometry, and additional data types (time series BP and RP spectra, RVS spectra, and radial velocities), all for much larger samples of stars. © 2019 ESO.

Published
2019

42. The ultrasound-assisted synthesis of effective monodisperse nickel nanoparticles: magnetic characterization and its catalytic activity in CO2 methanation

Author

F. Gracia, E. Vargas, M. Romero-Sáez, and Juliano C. Denardin

Subjects
Fabrication, Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Dispersity, Nanoparticle, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, General Chemistry, 010402 general chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Catalysis, 0104 chemical sciences, Nickel, Chemical engineering, Transmission electron microscopy, Methanation, Materials Chemistry, 0210 nano-technology, Selectivity
Abstract

Homogeneous nickel nanoparticles were synthesized and supported over m-ZrO2 through a simple ultrasonic process. The microscopic and magnetic characterization of nanoparticles showed high quality and effective monodisperse size distribution. The catalytic performance of the samples, containing only 1% wt nickel, was evaluated for CO2 methanation reaction. The experimental results showed high activity (70%) and excellent selectivity to CH4 (90% at 720 K). This low-cost and simple fabrication method of a nanocatalyst proves to be a potential candidate for further application.

Published
2016

43. Heterostructures of mesoporous TiO

Author

Devaraj, Manoj, Saravanan, Rajendran, Jiaqian, Qin, Elumalai, Sundaravadivel, Mehmet Lütfi, Yola, Necip, Atar, F, Gracia, Rabah, Boukherroub, M A, Gracia-Pinilla, and Vinod Kumar, Gupta

Subjects
Titanium, Limit of Detection, Tin Compounds, Electrochemical Techniques, Electrodes, Oxidation-Reduction, Porosity, Sensitivity and Specificity, Catalysis, Vitamin B 6, Nanocomposites, Tablets
Abstract

The detection of water soluble vitamins using electrochemical method is widely established in pharmaceutical quality control laboratories, and especially the recent advances in hybrid heterostrucure nanomaterials has devoted to enhance the significant analytical parameters like sensitivity, selectivity and fast response time. Herein, we report the synthesis of a hybrid heterostructure comprising SnO

Published
2018

44. Observational hertzsprung-russell diagrams

Author

Babusiaux, C. Van Leeuwen, F. Barstow, M.A. Jordi, C. Vallenari, A. Bossini, D. Bressan, A. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Van Leeuwen, M. Brown, A.G.A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Biermann, M. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Jansen, F. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Siddiqui, H.I. Soubiran, C. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. De Angeli, F. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Holl, B. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nienartowicz, K. Panuzzo, P. Portell, J. Riello, M. Seabroke, G.M. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Audard, M. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Clementini, G. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Ducourant, C. Fernández-Hernández, J. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Galluccio, L. García-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osinde, J. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Rimoldini, L. Robin, A.C. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Andrei, A.H. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Antoja, T. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barache, C. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Bombrun, A. Borrachero, R. Bouquillon, S. Bourda, G. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breddels, M.A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypersy, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, P. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Martino, D. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. Del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Figueras, F. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Frézouls, B. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. García-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Glass, F. Gomes, M. Granvik, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Helmi, A. Heu, J. Hilger, T. Hobbs, D. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. De Fombelle, G.J. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, Á.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchal, O. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Massari, D. Matijević, G. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P.J. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordénovic, C. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Thuillot, W. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Veljanoski, J. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Walmsley, G. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, Ł. Yoldas, A. Žerjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Context. Gaia Data Release 2 provides high-precision astrometry and three-band photometry for about 1.3 billion sources over the full sky. The precision, accuracy, and homogeneity of both astrometry and photometry are unprecedented. Aims. We highlight the power of the Gaia DR2 in studying many fine structures of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD). Gaia allows us to present many different HRDs, depending in particular on stellar population selections. We do not aim here for completeness in terms of types of stars or stellar evolutionary aspects. Instead, we have chosen several illustrative examples. Methods. We describe some of the selections that can be made in Gaia DR2 to highlight the main structures of the Gaia HRDs. We select both field and cluster (open and globular) stars, compare the observations with previous classifications and with stellar evolutionary tracks, and we present variations of the Gaia HRD with age, metallicity, and kinematics. Late stages of stellar evolution such as hot subdwarfs, post-AGB stars, planetary nebulae, and white dwarfs are also analysed, as well as low-mass brown dwarf objects. Results. The Gaia HRDs are unprecedented in both precision and coverage of the various Milky Way stellar populations and stellar evolutionary phases. Many fine structures of the HRDs are presented. The clear split of the white dwarf sequence into hydrogen and helium white dwarfs is presented for the first time in an HRD. The relation between kinematics and the HRD is nicely illustrated. Two different populations in a classical kinematic selection of the halo are unambiguously identified in the HRD. Membership and mean parameters for a selected list of open clusters are provided. They allow drawing very detailed cluster sequences, highlighting fine structures, and providing extremely precise empirical isochrones that will lead to more insight in stellar physics. Conclusions. Gaia DR2 demonstrates the potential of combining precise astrometry and photometry for large samples for studies in stellar evolution and stellar population and opens an entire new area for HRD-based studies. © ESO 2018.

