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1. CRIRES+ on sky: high spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT

Author: Reinhold J. Dorn, Paul Bristow, Jonathan Smoker, Florian Rodler, Matteo Accardo, Andrea Baruffolo, Claudio Cumani, Andreas Haimerl, Artie Hatzes, Marcus Haug, Ulrike Heiter, Renate Hinterschuster, Norbert Hubin, Derek Ives, Matias Jones, Yves Jung, Jean-Paul Kirchbauer, Barbara Klein, Jana Köhler, Heidi H. Korhonen, Alexis Lavail, Thomas Marquart, Christophe Moins, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Ernesto Oliva, Laurent Pallanca, Luca Pasquini, Jérôme Paufique, Nikolai Piskunov, Ansgar Reiners, Dominik Schneller, Ricardo Schmutzer, Ulf Seemann, Ditte Slumstrup, Alain Smette, Jörg Stegmeier, Eric Stempels, Sébastien Tordo, Elena Valenti, Jose Javier Valenzuela, and Joël Vernet
Published: 2022

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

Author: Zoltan Balog, G. Tauran, Vincenzo Ripepi, Gerry Gilmore, M. Barros, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Alberto Cellino, E. Poggio, P. Gavras, Simchon Faigler, Marc Audard, C. Nicolas, M. Vaillant, A. Mora, Paolo Tanga, Silvio Leccia, Despina Hatzidimitriou, A. Dapergolas, Eva Sciacca, Alberto Krone-Martins, N. Cheek, M. Hauser, Ulrike Heiter, S. Managau, L. Rohrbasser, Mathias Schultheis, E. Utrilla, Minia Manteiga, Marcella Marconi, Xavier Luri, F. De Angeli, Shay Zucker, Paolo Giacobbe, J. Juaristi Campillo, H. I. Siddiqui, J. Torra, F. X. Pineau, Roy Gomel, Thierry Morel, T. Cornez, Eric Gosset, Mario Gai, Jose M Hernandez, G. Giuffrida, A. de Torres, Laszlo Szabados, S. Ragaini, E. van Dillen, D. Semeux, Leanne P. Guy, R. Drimmel, L. M. Sarro, S. Voutsinas, Johannes Sahlmann, Damien Ségransan, S. Liao, Derek W. Morris, Jan Rybizki, André Moitinho, T. Roegiers, Bengt Edvardsson, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Martin Altmann, C. Turon, Laurent Chemin, K. Janßen, D. Garabato, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Michał Pawlak, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Sergei A. Klioner, F. Torra, Carine Babusiaux, Alfred Castro-Ginard, G. Plum, Mariateresa Crosta, Iain A. Steele, A. Yoldas, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, Francesca Fragkoudi, F. De Luise, M. Bernet, Alessandro Sozzetti, M. Kontizas, Roberto Molinaro, C. Diener, S. Regibo, D. Barbato, T. Pauwels, R. E. de Souza, C. Fabricius, D. Souami, L. Martin Polo, M. Ramos-Lerate, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, P. Madrero Pardo, P. Re Fiorentin, J. F. Le Campion, Jérôme Berthier, N. Tonello, Ummi Abbas, Y. Lebreton, M. Biermann, D. Munoz, N. Brouillet, David Teyssier, O. Vanel, P. A. Palicio, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. F. Lanza, Jesus Salgado, E. del Pozo, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Ramachrisna Teixeira, L. Chaoul, Mike Smith, Rossella Cancelliere, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, D. Baines, M. Romero-Gómez, E. Anglada Varela, E. Livanou, X. Peñalosa Esteller, S. Diakite, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, Daniel Hestroffer, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, M. David, Angela Bragaglia, J. De Ridder, Mark Taylor, Roberto Morbidelli, A. Sagristà Sellés, Nigel Hambly, Arnaud Siebert, R. L. Smart, P. Burgess, Y. Le Fustec, Alessandro Bressan, H. Steidelmüller, Alberto Riva, H. E. Huckle, Morgan Fouesneau, N. Bauchet, P. Osborne, S. Marinoni, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, A. Garofalo, Antonella Vallenari, R. Mor, Sahar Shahaf, P. de Laverny, G. Sadowski, Peter G. Jonker, A. Kochoska, F. Taris, A. F. Mulone, M. Ajaj, C. Ducourant, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, J. M. Carrasco, Tatiana Muraveva, W. van Reeven, P. Sartoretti, Jordi Portell, Andreas Korn, E. Salguero, Ana Ulla, P. Di Matteo, Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones, J. Bakker, F. Riclet, G. Altavilla, Ulrich Bastian, P. Esquej, R. Buzzi, M. Segol, A. C. Lanzafame, L. Balaguer-Núñez, Beatrice Bucciarelli, C. Panem, E. Balbinot, T. 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Brown, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, N. A. Walton, P. Panuzzo, Benoit Carry, Raphael Guerra, J. J. González-Vidal, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, S. Cowell, Marco Castellani, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, A. Baudesson-Stella, N. Leclerc, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, F. van Leeuwen, S. Bouquillon, Uwe Lammers, D. W. Evans, L. Eyer, M. van Leeuwen, A. Guerrier, J. González-Núñez, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Miguel García-Torres, Ilaria Musella, L. Palaversa, W. Roux, W. Löffler, J.-B. Delisle, Dimitri Pourbaix, Timo Prusti, J. Osinde, M. Riello, G. Orrù, C. Crowley, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Hector Canovas, D. L. Harrison, Y. Lasne, E. F. del Peloso, Laurent Galluccio, N. Hładczuk, T. Boch, Martin A. Barstow, László Molnár, Aldo Dell'Oro, C. Pagani, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Stefano Bertone, Patrick Charlot, Eduard Masana, Elisabetta Caffau, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, J. L. 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Subjects: trigonometric parallaxes, Solar neighborhood, Stars: luminosity function, mass function, Astronomy, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, luminosity function, mass function [Stars], Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, luminosity: mass function [Stars], Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, MAIN-SEQUENCE, Hertzsprung-Russell-diagram, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stars:low-mass brown-dwarfs, wide binaries, Physics, education.field_of_study, north galactic pole, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrometry, BROWN DWARF, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, mass function, NORTH GALACTIC POLE, Physical Sciences, symbols, CIRCULAR-VELOCITY CURVE, Halo, astro-ph.SR, Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, stars: luminosity function, astro-ph.GA, Posterior probability, Population, main-sequence, Luminosity-Function, FOS: Physical sciences, Mass-Function, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, Photometry (optics), DWARF LUMINOSITY-FUNCTION, dwarf luminosity-function, sky-survey, symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, luminosity function [stars], low-mass [Stars], 0103 physical sciences, Stars: luminosity: mass function, Stars: low-mass, WHITE-DWARFS, education, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), brown dwarf, catalogs, astrometry, Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams, stars: low-mass, solar neighborhood, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, SKY-SURVEY, white-dwarfs, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Luminosity function, White dwarf, TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Low-mass, 115 Astronomy, Space science, WIDE BINARIES, Stars, Physics::History of Physics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), solar-neighborhood, Catalogs, circular-velocity curve, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
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.
Published: 2021

3. Observational constraints on the origin of the elements IV. Standard composition of the Sun

Author: Ekaterina Magg, Maria Bergemann, Aldo Serenelli, Manuel Bautista, Bertrand Plez, Ulrike Heiter, Jeffrey M. Gerber, Hans-Günter Ludwig, Sarbani Basu, Jason W. Ferguson, Helena Carvajal Gallego, Sébastien Gamrath, Patrick Palmeri, and Pascal Quinet
Subjects: stars, abundances, formation, Sun, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Space and Planetary Science, radiative transfer, atmospheres, atomic data, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, line, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Abstract: The chemical composition of the Sun is requested in the context of various studies in astrophysics, among them in the calculation of the standard solar models (SSMs), which describe the evolution of the Sun from the pre-main-sequence to its present age. In this work, we provide a critical re-analysis of the solar chemical abundances and corresponding SSMs. For the photospheric values, we employ new high-quality solar observational data collected with the IAG facility, state-of-the art non-equilibrium modelling, new oscillator strengths, and different atmospheric models, including the MARCS model, but also averages based on Stagger and CO5BOLD 3D radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of stellar convection. We perform new calculations of oscillator strengths for transitions in O I and N I. For O I - the critical element for the interior models - calculations are carried out using several independent methods. We find unprecedented agreement between the new estimates of transition probabilities, thus supporting our revised solar oxygen abundance. We also provide new estimates of the noble gas Ne abundance. We investigate our results in comparison with the previous estimates. We discuss the consistency of our photospheric measurements with meteoritic values taking into account systematic and correlated errors. Finally, we provide revised chemical abundances, leading to a new value of the solar photospheric present-day metallicity $Z/X = 0.0225$, and employ them in the calculations of the SSM. We find that the puzzling mismatch between the helioseismic constraints on the solar interior structure and the model is resolved with the new chemical composition., Comment: accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2022