Published
2018

45. Observations of solar system objects

Author

Spoto, F. Tanga, P. Mignard, F. Berthier, J. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Dell'Oro, A. Hestroffer, D. Muinonen, K. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. David, P. De Angeli, F. Delbo, M. Frézouls, B. Galluccio, L. Granvik, M. Guiraud, J. Hernández, J. Ordénovic, C. Portell, J. Poujoulet, E. Thuillot, W. Walmsley, G. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Babusiaux, C. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Biermann, M. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Siddiqui, H.I. Soubiran, C. Van Leeuwen, F. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Holl, B. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nienartowicz, K. Panuzzo, P. Riello, M. Seabroke, G.M. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Audard, M. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Clementini, G. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Ducourant, C. Fernández-Hernández, J. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. García-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Osinde, J. Pancino, E. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Rimoldini, L. Robin, A.C. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Andrei, A.H. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Antoja, T. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barache, C. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Bombrun, A. Borrachero, R. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bourda, G. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breddels, M.A. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypersy, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. De Pozo, E.L. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Figueras, F. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. García-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Glass, F. Gomes, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Helmi, A. Heu, J. Hilger, T. Hobbs, D. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. De Fombelle, G.J. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, Á.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchal, O. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Massari, D. Matijević, G. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P.J. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Veljanoski, J. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, Ł. Yoldas, A. Žerjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Abstract

Context. The Gaia spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been securing observations of solar system objects (SSOs) since the beginning of its operations. Data Release 2 (DR2) contains the observations of a selected sample of 14,099 SSOs. These asteroids have been already identified and have been numbered by the Minor Planet Center repository. Positions are provided for each Gaia observation at CCD level. As additional information, complementary to astrometry, the apparent brightness of SSOs in the unfiltered G band is also provided for selected observations. Aims. We explain the processing of SSO data, and describe the criteria we used to select the sample published in Gaia DR2. We then explore the data set to assess its quality. Methods. To exploit the main data product for the solar system in Gaia DR2, which is the epoch astrometry of asteroids, it is necessary to take into account the unusual properties of the uncertainty, as the position information is nearly one-dimensional. When this aspect is handled appropriately, an orbit fit can be obtained with post-fit residuals that are overall consistent with the a-priori error model that was used to define individual values of the astrometric uncertainty. The role of both random and systematic errors is described. The distribution of residuals allowed us to identify possible contaminants in the data set (such as stars). Photometry in the G band was compared to computed values from reference asteroid shapes and to the flux registered at the corresponding epochs by the red and blue photometers (RP and BP). Results. The overall astrometric performance is close to the expectations, with an optimal range of brightness G ∼ 12 - 17. In this range, the typical transit-level accuracy is well below 1 mas. For fainter asteroids, the growing photon noise deteriorates the performance. Asteroids brighter than G ∼ 12 are affected by a lower performance of the processing of their signals. The dramatic improvement brought by Gaia DR2 astrometry of SSOs is demonstrated by comparisons to the archive data and by preliminary tests on the detection of subtle non-gravitational effects. © ESO 2018.