4. The SAPP pipeline for the determination of stellar abundances and atmospheric parameters of stars in the core program of the PLATO mission

Author: Denis Mourard, Maria Bergemann, Luca Casagrande, Kevin Belkacem, Regner Trampedach, Nicolas Nardetto, Daniel R. Reese, Carlos del Burgo, Marie-Jo Goupil, Victor Silva Aguirre, Andrea Chiavassa, Thierry Morel, Matthew Raymond Gent, Bertrand Plez, Douglas J. Marshall, Martin Asplund, Maria Tsantaki, Jonay I. González Hernández, Aldo Serenelli, Mikhail Kovalev, Luisa Fernanda Rodríguez Díaz, Lionel Bigot, Ulrike Heiter, Vardan Adibekyan, Szabolcs Mészáros, Jeffrey M. Gerber, Rhita-Maria Ouazzani, Thibault Merle, European Space Agency, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), German Research Foundation, University of Heidelberg, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Swedish National Space Agency, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, European Commission, European Research Council, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Max Planck Society, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: solar-type [stars], Metallicity, fundamental parameters [stars], FOS: Physical sciences, Core sample, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Surveys, 01 natural sciences, Astronomical spectroscopy, Luminosity, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, surveys, 0103 physical sciences, Stars: solar-type, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Stars: fundamental parameters, atmospheres [stars], Physics, [SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stars: abundances, low-mass. Techniques: spectroscopic. Surveys, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Observable, Effective temperature, Surface gravity, abundances [stars], Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Stars: atmospheres, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, fundamental parameters
Abstract: We introduce the SAPP (Stellar Abundances and atmospheric Parameters Pipeline), the prototype of the code that will be used to determine parameters of stars observed within the core program of the PLATO space mission. The pipeline is based on the Bayesian inference and provides effective temperature, surface gravity, metallicity, chemical abundances, and luminosity. The code in its more general version has a much wider range of potential applications. It can also provide masses, ages, and radii of stars and can be used with stellar types not targeted by the PLATO core program, such as red giants. We validate the code on a set of 27 benchmark stars that includes 19 FGK-type dwarfs, 6 GK-type subgiants, and 2 red giants. Our results suggest that combining various observables is the optimal approach, as this allows the degeneracies between different parameters to be broken and yields more accurate values of stellar parameters and more realistic uncertainties. For the PLATO core sample, we obtain a typical uncertainty of 27 (syst.) ± 37 (stat.) K for Teff, 0.00 ± 0.01 dex for log g, 0.02 ± 0.02 dex for metallicity [Fe/H], −0.01 ± 0.03 R⊙ for radii, −0.01 ± 0.05 M⊙ for stellar masses, and −0.14 ± 0.63 Gyr for ages. We also show that the best results are obtained by combining the νmax scaling relation with stellar spectra. This resolves the notorious problem of degeneracies, which is particularly important for F-type stars., This work presents results from the European Space Agency (ESA) space mission PLATO. The PLATO payload, the PLATO Ground Segment and PLATO data processing are joint developments of ESA and the PLATO Mission Consortium (PMC). Funding for the PMC is provided at national levels, in particular by countries participating in the PLATO Multilateral Agreement (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, and United Kingdom) and institutions from Brazil. Members of the PLATO Consortium can be found at https://platomission.com. The ESA PLATO mission website is https://www.cosmos.esa.int/plato. We thank the teams working for PLATO for all their work. We thank P.E. Nissen for providing the reduced spectra of the Kepler legacy stars. M.R.G., M.B., J.G., and M.K. are supported by the Lise Meitner grant from the Max Planck Society. B.P. is partially supported by CNES, the Centre National d’Études Spatiales. We acknowledge support by the Collaborative Research centre SFB 881 (projects A5, A10), Heidelberg University, of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). We thank C. Aerts for providing helpful comments to this study. This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. A.S. acknowledges support from MICINN grant PID2019-108709GB-I00. T.M. acknowledges financial support from Belspo for contract PRODEX PLATO mission development. U.H. acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA/Rymdstyrelsen). S.M. has been supported by the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and by the ÚNKP-20-5 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology. N.N. acknowledges Anthony Salsi for useful discussions. V.A. is supported by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) through national grants: UID/FIS/04434/2019; UIDB/04434/2020; UIDP/04434/2020. V.A. also acknowledges the support from FCT through Investigador FCT contract nr. IF/00650/2015/CP1273/CT0001. M.T. acknowledges the funding from MIUR Premiale 2016: MITIC. L.C. is the recipient of the ARC Future Fellowship FT160100402. M.B. is supported through the Lise Meitner grant from the Max Planck Society. We acknowledge support by the Collaborative Research centre SFB 881 (projects A5, A10), Heidelberg University, of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 949173).
Published: 2022

5. Atomic data for the Gaia-ESO Survey

Author: Martin Asplund, Nils Ryde, Paul S. Barklem, Andrew R. Casey, Bengt Edvardsson, Henrik Jönsson, A. C. Lanzafame, Andreas Korn, Šarūnas Mikolaitis, L. Morbidelli, Gerard Gilmore, Maria Bergemann, E. Pancino, Lorenzo Monaco, Ulrike Heiter, Francesco Damiani, P. de Laverny, Clare Worley, Laura Magrini, Carmela Lardo, Paula Jofre, Sofia Feltzing, Simone Zaggia, Thomas Bensby, A. Bayo Aran, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Sofia Randich, Karin Lind, Juliet C. Pickering, Thomas Masseron, Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Heiter U., Lind K., Bergemann M., Asplund M., Mikolaitis S., Barklem P.S., Masseron T., De Laverny P., Magrini L., Edvardsson B., Jonsson H., Pickering J.C., Ryde N., Bayo Aran A., Bensby T., Casey A.R., Feltzing S., Jofre P., Korn A.J., Pancino E., Damiani F., Lanzafame A., Lardo C., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Smiljanic R., Worley C., Zaggia S., Randich S., and Gilmore G.F.
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, stars: abundances, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astronomical spectroscopy, Spectral line, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, surveys, 0103 physical sciences, Arcturus, Radiative transfer, atomic data, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Hyperfine structure, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Line (formation), Physics, stars: late-type, Astronomy and Astrophysics, abundances [stars], Stars: Abundance, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, late-type [stars], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: We describe the atomic and molecular data that were used for the abundance analyses of FGK-type stars carried out within the Gaia-ESO Survey. We present an unprecedented effort to create a homogeneous line list, which was used by several abundance analysis groups to calculate synthetic spectra and equivalent widths. The atomic data are accompanied by quality indicators and detailed references to the sources. The atomic and molecular data are made publicly available in electronic form. In general experimental transition probabilities were preferred but theoretical values were also used. Astrophysical gf-values were avoided due to the model-dependence of such a procedure. For elements whose lines are significantly affected by hyperfine structure or isotopic splitting a concerted effort has been made to collate the necessary data for the individual line components. We also performed a detailed investigation of available data for line broadening due to collisions with neutral hydrogen atoms. Synthetic spectra calculated for the Sun and Arcturus were used to assess the blending properties of the lines. Among a subset of over 1300 lines of 35 elements in the wavelength ranges from 475 nm to 685 nm and from 850 nm to 895 nm we identified about 200 lines of 24 species which have accurate gf-values and are free of blends in the spectra of the Sun and Arcturus. For the broadening due to collisions with neutral hydrogen we recommend data based on Anstee-Barklem-O'Mara theory, where available, and to avoid lines of neutral species otherwise. Theoretical broadening data by R.L. Kurucz should be used for Sc II, Ti II, and Y II lines. For ionised rare-earth species the Uns\"old approximation with an enhancement factor of 1.5 for the line width can be used. Desirable improvements in atomic data were identified for a number of species, including Al I, S I, Cr II, Na I, Si I, Ca II, and Ni I., Comment: Accepted for publication in section 12. Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data of Astronomy and Astrophysics; main part 25 pages, 8 tables, 5 figures; appendices 53 pages, 23 tables, 29 figures
Published: 2021
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6. Comparative high-resolution spectroscopy of M dwarfs - exploring non-LTE effects

Author: Oleg Kochukhov, Ulrike Heiter, Terese Olander, and Wolk, Scott
Subjects: Thermodynamic equilibrium, Metallicity, Cool Stars on the main sequence, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Atmosphere, Non-LTE effects, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, M dwarfs, Physics, Atmospheric models, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Stars, Wavelength, Non-LTE, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, High-resolution spectroscopy, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Cool-stars
Abstract: M dwarfs are key targets for high-resolution spectroscopic analyses due to a high incidence of these stars in the solar neighbourhood and their importance as exoplanetary hosts. Several methodological challenges make such analyses difficult, leading to significant discrepancies in the published results. We compare M dwarf parameters derived by recent high-resolution near-infrared studies with each other and with fundamental stellar parameters. We also assess to what extent deviations from local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) for Fe and K influence the outcome of these studies. We carry out line formation calculations based on a modern model atmosphere grid along with a synthetic spectrum synthesis code that treats formation of atomic and molecular lines in cool-star atmospheres including departures from LTE. We use near-infrared spectra collected with the CRIRES instrument at the ESO VLT as reference observational data. We find that the effective temperatures obtained by the different studies mostly agree to better than 100 K. We see a much worse agreement in the surface gravities and metallicities. We demonstrate that non-LTE effects are negligible for Fe I in M-dwarf atmospheres but are important for K I. These effects, leading to K abundance and metallicity corrections on the order of 0.2 dex, may be responsible for some of the discrepancies in the published analyses. Differences in the temperature-pressure structures of the atmospheric models may be another factor contributing to the discrepancies, in particular at low metallicities and high effective temperatures. In high-resolution spectroscopic studies of M dwarfs attention should be given to details of the line formation physics as well as input atomic and molecular data. Collecting high-quality, wide wavelength coverage spectra of benchmark M dwarfs is an essential future step., Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures. Accepted in A&A
Published: 2021
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7. Laboratory astrophysics for the interpretation of stellar spectra

Author: Ulrike Heiter
Subjects: Physics, Milky Way, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Astronomical spectroscopy, Interpretation (model theory), Stars, Space and Planetary Science, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Chemical composition, Atomic data
Abstract: High-resolution stellar spectra are important tools for studying the chemical evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy, tracing the origin of chemical elements, and characterizing planetary host stars. Large amounts of data have been accumulating, in particular in the optical and infrared wavelength regions. The observed spectral lines are interpreted using model spectra that are calculated based on transition data for numerous species, in particular neutral and singly ionized atoms. We rely heavily on the continuous activities of laboratory astrophysics groups that produce high-quality experimental and theoretical atomic data for the relevant transitions. We give examples for the precision with which the chemical composition of stars observed by different surveys can be determined, and discuss future needs from laboratory astrophysics.
Published: 2019

8. The Galactic Anticentre

Author: Vincenzo Ripepi, A. de Torres, Annie C. Robin, Mariateresa Crosta, C. Diener, L. Noval, Daniel Michalik, P. J. Richards, L. Karbevska, K. Kruszyńska, E. Fraile, André Moitinho, Michał Pawlak, P. Panuzzo, M. Riello, Benoit Carry, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, N. Tonello, P. Gavras, M. Vaillant, Rosanna Sordo, E. del Pozo, Lorenzo Rimoldini, M. Bernet, G. Orrù, W. van Reeven, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, S. Diakite, P. Burgess, P. Osborne, Derek W. Morris, M. I. Carnerero, Amina Helmi, Mike Smith, Iain A. Steele, Alessandro Sozzetti, M. Kontizas, A. Sagristà Sellés, Roberto Molinaro, B. Holl, D. Baines, D. Molina, J. Fernández-Hernández, S. Marinoni, Michele Bellazzini, Maria Süveges, Teresa Antoja, D. Barbato, Uwe Lammers, Isabella Pagano, Davide Massari, G. Plum, P. Ramos, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, M. Biermann, C. Crowley, Mathias Schultheis, D. W. Evans, P. A. Palicio, Paolo Montegriffo, Ramachrisna Teixeira, R. Blomme, Elmé Breedt, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, Marcella Marconi, A. Abreu Aramburu, J. M. Carrasco, F. Royer, S. Accart, A. Burlacu, S. Regibo, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, Nicolas Rambaux, A. F. Mulone, Ana Ulla, Eric Gosset, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, George M. Seabroke, H. E. Delgado, Federico Marocco, C. Nicolas, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, Nicoletta Sanna, G. Gracia-Abril, R. Santoveña, R. Haigron, N. Unger, Silvio Leccia, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, F. Figueras, G. Busso, C. Fabre, P. Di Matteo, F. Riclet, F. Solitro, Eric Slezak, N. Samaras, João Alves, Emese Plachy, Timo Prusti, F. van Leeuwen, J. Osinde, O. Marchal, M. Ajaj, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, Shay Zucker, H. Steidelmüller, Alberto Riva, D. Semeux, N. Cheek, Laurent Galluccio, Martin A. Barstow, Alex Bombrun, S. Liao, M. van Leeuwen, R. E. de Souza, P. de Laverny, T. Roegiers, Paul J. McMillan, G. Holland, Alexey Mints, G. Giuffrida, L. M. Sarro, Juan Zorec, G. Sadowski, P. Yvard, Carme Jordi, J. L. Halbwachs, Laurent Chemin, Ludovic Delchambre, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, Ugo Becciani, Diego Bossini, Ángel Gómez, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Rossella Cancelliere, C. Fabricius, J. De Ridder, L. Eyer, L. Pulone, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, F. De Angeli, M. Haywood, E. Anglada Varela, Antonella Vallenari, F. X. Pineau, D. Garabato, A. Guerrier, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Thomas Hilger, I. Bellas-Velidis, Frédéric Arenou, Paolo Giacobbe, Ilaria Musella, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, L. Palaversa, Pedro García-Lario, David Hobbs, C. Turon, E. Balbinot, P. de Teodoro, Sébastien Lambert, D. Katz, Angela Bragaglia, Anthony G. A. Brown, Paolo Tanga, P. Castro Sampol, J. C. Segovia, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Yves Fremat, Jon Marchant, Jose M Hernandez, S. Ragaini, Sofia Randich, P. Re Fiorentin, J. F. Le Campion, Gisella Clementini, M. Segol, P. David, R. Drimmel, F. Crifo, J. Guiraud, M. David, R. L. Smart, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, D. Eappachen, M. G. Lattanzi, Miguel García-Torres, Andreas Korn, S. Voutsinas, László Molnár, Simchon Faigler, A. Mora, Nicholas Rowell, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Sanjeev Khanna, Aldo Dell'Oro, H. E. Huckle, C. Dolding, N. Leclerc, Monica Rainer, R. Mor, J. Bakker, Maroussia Roelens, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, Nigel Hambly, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, Martin Altmann, A. M. Piersimoni, Alessandro Spagna, Gerry Gilmore, Stefano Bertone, Patrick Charlot, O. Vanel, Daniel Hestroffer, Marco Castellani, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, W. Roux, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, Raphael Guerra, Alberto Cellino, E. Poggio, Gérard Jasniewicz, J. J. González-Vidal, S. Cowell, Peter G. Jonker, C. M. Raiteri, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, Elisabetta Caffau, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, Ulrike Heiter, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, A. Baudesson-Stella, M. Barros, Tsevi Mazeh, A. Panahi, E. Brugaletta, R. Buzzi, Elena Pancino, G. Altavilla, E. 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Pagani, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Eduard Masana, G. Kordopatis, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Arnaud Siebert, A. Kochoska, T. Carlucci, Jérôme Berthier, J. Castañeda, D. Vicente, R. De March, A. Garcia-Gutierrez, M. Weiler, F. Thévenin, Lennart Lindegren, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Guy Rixon, Francois Mignard, P. M. Marrese, M. A. Álvarez, Caroline Soubiran, Rene Andrae, C. Ordénovic, A. Delgado, V. Sanchez Gimenez, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Universidad de Barcelona, Xunta de Galicia, European Commission, Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER (BSC), SEV2015-0493, Krone Martins, A. [0000-0002-2308-6623], McMillan, P. [0000-0002-8861-2620], Carrasco Martínez, J. P. [0000-0002-3029-5853], Sozzetti, A. [0000-0002-7504-365X], Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MINECO/ICTI2013-2016/MDM-2014-0369, Centrode Excelencia Científica Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos Universidad de Barcelona, MINECO/ICTI2013-2016/SEV2015-0493, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Commission (EC), European Research Council (ERC), Institut des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU), Institut National Polytechnique (INP), Institut National de Physique nucleaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italian Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Polish National Science Centre, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW), Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Slovenian Research Agency, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Generalitat de Catalunya, United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA), Gaia Collaboration, Universidad de Cantabria, Astronomy, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), M2A 2021, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Planetary-system research, Department of Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: trigonometric parallaxes, SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD, Astronomy, SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, sagittarius dwarf galaxy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], solar neighborhood, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrometry, Gelexy: kinematics and dynamics, Kinematics and Dynamics, Open clusters and asssociations: individual: Berkeley 29, sky survey, Disk, Physical Sciences, kinematics and dynamics [Gelexy], old open clusters, MILKY-WAY, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, open clusters and associations: individual: Berkeley 29, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, disk [Galaxy], individual: Berkeley 29 [open clusters and associations], Astrometria, Berkeley 29, EXPLORING HALO SUBSTRUCTURE, LOCAL KINEMATICS, Milky Way, FOS: Physical sciences, Open Clusters and Associations, Individual, exploring halo substructure, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, stellar structure, Galaxy: disk, Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer 1, Galactic halo, Halo, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, individual: Berkeley 29 [Open clusters and asssociations], 0103 physical sciences, distances [stars], halo [Galaxy], Disc, Stars: distances, milky-way, Saurer 1, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, canis-major, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES, Galaxy: halo, stars: distances, open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer 1, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galactic plane, kinematics and dynamics [Galaxy], 115 Astronomy, Space science, CANIS-MAJOR, Stars, Galaxy, Physics::History of Physics, Estels, individual: Saurer 1 [open clusters and associations], Distances, local kinematics, OLD OPEN CLUSTERS, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), SKY SURVEY, Open cluster, STELLAR STRUCTURE
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.
Published: 2021
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9. Gaia early data release 3: summary of the contents and survey properties (Corrigendum)