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2018

46. Summary of the contents and survey properties

Author

Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Babusiaux, C. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Biermann, M. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Siddiqui, H.I. Soubiran, C. Van Leeuwen, F. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. De Angeli, F. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Holl, B. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nienartowicz, K. Panuzzo, P. Portell, J. Riello, M. Seabroke, G.M. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Audard, M. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Clementini, G. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Ducourant, C. Fernández-Hernández, J. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Galluccio, L. García-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osinde, J. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Rimoldini, L. Robin, A.C. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Andrei, A.H. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Antoja, T. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barache, C. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Bombrun, A. Borrachero, R. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bourda, G. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breddels, M.A. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypersy, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, P. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Martino, D. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. Del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Di Matteo, P. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Figueras, F. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Frézouls, B. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. García-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Glass, F. Gomes, M. Granvik, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Helmi, A. Heu, J. Hilger, T. Hobbs, D. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. De Fombelle, G.J. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, Á.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchal, O. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Massari, D. Matijević, G. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P.J. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordénovic, C. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Thuillot, W. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Veljanoski, J. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Walmsley, G. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, Ł. Yoldas, A. Žerjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Abstract

Context. We present the second Gaia data release, Gaia DR2, consisting of astrometry, photometry, radial velocities, and information on astrophysical parameters and variability, for sources brighter than magnitude 21. In addition epoch astrometry and photometry are provided for a modest sample of minor planets in the solar system. Aims. A summary of the contents of Gaia DR2 is presented, accompanied by a discussion on the differences with respect to Gaia DR1 and an overview of the main limitations which are still present in the survey. Recommendations are made on the responsible use of Gaia DR2 results. Methods. The raw data collected with the Gaia instruments during the first 22 months of the mission have been processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) and turned into this second data release, which represents a major advance with respect to Gaia DR1 in terms of completeness, performance, and richness of the data products. Results. Gaia DR2 contains celestial positions and the apparent brightness in G for approximately 1.7 billion sources. For 1.3 billion of those sources, parallaxes and proper motions are in addition available. The sample of sources for which variability information is provided is expanded to 0.5 million stars. This data release contains four new elements: broad-band colour information in the form of the apparent brightness in the GBP (330-680 nm) and GRP (630-1050 nm) bands is available for 1.4 billion sources; median radial velocities for some 7 million sources are presented; for between 77 and 161 million sources estimates are provided of the stellar effective temperature, extinction, reddening, and radius and luminosity; and for a pre-selected list of 14 000 minor planets in the solar system epoch astrometry and photometry are presented. Finally, Gaia DR2 also represents a new materialisation of the celestial reference frame in the optical, the Gaia-CRF2, which is the first optical reference frame based solely on extragalactic sources. There are notable changes in the photometric system and the catalogue source list with respect to Gaia DR1, and we stress the need to consider the two data releases as independent. Conclusions. Gaia DR2 represents a major achievement for the Gaia mission, delivering on the long standing promise to provide parallaxes and proper motions for over 1 billion stars, and representing a first step in the availability of complementary radial velocity and source astrophysical information for a sample of stars in the Gaia survey which covers a very substantial fraction of the volume of our galaxy. © ESO 2018.