Author: Mathias Schultheis, Marcella Marconi, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, F. Crifo, J. Guiraud, D. Eappachen, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Sanjeev Khanna, A. M. Piersimoni, Raphael Guerra, J. J. González-Vidal, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, A. Baudesson-Stella, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Ummi Abbas, Francesca Figueras, R. Blomme, Elmé Breedt, G. Busso, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, Gerry Gilmore, A. Panahi, S. Messina, C. Babusiaux, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Mark Taylor, Alex Bombrun, M. Barros, M. Riello, M. Ajaj, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, Alberto Cellino, E. Poggio, Y. Le Fustec, C. P. Murphy, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Hector Canovas, D. L. Harrison, Y. Lasne, Elena Pancino, N. Bauchet, G. Orrù, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, Andrea Chiavassa, E. Szegedi-Elek, A. G. A. Brown, Laszlo Szabados, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, C. Crowley, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, E. Poujoulet, Zoltan Balog, L. Eyer, A. Guerrier, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Ilaria Musella, Laurent Galluccio, Martin A. Barstow, Aldo Dell'Oro, Mark Cropper, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Angela Bragaglia, Arnaud Siebert, Damien Ségransan, A. Kochoska, J. L. Halbwachs, E. F. del Peloso, N. Hładczuk, F. Pailler, Stefan Jordan, Stefano Bertone, L. Pulone, Frédéric Arenou, Patrick Charlot, David Hobbs, P. Castro Sampol, Yves Fremat, Sofia Randich, Marc Audard, Despina Hatzidimitriou, A. Dapergolas, L. Palaversa, W. van Reeven, M. Hauser, E. Utrilla, Georges Kordopatis, Sergei A. Klioner, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, G. Tauran, T. Prusti, H. Steidelmüller, Alberto Riva, Diego Bossini, Maria Süveges, Isabella Pagano, J. H. J. de Bruijne, Elisabetta Caffau, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, T. Boch, M. I. Carnerero, T. Carlucci, Grigori Fedorets, J. Castañeda, W. Löffler, Enrique Solano, Paolo Montegriffo, A. Abreu Aramburu, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, C. A. Stephenson, A. Lorca, L. Bramante, Amina Helmi, J.-B. Delisle, B. Holl, D. Molina, J. Fernández-Hernández, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, F. van Leeuwen, C. Robin, D. Katz, E. Gerlach, Elisa Distefano, Michele Bellazzini, P. de Laverny, G. Sadowski, Tomaz Zwitter, A. Burlacu, Teresa Antoja, Rossella Cancelliere, F. Torra, C. Pagani, Annie C. Robin, Johannes Sahlmann, Karri Muinonen, Eva Sciacca, D. Vicente, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, A. F. Mulone, Shay Zucker, Nicholas Rowell, H. E. Delgado, Dimitri Pourbaix, G. Giuffrida, H. E. Huckle, Federico Marocco, L. Noval, Daniel Michalik, P. J. Richards, Y. Viala, E. van Dillen, L. Karbevska, H. Zhao, L. Siltala, Nicoletta Sanna, K. Kruszyńska, E. Fraile, R. De March, Y. Lebreton, C. M. Raiteri, D. W. Evans, Ana Ulla, Francesca Fragkoudi, Jan Rybizki, E. Brugaletta, L. Rohrbasser, Andreas Korn, S. G. Baker, A. Garcia-Gutierrez, L. M. Sarro, R. Buzzi, T. Pauwels, Jérôme Berthier, L. Chaoul, W. J. Cooper, Eduard Masana, M. van Leeuwen, D. Garabato, P. Panuzzo, Maroussia Roelens, Benoit Carry, Deborah Busonero, Michael Davidson, J. González-Núñez, Thomas Hilger, E. Licata, M. Weiler, Mikael Granvik, Alessandro Bressan, Morgan Fouesneau, Miguel García-Torres, W. Roux, Pedro García-Lario, Iain A. Steele, P. Ramos, Alessandro Sozzetti, Roberto Molinaro, O. L. Creevey, D. Barbato, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Uwe Lammers, Alexey Mints, P. Sartoretti, E. Livanou, D. Souami, P. Madrero Pardo, David Teyssier, M. Bernet, Yassine Damerdji, X. Peñalosa Esteller, C. Fabre, F. Thévenin, Gérard Jasniewicz, Roberto Morbidelli, Jesus Salgado, Juan Zorec, Ángel Gómez, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, M. Biermann, E. Racero, J. Torra, R. Gomel, O. Vanel, Daniel Hestroffer, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, P. A. Palicio, F. De Angeli, Richard L. Smart, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, Derek W. Morris, F. Royer, S. Diakite, S. Accart, C. Dolding, P. Burgess, Richard I. Anderson, A. Garofalo, I. Bellas-Velidis, George M. Seabroke, P. Osborne, Claus Fabricius, Jon Marchant, Ramachrisna Teixeira, João Alves, G. Gracia-Abril, R. Santoveña, R. Haigron, N. Unger, Lennart Lindegren, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Paolo Giacobbe, Emese Plachy, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, F. Taris, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, S. Cowell, Jose M Hernandez, S. Ragaini, Jordi Portell, Linda K. Molnar, R. Drimmel, Pierre Kervella, C. Zurbach, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, E. Salguero, Ulrich Bastian, Robert G. Mann, Marco Castellani, J. Osinde, E. Balbinot, Caroline Soubiran, Rene Andrae, J. Souchay, M. G. Lattanzi, S. Voutsinas, Agnes Fienga, Giovanni Comoretto, P. Esquej, A. C. Lanzafame, Beatrice Bucciarelli, C. Panem, Carlos Dafonte, Alfred Castro-Ginard, J. C. Segovia, Monica Rainer, F. Julbe, A. Hutton, Peter G. Jonker, William Thuillot, A. de Torres, F. De Luise, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, M. Kontizas, G. Plum, Martin Altmann, L. Martin Polo, M. Ramos-Lerate, P. de Teodoro, Sébastien Lambert, G. Altavilla, André Moitinho, D. Munoz, N. Brouillet, Alessandro Spagna, C. Ordénovic, Gisella Clementini, C. Nicolas, Michał Pawlak, Silvio Leccia, A. Delgado, M. Romero-Gómez, N. Cheek, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, V. Sanchez Gimenez, Mike Smith, P. David, D. Baines, Paolo Tanga, Guy Rixon, Alberto Krone-Martins, S. Managau, N. A. Walton, S. Bouquillon, C. Fouron, Francois Mignard, Xavier Luri, J. Juaristi Campillo, S. Girona, Thierry Morel, T. Cornez, P. M. Marrese, M. A. Álvarez, S. Liao, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, Nicolas Rambaux, Paul J. McMillan, Ludovic Delchambre, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Haywood, E. Anglada Varela, Antonella Vallenari, S. Regibo, R. E. de Souza, Sahar Shahaf, J. De Ridder, M. Segol, Simchon Faigler, A. Mora, Ulrike Heiter, Carla Cacciari, Minia Manteiga, H. I. Siddiqui, Mario Gai, Leanne P. Guy, N. Leclerc, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, J. M. Carrasco, Bengt Edvardsson, P. Di Matteo, K. Janßen, F. Riclet, F. Solitro, O. Marchal, G. Holland, F. X. Pineau, C. Turon, P. Re Fiorentin, Tsevi Mazeh, Mariateresa Crosta, C. Diener, J. F. Le Campion, Vincenzo Ripepi, M. David, R. Mor, N. Tonello, E. del Pozo, J. Bakker, Davide Massari, A. Sagristà Sellés, Marco Delbo, Eric Slezak, P. Gavras, N. Samaras, S. Marinoni, M. Vaillant, J. M. Petit, P. Yvard, Carme Jordi, Ugo Becciani, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Nigel Hambly, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, Conny Aerts, Eric Gosset, D. Semeux, T. Roegiers, and Laurent Chemin
Subjects: Physics, Addenda, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Errata, Parallaxes, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrometry, Photometric, 01 natural sciences, Techniques, catalogs, astrometry, parallaxes, proper motions, techniques: photometric, errata, addenda, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Proper motions, Catalogs, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Data release, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: We present the early installment of the third Gaia data release, Gaia EDR3, consisting of astrometry and photometry for 1.8 billion sources brighter than magnitude 21, complemented with the list of radial velocities from Gaia DR2. Gaia EDR3 contains celestial positions and the apparent brightness in G for approximately 1.8 billion sources. For 1.5 billion of those sources, parallaxes, proper motions, and the (G_BP-G_RP) colour are also available. The passbands for G, G_BP, and G_RP are provided as part of the release. For ease of use, the 7 million radial velocities from Gaia DR2 are included in this release, after the removal of a small number of spurious values. New radial velocities will appear as part of Gaia DR3. Finally, Gaia EDR3 represents an updated materialisation of the celestial reference frame (CRF) in the optical, the Gaia-CRF3, which is based solely on extragalactic sources. The creation of the source list for Gaia EDR3 includes enhancements that make it more robust with respect to high proper motion stars, and the disturbing effects of spurious and partially resolved sources. The source list is largely the same as that for Gaia DR2, but it does feature new sources and there are some notable changes. The source list will not change for Gaia DR3. Gaia EDR3 represents a significant advance over Gaia DR2, with parallax precisions increased by 30 percent, proper motion precisions increased by a factor of 2, and the systematic errors in the astrometry suppressed by 30--40 percent for the parallaxes and by a factor ~2.5 for the proper motions. The photometry also features increased precision, but above all much better homogeneity across colour, magnitude, and celestial position. A single passband for G, G_BP, and G_RP is valid over the entire magnitude and colour range, with no systematics above the 1 percent level.
Published: 2021