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2018

47. Gaia Data Release 2: The celestial reference frame (Gaia -CRF2)

Author

Mignard, F. Klioner, S.A. Lindegren, L. Hernández, J. Bastian, U. Bombrun, A. Hobbs, D. Lammers, U. Michalik, D. Ramos-Lerate, M. Biermann, M. Fernández-Hernández, J. Geyer, R. Hilger, T. Siddiqui, H.I. Steidelmüller, H. Babusiaux, C. Barache, C. Lambert, S. Andrei, A.H. Bourda, G. Charlot, P. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Evans, D.W. Eyer, L. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Luri, X. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Soubiran, C. Van Leeuwen, F. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Cropper, M. Drimmel, R. Katz, D. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. De Angeli, F. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Holl, B. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nienartowicz, K. Panuzzo, P. Portell, J. Riello, M. Seabroke, G.M. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Audard, M. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Clementini, G. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Ducourant, C. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Galluccio, L. García-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osinde, J. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Rimoldini, L. Robin, A.C. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Antoja, T. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Borrachero, R. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breddels, M.A. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypers, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, P. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. Del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. DIakite, S. DIener, C. DIstefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Figueras, F. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Frézouls, B. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. García-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Glass, F. Gomes, M. Granvik, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Helmi, A. Heu, J. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. Jevardat De Fombelle, G. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, A.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchal, O. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Massari, D. Matijevič, G. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P.J. Messina, S. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordénovic, C. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poggio, E. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Regibo, S. Reylé, C. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Romero-Gómez, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Thuillot, W. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Veljanoski, J. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Walmsley, G. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, L. Yoldas, A. Žerjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

Subjects
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Context. The second release of Gaia data (Gaia DR2) contains the astrometric parameters for more than half a million quasars. This set defines a kinematically non-rotating reference frame in the optical domain. A subset of these quasars have accurate VLBI positions that allow the axes of the reference frame to be aligned with the International Celestial Reference System (ICRF) radio frame. Aims. We describe the astrometric and photometric properties of the quasars that were selected to represent the celestial reference frame of Gaia DR2 (Gaia-CRF2), and to compare the optical and radio positions for sources with accurate VLBI positions. Methods. Descriptive statistics are used to characterise the overall properties of the quasar sample. Residual rotation and orientation errors and large-scale systematics are quantified by means of expansions in vector spherical harmonics. Positional differences are calculated relative to a prototype version of the forthcoming ICRF3. Results. Gaia-CRF2 consists of the positions of a sample of 556 869 sources in Gaia DR2, obtained from a positional cross-match with the ICRF3-prototype and AllWISE AGN catalogues. The sample constitutes a clean, dense, and homogeneous set of extragalactic point sources in the magnitude range G ≈ 16 to 21 mag with accurately known optical positions. The median positional uncertainty is 0.12 mas for G < 18 mag and 0.5 mas at G = mag. Large-scale systematics are estimated to be in the range 20 to 30 μas. The accuracy claims are supported by the parallaxes and proper motions of the quasars in Gaia DR2. The optical positions for a subset of 2820 sources in common with the ICRF3-prototype show very good overall agreement with the radio positions, but several tens of sources have significantly discrepant positions. Conclusions. Based on less than 40% of the data expected from the nominal Gaia mission, Gaia-CRF2 is the first realisation of a non-rotating global optical reference frame that meets the ICRS prescriptions, meaning that it is built only on extragalactic sources. Its accuracy matches the current radio frame of the ICRF, but the density of sources in all parts of the sky is much higher, except along the Galactic equator. © ESO 2018.

Published
2018

48. Mapping the milky way disc kinematics

Author

Katz, D. Antoja, T. Romero-Gómez, M. Drimmel, R. Reylé, C. Seabroke, G.M. Soubiran, C. Babusiaux, C. Di Matteo, P. Figueras, F. Poggio, E. Robin, A.C. Evans, D.W. Brown, A.G.A. Vallenari, A. Prusti, T. De Bruijne, J.H.J. Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. Biermann, M. Eyer, L. Jansen, F. Jordi, C. Klioner, S.A. Lammers, U. Lindegren, L. Luri, X. Mignard, F. Panem, C. Pourbaix, D. Randich, S. Sartoretti, P. Siddiqui, H.I. Van Leeuwen, F. Walton, N.A. Arenou, F. Bastian, U. Cropper, M. Lattanzi, M.G. Bakker, J. Cacciari, C. Castañeda, J. Chaoul, L. Cheek, N. De Angeli, F. Fabricius, C. Guerra, R. Holl, B. Masana, E. Messineo, R. Mowlavi, N. Nienartowicz, K. Panuzzo, P. Portell, J. Riello, M. Tanga, P. Thévenin, F. Gracia-Abril, G. Comoretto, G. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Teyssier, D. Altmann, M. Andrae, R. Audard, M. Bellas-Velidis, I. Benson, K. Berthier, J. Blomme, R. Burgess, P. Busso, G. Carry, B. Cellino, A. Clementini, G. Clotet, M. Creevey, O. Davidson, M. De Ridder, J. Delchambre, L. Dell'Oro, A. Ducourant, C. Fernández-Hernández, J. Fouesneau, M. Frémat, Y. Galluccio, L. García-Torres, M. González-Núñez, J. González-Vidal, J.J. Gosset, E. Guy, L.P. Halbwachs, J.-L. Hambly, N.C. Harrison, D.L. Hernández, J. Hestroffer, D. Hodgkin, S.T. Hutton, A. Jasniewicz, G. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, A. Jordan, S. Korn, A.J. Krone-Martins, A. Lanzafame, A.C. Lebzelter, T. Löffler, W. Manteiga, M. Marrese, P.M. Martín-Fleitas, J.M. Moitinho, A. Mora, A. Muinonen, K. Osinde, J. Pancino, E. Pauwels, T. Petit, J.-M. Recio-Blanco, A. Richards, P.J. Rimoldini, L. Sarro, L.M. Siopis, C. Smith, M. Sozzetti, A. Süveges, M. Torra, J. Van Reeven, W. Abbas, U. Abreu Aramburu, A. Accart, S. Aerts, C. Altavilla, G. Álvarez, M.A. Alvarez, R. Alves, J. Anderson, R.I. Andrei, A.H. Anglada Varela, E. Antiche, E. Arcay, B. Astraatmadja, T.L. Bach, N. Baker, S.G. Balaguer-Núñez, L. Balm, P. Barache, C. Barata, C. Barbato, D. Barblan, F. Barklem, P.S. Barrado, D. Barros, M. Barstow, M.A. Bartholomé Muñoz, S. Bassilana, J.-L. Becciani, U. Bellazzini, M. Berihuete, A. Bertone, S. Bianchi, L. Bienaymé, O. Blanco-Cuaresma, S. Boch, T. Boeche, C. Bombrun, A. Borrachero, R. Bossini, D. Bouquillon, S. Bourda, G. Bragaglia, A. Bramante, L. Breddels, M.A. Bressan, A. Brouillet, N. Brüsemeister, T. Brugaletta, E. Bucciarelli, B. Burlacu, A. Busonero, D. Butkevich, A.G. Buzzi, R. Caffau, E. Cancelliere, R. Cannizzaro, G. Cantat-Gaudin, T. Carballo, R. Carlucci, T. Carrasco, J.M. Casamiquela, L. Castellani, M. Castro-Ginard, A. Charlot, P. Chemin, L. Chiavassa, A. Cocozza, G. Costigan, G. Cowell, S. Crifo, F. Crosta, M. Crowley, C. Cuypersy, J. Dafonte, C. Damerdji, Y. Dapergolas, A. David, P. David, M. De Laverny, P. De Luise, F. De March, R. De Souza, R. De Torres, A. Debosscher, J. Del Pozo, E. Delbo, M. Delgado, A. Delgado, H.E. Diakite, S. Diener, C. Distefano, E. Dolding, C. Drazinos, P. Durán, J. Edvardsson, B. Enke, H. Eriksson, K. Esquej, P. Eynard