10. Gaia-ESO Survey: Detailed elemental abundances in red giants of the peculiar globular cluster NGC 1851

Author: Nicoletta Sanna, R. Minkeviciute, L. Morbidelli, Rodolfo Smiljanic, A. Bragaglia, Gerry Gilmore, Maria Bergemann, Thomas Bensby, S. L. Martell, E. Pancino, Laura Magrini, Šarūnas Mikolaitis, Guillaume Guiglion, M. Ambrosch, Arnas Drazdauskas, Carmela Lardo, Ulrike Heiter, G. Carraro, Anais Gonneau, Grazina Tautvaisiene, Andreas Korn, Y. Chorniy, E. Stonkute, E. Franciosini, V. Bagdonas, Sofia Randich, Simone Zaggia, ITA, GBR, DEU, AUS, LTU, POL, SWE, Tautvaisiene G., Drazdauskas A., Bragaglia A., Martell S.L., Pancino E., Lardo C., Mikolaitis S., Minkeviciute R., Stonkute E., Ambrosch M., Bagdonas V., Chorniy Y., Sanna N., Franciosini E., Smiljanic R., Randich S., Gilmore G., Bensby T., Bergemann M., Gonneau A., Guiglion G., Carraro G., Heiter U., Korn A., Magrini L., Morbidelli L., and Zaggia S.
Subjects: Physics, stars: abundances, stars: evolution, globular clusters: individual: NGC 1851, abundance, Star, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Globular cluster, Stars, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, NGC 1851, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), evolution, individual, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Abstract: Context. NGC 1851 is one of several globular clusters for which multiple stellar populations of the subgiant branch have been clearly identified and a difference in metallicity detected. A crucial piece of information on the formation history of this cluster can be provided by the sum of A(C+N+O) abundances. However, these values have lacked a general consensus thus far. The separation of the subgiant branch can be based on age and/or A(C+N+O) abundance differences. Aims. Our main aim was to determine carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen abundances for evolved giants in the globular cluster NGC1851 in order to check whether or not the double populations of stars are coeval. Methods. High-resolution spectra, observed with the FLAMES-UVES spectrograph on the ESO VLT telescope, were analysed using a differential model atmosphere method. Results. We provide abundances of up to 29 chemical elements for a sample of 45 giants in NGC 1851. The investigated stars can be separated into two populations with a difference of 0.07 dex in the mean metallicity, 0.3 dex in the mean C/N, and 0.35 dex in the mean s-process dominated element-to-iron abundance ratios [s/Fe]. No significant difference was determined in the mean values of A(C+N+O) as well as in abundance to iron ratios of carbon, alpha- and iron-peak-elements, and of europium. Conclusions. As the averaged A(C+N+O) values between the two populations do not differ, additional evidence is given that NGC 1851 is composed of two clusters, the metal-rich cluster being by about 0.6 Gyr older than the metal-poor one. A global overview of NGC 1851 properties and the detailed abundances of chemical elements favour its formation in a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that was accreted by the Milky Way., Comment: 13 pages, 17 figures, accepted to Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published: 2021
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11. The Gaia -ESO Survey: A new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters: I. Stellar parameters, and iron-peak, α -, and proton-capture elements

Author: M. Van der Swaelmen, Loredana Prisinzano, Sergey E. Koposov, Gerard Gilmore, F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, A. Hourihane, Gražina Tautvaišienė, V. Adibekyan, M. Tsantaki, Elisa Delgado-Mena, Angela Bragaglia, R. D. Jeffries, Sofia Randich, S. G. Sousa, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Sarah L. Martell, Veronica Roccatagliata, Laura Magrini, G. Carraro, Valentina D'Orazi, M. Baratella, L. Morbidelli, Simone Zaggia, Paula Jofre, Jack Lewis, Lorenzo Spina, Luca Sbordone, Amelia Bayo, Silvano Desidera, Ulrike Heiter, G. G. Sacco, E. Franciosini, Clare Worley, Anais Gonneau, Emilio J. Alfaro, Thomas Bensby, Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737, Jeffries, R. D. [0000-0001-5668-1288], Magrini, L. [0000-0003-4486-6802], Mena, E. D. [0000-0003-4434-2195], Smiljanic, R. [0000-0003-0942-7855], Koposov, S. [0000-0003-2644-135X], Carraro, G. [0000-0002-0155-9434], European Commission (EC), Leverhulme Trust, Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, European Research Council, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, European Science Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Swedish National Space Agency, La Silla Paranal Observatory, European Research Council (ERC), FEDER through COMPETE2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA), and Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
Subjects: astro-ph.SR, stars: abundances, Metallicity, astro-ph.GA, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, fundamental parameters [Stars], solar-type [Stars], Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, 0103 physical sciences, QB460, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Chemical composition, Physics, general [Open clusters and associations], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, stars: solar-type, open clusters and associations: general, Iron peak, Surface gravity, Stars, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, abundances [Stars], Microturbulence, stars: fundamental parameters, Open cluster, QB799
Abstract: Context. Open clusters are recognised as excellent tracers of Galactic thin-disc properties. At variance with intermediate-age and old open clusters, for which a significant number of studies is now available, clusters younger than ≲ 150 Myr have been mostly overlooked in terms of their chemical composition until recently (with few exceptions). On the other hand, previous investigations seem to indicate an anomalous behaviour of young clusters, which includes (but is not limited to) slightly sub-solar iron (Fe) abundances and extreme, unexpectedly high barium (Ba) enhancements. Aims. In a series of papers, we plan to expand our understanding of this topic and investigate whether these chemical peculiarities are instead related to abundance analysis techniques. Methods. We present a new determination of the atmospheric parameters for 23 dwarf stars observed by the Gaia-ESO survey in five young open clusters (τ < 150 Myr) and one star-forming region (NGC 2264). We exploit a new method based on titanium (Ti) lines to derive the spectroscopic surface gravity, and most importantly, the microturbulence parameter. A combination of Ti and Fe lines is used to obtain effective temperatures. We also infer the abundances of Fe » I, Fe » II, Ti » I, Ti » II, Na » I, Mg » I, Al » I, Si » I, Ca » I, Cr » I, and Ni » I. Results. Our findings are in fair agreement with Gaia-ESO iDR5 results for effective temperatures and surface gravities, but suggest that for very young stars, the microturbulence parameter is over-estimated when Fe lines are employed. This affects the derived chemical composition and causes the metal content of very young clusters to be under-estimated. Conclusions. Our clusters display a metallicity [Fe/H] between +0.04 ± 0.01 and +0.12 ± 0.02; they are not more metal poor than the Sun. Although based on a relatively small sample size, our explorative study suggests that we may not need to call for ad hoc explanations to reconcile the chemical composition of young open clusters with Galactic chemical evolution models. © ESO 2020., This work is based on data products from observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programme ID 188.B-3002. These data products have been processed by the Cambridge Astronomy Survey Unit (CASU) at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, and by the FLAMES/UVES reduction team at INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri. These data have been obtained from the Gaia-ESO Survey Data Archive, prepared and hosted by the Wide Field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, which is funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. This work was partly supported by the European Union FP7 programme through ERC grant number 320360 and by the Leverhulme Trust through grant RPG-2012-541. We acknowledge the support from INAF and Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Universita' e della Ricerca (MIUR) in the form of the grant "Premiale VLT 2012". The results presented here benefit from discussions held during the Gaia-ESO workshops and conferences supported by the ESF (European Science Foundation) through the GREAT Research Network Programme. V.A. is supported by FCT -Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia through national funds and by FEDER through COMPETE2020 -Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao by these grants: Investigador FCT contract nr. IF/00650/2015/CP1273/CT0001; UID/FIS/04434/2019; PTDC/FIS-AST/28953/2017 & POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028953 and PTDC/FIS-AST/32113/2017 & POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032113. F.J.E. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish MINECO/FEDER through grant AyA2017-84089. T.B. was supported by the project grant "The New Milky Way" from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. U.H. acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA/Rymdstyrelsen). S.G.S acknowledges the support by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) through national funds and a research grant (project ref. UID/FIS/04434/2013, and PTDC/FIS-AST/7073/2014). S.G.S. also acknowledge the support from FCT through Investigador FCT contract of reference IF/00028/2014 and POPH/FSE (EC) by FEDER funding through the program -Programa Operacional de Factores de Competitividade -COMPETE.
Published: 2020