Bontemps, G. Fabre, C. Fabrizio, M. Faigler, S. Falcão, A.J. Farràs Casas, M. Federici, L. Fedorets, G. Fernique, P. Filippi, F. Findeisen, K. Fonti, A. Fraile, E. Fraser, M. Frézouls, B. Gai, M. Galleti, S. Garabato, D. García-Sedano, F. Garofalo, A. Garralda, N. Gavel, A. Gavras, P. Gerssen, J. Geyer, R. Giacobbe, P. Gilmore, G. Girona, S. Giuffrida, G. Glass, F. Gomes, M. Granvik, M. Gueguen, A. Guerrier, A. Guiraud, J. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R. Haigron, R. Hatzidimitriou, D. Hauser, M. Haywood, M. Heiter, U. Helmi, A. Heu, J. Hilger, T. Hobbs, D. Hofmann, W. Holland, G. Huckle, H.E. Hypki, A. Icardi, V. Janßen, K. De Fombelle, G.J. Jonker, P.G. Juhász, Á.L. Julbe, F. Karampelas, A. Kewley, A. Klar, J. Kochoska, A. Kohley, R. Kolenberg, K. Kontizas, M. Kontizas, E. Koposov, S.E. Kordopatis, G. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z. Koubsky, P. Lambert, S. Lanza, A.F. Lasne, Y. Lavigne, J.-B. Le Fustec, Y. Le Poncin-Lafitte, C. Lebreton, Y. Leccia, S. Leclerc, N. Lecoeur-Taibi, I. Lenhardt, H. Leroux, F. Liao, S. Licata, E. Lindstrøm, H.E.P. Lister, T.A. Livanou, E. Lobel, A. López, M. Managau, S. Mann, R.G. Mantelet, G. Marchal, O. Marchant, J.M. Marconi, M. Marinoni, S. Marschalkó, G. Marshall, D.J. Martino, M. Marton, G. Mary, N. Massari, D. Matijević, G. Mazeh, T. McMillan, P.J. Messina, S. Michalik, D. Millar, N.R. Molina, D. Molinaro, R. Molnár, L. Montegriffo, P. Mor, R. Morbidelli, R. Morel, T. Morris, D. Mulone, A.F. Muraveva, T. Musella, I. Nelemans, G. Nicastro, L. Noval, L. O'Mullane, W. Ordénovic, C. Ordóñez-Blanco, D. Osborne, P. Pagani, C. Pagano, I. Pailler, F. Palacin, H. Palaversa, L. Panahi, A. Pawlak, M. Piersimoni, A.M. Pineau, F.-X. Plachy, E. Plum, G. Poujoulet, E. Prša, A. Pulone, L. Racero, E. Ragaini, S. Rambaux, N. Ramos-Lerate, M. Regibo, S. Riclet, F. Ripepi, V. Riva, A. Rivard, A. Rixon, G. Roegiers, T. Roelens, M. Rowell, N. Royer, F. Ruiz-Dern, L. Sadowski, G. Sagristà Sellés, T. Sahlmann, J. Salgado, J. Salguero, E. Sanna, N. Santana-Ros, T. Sarasso, M. Savietto, H. Schultheis, M. Sciacca, E. Segol, M. Segovia, J.C. Ségransan, D. Shih, I.-C. Siltala, L. Silva, A.F. Smart, R.L. Smith, K.W. Solano, E. Solitro, F. Sordo, R. Soria Nieto, S. Souchay, J. Spagna, A. Spoto, F. Stampa, U. Steele, I.A. Steidelmüller, H. Stephenson, C.A. Stoev, H. Suess, F.F. Surdej, J. Szabados, L. Szegedi-Elek, E. Tapiador, D. Taris, F. Tauran, G. Taylor, M.B. Teixeira, R. Terrett, D. Teyssandier, P. Thuillot, W. Titarenko, A. Torra Clotet, F. Turon, C. Ulla, A. Utrilla, E. Uzzi, S. Vaillant, M. Valentini, G. Valette, V. Van Elteren, A. Van Hemelryck, E. Van Leeuwen, M. Vaschetto, M. Vecchiato, A. Veljanoski, J. Viala, Y. Vicente, D. Vogt, S. Von Essen, C. Voss, H. Votruba, V. Voutsinas, S. Walmsley, G. Weiler, M. Wertz, O. Wevers, T. Wyrzykowski, Ł. Yoldas, A. Žerjal, M. Ziaeepour, H. Zorec, J. Zschocke, S. Zucker, S. Zurbach, C. Zwitter, T.