12. The Gaia-ESO Survey: Carbon Abundance in the Galactic Thin and Thick Disks

Author: L. Morbidelli, Donatella Romano, Gerry Gilmore, Miguel Chavez, S. Duffau, Ulrike Heiter, Carlo Morossi, A. Hourihane, Paolo Di Marcantonio, Anais Gonneau, Mariagrazia Franchini, Elisa Delgado Mena, Francesco Calura, Angela Bragaglia, Grazina Tautvaisiene, Mathieu Van der Swaelmen, S. G. Sousa, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Luca Sbordone, Laura Magrini, Georges Kordopatis, Giovanni Carraro, Vardan Adibekyan, Clare Worley, Sofia Randich, Amelia Bayo, Thomas Bensby, Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, ITA, GBR, FRA, CHL, LTU, MEX, POL, PRT, and SWE
Subjects: Orbital elements, Physics, astro-ph.SR, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Milky Way, astro-ph.GA, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 01 natural sciences, Abundance of the chemical elements, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Thin disk, Space and Planetary Science, Nucleosynthesis, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Thick disk, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: This paper focuses on carbon that is one of the most abundant elements in the Universe and is of high importance in the field of nucleosynthesis and galactic and stellar evolution. Even nowadays, the origin of carbon and the relative importance of massive and low- to intermediate-mass stars in producing it is still a matter of debate. In this paper we aim at better understanding the origin of carbon by studying the trends of [C/H], [C/Fe],and [C/Mg] versus [Fe/H], and [Mg/H] for 2133 FGK dwarf stars from the fifth Gaia-ESO Survey internal data release (GES iDR5). The availability of accurate parallaxes and proper motions from Gaia DR2 and radial velocities from GES iDR5 allows us to compute Galactic velocities, orbits and absolute magnitudes and, for 1751 stars, ages via a Bayesian approach. Three different selection methodologies have been adopted to discriminate between thin and thick disk stars. In all the cases, the two stellar groups show different abundance ratios, [C/H], [C/Fe], and [C/Mg], and span different age intervals, with the thick disk stars being, on average, older than those in the thin disk. The behaviours of [C/H], [C/Fe], and [C/Mg] versus [Fe/H], [Mg/H], and age all suggest that C is primarily produced in massive stars like Mg. The increase of [C/Mg] for young thin disk stars indicates a contribution from low-mass stars or the increased C production from massive stars at high metallicities due to the enhanced mass loss. The analysis of the orbital parameters Rmed and |Zmax| support an "inside-out" and "upside-down" formation scenario for the disks of Milky Way., 27 pages, 15 figures
Published: 2020

13. The Gaia -ESO Survey: Calibrating the lithium-age relation with open clusters and associations: I. Cluster age range and initial membership selections

Author: E. Delgado Mena, Paula Jofre, Andreas J. Korn, Gerard Gilmore, Rosaria Bonito, Lorenzo Monaco, Giovanni Carraro, Clare Worley, Sofia Randich, Ulrike Heiter, Sofia Feltzing, Simone Zaggia, D. Montes, Hugo M. Tabernero, F. Jiménez Esteban, Thomas Bensby, A. Hourihane, S. G. Sousa, Rodolfo Smiljanic, L. Prisinzano, L. Morbidelli, Antonio Frasca, V. Roccatagliata, Emilio J. Alfaro, A. Klutsch, M. L. Gutiérrez Albarrán, M. Gómez Garrido, A. C. Lanzafame, Emilio Marfil, Amelia Bayo, M. Van der Swaelmen, E. Franciosini, J. I. González Hernández, Anais Gonneau, Thomas Masseron, M. Baratella, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Swedish National Space Agency, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Leverhulme Trust, European Science Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), European Commission (EC), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Gutiérrez Albarrán, Marta Lúthien https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-3513, Montes, David https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7779-238X, Tabernero, Hugo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-4298, González Hernández, Jonay I https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0264-7356, Marfil, Emilio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-4775, Frasca, Antonio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0474-0896, Klutsch, Alexis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7869-3888, Franciosini, Elena https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3969-0232, Randichi, Sofia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2438-0899, Smiljanic, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0942-7855, Bensby, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3978-1409, Bonito, Rosaria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9297-7748, Carraro, Giovanni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0155-9434, Monaco, Lorenzo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3148-9836, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), European Science Foundation (ESF), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Guitiérrez Albarrán, M. L. [0000-0002-7569-3513], Montes, D. [0000-0002-7779-238X], Tabernero, H. M. [0000-0002-8087-4298], González Hernández, J. I. [0000-0002-0264-7356], Marfil, E. [0000-0001-8907-4775], Frasca, A. [000-0002-0474-0896], Klutsch, A. [0000-0001-7869-3888], Franciosini, E. [0000-0003-3969-0232], Randichi, S. [0000-0003-2438-0899], Smiljanic, R. [0000-0003-0942-7855], Korn, A. J. [0000-0002-3881-6756], Gilmore, G. [0000-0003-4632-0213], Bayo, A. [000-0001-7868-7031], Bensby, T. [0000-0003-3978-1409], Bonito, R. [0000-0001-9297-7748], Carraro, G. [0000-0002-0155-9434], Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca, Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades, España, ITA, GBR, DEU, ESP, CHL, POL, PRT, and SWE
Subjects: Astrofísica, astro-ph.SR, Field (physics), Metallicity, FOS: Physical sciences, Techniques: spectroscopic, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Stars: late-type, 01 natural sciences, spectroscopic [Techniques], Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), Range (statistics), Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Physics, general [Open clusters and associations], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stars: abundances, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Open clusters and associations: general, Radial velocity, Astronomía, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, late-type [Stars], abundances [Stars], Open cluster
Abstract: Full list of authors: Gutiérrez Albarrán, M. L.; Montes, D.; Gómez Garrido, M.; Tabernero, H. M.; González Hernández, J. I.; Marfil, E.; Frasca, A.; Lanzafame, A. C.; Klutsch, A.; Franciosini, E.; Randich, S.; Smiljanic, R.; Korn, A. J.; Gilmore, G.; Alfaro, E. J.; Baratella, M.; Bayo, A.; Bensby, T.; Bonito, R.; Carraro, G. Delgado Mena, E.; Feltzing, S.; Gonneau, A.; Heiter, U.; Hourihane, A.; Jiménez Esteban, F.; Jofre, P.; Masseron, T.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Roccatagliata, V.; Sousa, S.; Van der Swaelmen, M.; Worley, C. C.; Zaggia, S., Context. Previous studies of open clusters have shown that lithium depletion is not only strongly age dependent but also shows a complex pattern with other parameters that is not yet understood. For pre- and main-sequence late-type stars, these parameters include metallicity, mixing mechanisms, convection structure, rotation, and magnetic activity. Aims. We perform a thorough membership analysis for a large number of stars observed within the Gaia-ESO survey (GES) in the field of 20 open clusters, ranging in age from young clusters and associations, to intermediate-age and old open clusters. Methods. Based on the parameters derived from the GES spectroscopic observations, we obtained lists of candidate members for each of the clusters in the sample by deriving radial velocity distributions and studying the position of the kinematic selections in the EW(Li)-versus-Teff plane to obtain lithium members. We used gravity indicators to discard field contaminants and studied [Fe/H] metallicity to further confirm the membership of the candidates. We also made use of studies using recent data from the Gaia DR1 and DR2 releases to assess our member selections. Results. We identified likely member candidates for the sample of 20 clusters observed in GES (iDR4) with UVES and GIRAFFE, and conducted a comparative study that allowed us to characterize the properties of these members as well as identify field contaminant stars, both lithium-rich giants and non-giant outliers. Conclusions. This work is the first step towards the calibration of the lithium-age relation and its dependence on other GES parameters. During this project we aim to use this relation to infer the ages of GES field stars, and identify their potential membership to young associations and stellar kinematic groups of different ages. © ESO 2020., Financial support was provided by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) from project AYA2016-79425-C3-1-P. We acknowledge the support from INAF and Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Universita' e della Ricerca (MIUR) in the form of the grant "Premiale VLT 2012". T.B. was funded by the project grant "The New Milky Way" from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. J.I.G.H. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) under the 2003 Ramon y Cajal program RYC-2013-14875, and also from the Spanish Ministry project MICIU AYA2017-86389-P. E.M. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion through fellowship FPU15/01476. A.G. acknowledges support from the European Union FP7 programme from the UK space agency. U.H. acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA/Rymdstyrelsen). F.J.E. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish MINECO/FEDER through the grant AyA2017-84089. S.G.S acknowledges the support of Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) through national funds and research grant (project ref. UID/FIS/04434/2013, and PTDC/FIS-AST/7073/2014). S.G.S also acknowledges the support from FCT through Investigador FCT contract of reference IF/00028/2014 and POPH/FSE (EC) by FEDER funding through the program "Programa Operacional de Factores de Competitividad" - COMPETE MT also acknowledges support from the FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia through national funds (PTDC/FIS-AST/28953/2017) and by FEDER -Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional through COMPETE2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028953). TM acknowledges support from the State Research Agency (AEI) of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU) and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) under grant AYA2017-88254-P Based on data products from observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programme focusID 188.B-3002. These data products have been processed by the Cambridge Astronomy Survey Unit (CASU) at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, and by the FLAMES/UVES reduction team at INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri. These data have been obtained from the GES Data Archive, prepared and hosted by theWide Field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, which is funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. This work was partly supported by the European Union FP7 programme through ERC grant number 320360 and by the Leverhulme Trust through grant RPG-2012-541. The results presented here benefit from discussions held during GES workshops and conferences supported by the ESF (European Science Foundation) through the GREAT Research Network Programme. This work was also supported by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) through the research grants UID/FIS/04434/2019, UIDB/04434/2020 and UIDP/04434/2020. This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium).Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. This publication makes use of the VizieR database (Ochsenbein et al. 2000) and the SIMBAD database (Wenger et al. 2000), both operated at CDS, Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg, France. This research also made use of the WEBDA database, operated at the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics of the Masaryk University, and the interactive graphical viewer and editor for tabular data TOPCAT (Taylor 2005). For the analysis of the distributions of RV and metallicity we used RStudio Team (2015). Integrated Development for R. RStudio, Inc., Boston, MA (http://www.rstudio.com/).Finally, we would like to thank the anonymous referee for helpful comments and suggestions.
Published: 2020