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

Context. The second Gaia data release (Gaia DR2) contains high-precision positions, parallaxes, and proper motions for 1.3 billion sources as well as line-of-sight velocities for 7.2 million stars brighter than GRVS = 12 mag. Both samples provide a full sky coverage. Aims. To illustrate the potential of Gaia DR2, we provide a first look at the kinematics of the Milky Way disc, within a radius of several kiloparsecs around the Sun. Methods. We benefit for the first time from a sample of 6.4 million F-G-K stars with full 6D phase-space coordinates, precise parallaxes (σω/ω/≤ 20%), and precise Galactic cylindrical velocities (median uncertainties of 0.9-1.4 km s-1 and 20% of the stars with uncertainties smaller than 1 km s-1 on all three components). From this sample, we extracted a sub-sample of 3.2 million giant stars to map the velocity field of the Galactic disc from ∼5 kpc to ∼13 kpc from the Galactic centre and up to 2 kpc above and below the plane. We also study the distribution of 0.3 million solar neighbourhood stars (r < 200 pc), with median velocity uncertainties of 0.4 km s-1, in velocity space and use the full sample to examine how the over-densities evolve in more distant regions. Results. Gaia DR2 allows us to draw 3D maps of the Galactocentric median velocities and velocity dispersions with unprecedented accuracy, precision, and spatial resolution. The maps show the complexity and richness of the velocity field of the galactic disc. We observe streaming motions in all the components of the velocities as well as patterns in the velocity dispersions. For example, we confirm the previously reported negative and positive galactocentric radial velocity gradients in the inner and outer disc, respectively. Here, we see them as part of a non-axisymmetric kinematic oscillation, and we map its azimuthal and vertical behaviour. We also witness a new global arrangement of stars in the velocity plane of the solar neighbourhood and in distant regions in which stars are organised in thin substructures with the shape of circular arches that are oriented approximately along the horizontal direction in the U - V plane. Moreover, in distant regions, we see variations in the velocity substructures more clearly than ever before, in particular, variations in the velocity of the Hercules stream. Conclusions. Gaia DR2 provides the largest existing full 6D phase-space coordinates catalogue. It also vastly increases the number of available distances and transverse velocities with respect to Gaia DR1. Gaia DR2 offers a great wealth of information on the Milky Way and reveals clear non-axisymmetric kinematic signatures within the Galactic disc, for instance. It is now up to the astronomical community to explore its full potential. © ESO 2018.

Published
2018

49. Crystallinity and lowering band gap induced visible light photocatalytic activity of TiO

Author

R, Saravanan, J, Aviles, F, Gracia, E, Mosquera, and Vinod Kumar, Gupta

Subjects
Titanium, Chitosan, Light, X-Ray Diffraction, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Metal Nanoparticles, Photochemical Processes, Catalysis, Nanocomposites
Abstract

The inhibition of electrons-holes recombination and enhancement of visible light photocatalytic activity were accomplished by the synthesized TiO

Published
2017

50. Synthesis and characterization of metal oxides (CeO

Author

Lalitha, Gnanasekaran, R, Hemamalini, R, Saravanan, K, Ravichandran, F, Gracia, Shilpi, Agarwal, and Vinod Kumar, Gupta

Subjects
Photolysis, Ultraviolet Rays, Metal Nanoparticles, Tin Compounds, Oxides, Cerium, Catalysis, Methylene Blue, Manganese Compounds, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, X-Ray Diffraction, Metals, Nickel, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, Zinc Oxide, Azo Compounds, Copper
Abstract

The progress of the enriched photocatalytic degradation predominantly depends on materials fabrication. In the recent times, the outcomes of nanomaterials show extraordinary efficiency due to its shape and size. In this connection, the present work concentrates on the fabrication of single digit metal oxides (CeO

Published
2017

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