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

Author: Vincenzo Ripepi, P. Gavras, M. Vaillant, Mathias Schultheis, László Molnár, E. Poujoulet, Mark Cropper, C. Babusiaux, D. Molina, J. Fernández-Hernández, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, A. de Torres, Aldo Dell'Oro, J. Castañeda, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, A. Bombrun, André Moitinho, Marcella Marconi, Rossella Cancelliere, M. Hauser, M. Ajaj, C. M. Raiteri, L. Eyer, Michał Pawlak, H. I. Siddiqui, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, Tsevi Mazeh, A. Panahi, Federico Marocco, Stefano Bertone, D. Vicente, Patrick Charlot, A. Guerrier, R. De March, Mario Gai, J. Souchay, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Nicoletta Sanna, Agnes Fienga, Giovanni Comoretto, Jon Marchant, A. Lorca, E. Utrilla, A. Garcia-Gutierrez, Ilaria Musella, L. Balaguer-Núñez, Leanne P. Guy, N. Leclerc, E. Brugaletta, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, Zoltan Balog, H. E. Huckle, L. Palaversa, Monica Rainer, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, Alessandro Spagna, J. M. Carrasco, Mikael Granvik, Derek W. Morris, F. Julbe, A. Hutton, J. Osinde, D. W. Evans, M. van Leeuwen, M. Weiler, F. Thévenin, F. Torra, Iain A. Steele, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Alessandro Sozzetti, Francesca Fragkoudi, K. Janßen, O. L. Creevey, J. González-Núñez, T. Pauwels, R. Buzzi, Miguel García-Torres, S. Liao, G. Tauran, Lennart Lindegren, C. Fouron, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, P. Di Matteo, E. Szegedi-Elek, F. Pailler, Stefan Jordan, Roberto Molinaro, Elisabetta Caffau, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, D. Barbato, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, E. Livanou, W. Roux, X. Peñalosa Esteller, P. A. Palicio, J. H. J. de Bruijne, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Deborah Busonero, F. Riclet, Conny Aerts, Georges Kordopatis, Guy Rixon, F. Solitro, Davide Massari, Mike Smith, D. Baines, Roberto Morbidelli, Gerry Gilmore, G. Plum, Alexey Mints, O. Marchal, Juan Zorec, Ángel Gómez, C. A. Stephenson, Michael Davidson, C. Fabricius, E. Licata, Sergio Messina, Laszlo Szabados, M. Biermann, A. Garofalo, G. Holland, F. De Angeli, Andreas Korn, E. Anglada Varela, Grigori Fedorets, S. Girona, E. Gerlach, Antonella Vallenari, M. Riello, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Damien Ségransan, F. Taris, L. Bramante, Alberto Cellino, S. Regibo, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, E. Poggio, W. Löffler, Paolo Giacobbe, Jordi Portell, Elisa Distefano, Eric Slezak, I. Bellas-Velidis, Nicolas Rambaux, E. Balbinot, J.-B. Delisle, Maroussia Roelens, E. Salguero, P. de Teodoro, E. van Dillen, Y. Lebreton, Francois Mignard, Sergei A. Klioner, Ulrich Bastian, N. Samaras, G. Orrù, R. E. de Souza, P. Esquej, Paul J. McMillan, A. C. Lanzafame, Sébastien Lambert, Beatrice Bucciarelli, Jose M Hernandez, M. Bernet, S. Ragaini, Gisella Clementini, A. F. Mulone, Ludovic Delchambre, C. Panem, Eric Gosset, P. David, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, Ana Ulla, F. Crifo, J. Guiraud, Mariateresa Crosta, L. Chaoul, C. Diener, Carlos Dafonte, Karri Muinonen, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, Maria Süveges, Isabella Pagano, Dimitri Pourbaix, D. Eappachen, M. Haywood, R. Drimmel, Y. Viala, S. Voutsinas, D. Semeux, William Thuillot, N. A. Walton, Paolo Montegriffo, A. Abreu Aramburu, C. Fabre, H. Zhao, Alessandro Bressan, S. Bouquillon, Sanjeev Khanna, T. Lebzelter, N. Tonello, L. Siltala, M. G. Lattanzi, C. Crowley, P. Yvard, Carme Jordi, Elena Pancino, E. del Pozo, Jan Rybizki, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, Morgan Fouesneau, J. De Ridder, Ugo Becciani, Martin Altmann, F. van Leeuwen, P. M. Marrese, M. A. Álvarez, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, Caroline Soubiran, C. P. Murphy, A. M. Piersimoni, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Peter G. Jonker, A. Sagristà Sellés, T. Roegiers, S. Marinoni, Johannes Sahlmann, Rene Andrae, P. Sartoretti, G. Altavilla, Raphael Guerra, F. X. Pineau, M. Segol, T. Prusti, J. J. González-Vidal, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, A. Baudesson-Stella, Andrea Chiavassa, Laurent Chemin, C. Turon, H. Steidelmüller, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, Alberto Riva, P. de Laverny, Simchon Faigler, Laurent Galluccio, A. Mora, P. Re Fiorentin, C. Ordénovic, J. F. Le Campion, A. Delgado, V. Sanchez Gimenez, M. David, G. Sadowski, R. L. Smart, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, R. Mor, J. Bakker, C. Dolding, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, S. Diakite, Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones, D. Souami, P. Madrero Pardo, Martin A. Barstow, David Teyssier, Ummi Abbas, Jesus Salgado, Paolo Tanga, A. Burlacu, O. Vanel, Ulrike Heiter, Daniel Hestroffer, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, H. E. Delgado, Alberto Krone-Martins, C. Robin, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, S. Managau, P. Burgess, Tomaz Zwitter, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, S. Cowell, J. L. Halbwachs, Xavier Luri, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Minia Manteiga, Yassine Damerdji, Nigel Hambly, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, P. Osborne, J. Juaristi Campillo, Mark Taylor, Richard I. Anderson, Y. Le Fustec, Thierry Morel, T. Cornez, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, L. Pulone, N. Bauchet, Pierre Kervella, C. Zurbach, Alfred Castro-Ginard, Frédéric Arenou, P. Ramos, Robert G. Mann, Annie C. Robin, J. C. Segovia, M. Barros, Hector Canovas, D. L. Harrison, Y. Lasne, L. Noval, David Hobbs, E. F. del Peloso, P. Castro Sampol, Yves Fremat, F. De Luise, Daniel Michalik, P. J. Richards, L. Karbevska, N. Hładczuk, K. Kruszyńska, T. Boch, Sofia Randich, A. G. A. Brown, C. Pagani, L. Martin Polo, M. Ramos-Lerate, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Eduard Masana, E. Racero, E. Fraile, Marc Audard, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, G. Gracia-Abril, R. Santoveña, R. Haigron, N. Unger, Jérôme Berthier, Despina Hatzidimitriou, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, A. Dapergolas, P. Panuzzo, Benoit Carry, Francesca Figueras, R. Blomme, Elmé Breedt, D. Munoz, Diego Bossini, G. Busso, D. Katz, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, N. Brouillet, Marco Castellani, Nicholas Rowell, Arnaud Siebert, M. Romero-Gómez, Shay Zucker, W. van Reeven, A. Kochoska, G. Giuffrida, Eva Sciacca, T. Carlucci, L. M. Sarro, M. I. Carnerero, Amina Helmi, D. Garabato, B. Holl, Michele Bellazzini, L. Rohrbasser, Teresa Antoja, J. Torra, Thomas Hilger, Pedro García-Lario, Gérard Jasniewicz, Enrique Solano, S. G. Baker, W. J. Cooper, F. Royer, S. Accart, George M. Seabroke, João Alves, Emese Plachy, C. Nicolas, Silvio Leccia, N. Cheek, Uwe Lammers, Ramachrisna Teixeira, Techniche Universtât Desden, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lund Observatory, Lund University [Lund], Zentrum für astronomie, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Department of nuclear medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen (UiB)-University of Bergen (UiB), Merck Serono S.A [Geneva Research Center], Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Planetary-system research, Department of Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Gaia Collaboration, Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos Universidad de Barcelona, MDM-2014-0369, Centro de Excelencia Científica Severo Ochoa, Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos de la Universidad de Barcelona, SEV2015-0493, Deliste, J. B. [0000-0001-5844-9888], Sozzeti, A. [0000-0002-7504-365X], Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), Belgian federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Hertha Firnberg Programme, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Comite Francais d'Evaluation de la Cooperation Universitaire et Scientifique avec le Bresil (COFECUB), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Scholarship Council (CSC), European Commission (EC), European Research Council (ERC), Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), European Space Agency (ESA), Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN), Slovenian Research Agency, Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA), United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Generalitat de Catalunya, Xunta de Galicia, Universidad de Cantabria, ITA, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Astronomy, and Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Subjects: Data Analysis, Solar System, Astronomy, kinematics and dynamics, virgo cluster, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, bar, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, large-magellanic-cloud, Methods, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Astrophysics of Galaxies, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrometry, VIRGO CLUSTER, Kinematics and Dynamics, Amplitude, kinematics, Physical Sciences, MILKY-WAY, astrometry, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, PROPER MOTION, Proper motion, perturbation, proper motions, reference systems, methods: data analysis, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), proper motion, Astronomy & Astrophysics, MASS, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, Gravitational potential, Acceleration, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, data analysis [methods], Vector spherical harmonics, KINEMATICS, distance, milky-way, Science & Technology, PERTURBATION, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, kinematics and dynamics [Galaxy], 115 Astronomy, Space science, Physics::History of Physics, BAR, Galaxy, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), DISTANCE, mass, LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD
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) x 10(-10) m s(-2) (or 7.33 +/- 0.51 km s(-1) Myr-1) towards alpha = 269.1 degrees +/- 5.4 degrees, delta = -31.6 degrees +/- 4.1 degrees, corresponding to a proper motion amplitude of 5.05 +/- 0.35 mu as yr(-1). This is in good agreement with the acceleration expected from current models of the Galactic gravitational potential. We expect that future Gaia data releases will provide estimates of the acceleration with uncertainties substantially below 0.1 mu as yr(-1).
Published: 2020
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15. Atomic data for stellar spectroscopy

Author: Ulrike Heiter
Subjects: Physics, Milky Way, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Astronomical spectroscopy, Set (abstract data type), Stars, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation)
Abstract: High-precision spectroscopy of large stellar samples plays a crucial role for several topical issues in astrophysics, such as studying the chemical evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy. Data are accumulating from instruments that obtain high-quality spectra of stars in the ultraviolet, optical and infrared wavelength regions on a routine basis. The interpretation of these spectra is often based on synthetic stellar spectra, either calculated on the fly or taken from a spectral library. One of the most important ingredients of these spectra is a set of high-quality transition data for numerous species, in particular neutral and singly ionized atoms. We rely heavily on the continuous activities of laboratory astrophysics groups that produce and improve the relevant experimental and theoretical atomic data. As an example, we briefly describe the efforts done in the context of the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey to compile and assess the best available data in a standard way, providing a list of recommended lines for analysis of optical spectra of FGK stars. The line data, together with specialised analysis methods, allow different surveys to obtain abundances with typical precisions of ∼0.1 dex on an industrial scale for ∼10 chemical elements. Several elements with urgent need for better atomic data have been identified.
Published: 2018

16. Atomic diffusion and mixing in old stars

Author: Ulrike Heiter, Pieter Gruyters, A. Gavel, Thomas Nordlander, Olivier Richard, Kilian H. Scheutwinkel, and Andreas Korn
Subjects: Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Stellar atmosphere, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Effective temperature, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Red-giant branch, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Cover (topology), 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Continuum (set theory), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: We attempt to constrain the efficiency of additional transport or mixing processes that reduce the effect of atomic diffusion in stellar atmospheres. We apply spectral synthesis methods to spectra observed with the GIRAFFE spectrograph on the VLT to estimate abundances of Mg, Ti, Fe, and Ba in stars in the metal-poor globular cluster M30. To the abundances we fit trends of abundances predicted by stellar evolution models assuming different efficiencies of additional transport or mixing processes. The fitting procedure attempts to take into account the effects of parameter-dependent systematic errors in the derived abundances. We find that the parameter $T_0$, which describes the efficiency of additional transport or mixing processes, can almost certainly be constrained to the narrow range $\log_{10}{\left( T_0 / \left[ \mathrm{K} \right] \right)}$ between $6.09$ and $6.2$. This corresponds to decreased abundances for stars at the main sequence turn-off point compared to the red giant branch by $0.2\,\mathrm{dex}$ for Mg, $0.1\,\mathrm{dex}$ for Fe, and $0.07\,\mathrm{dex}$ for Ti. We also find that while our estimates do have non-negligible systematic errors stemming from the continuum placement and the assumed microturbulence, our method can take them into account. Our results partly amend the results of an earlier paper in this article series, that tentatively used a value of $\log_{10}{\left( T_0 / \left[ \mathrm{K} \right] \right)} = 6.0$ when modelling the Spite plateau of lithium. To more easily distinguish physical effects from systematic errors, we recommend that studies of this kind focus on elements for which the expected surface abundances as functions of effective temperature have a distinct structure and cover a wide range., Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures
Published: 2021

17. The Gaia -ESO survey: Calibrating a relationship between age and the [C/N] abundance ratio with open clusters

Author: E. Tognelli, M. Van der Swaelmen, Gerry Gilmore, G. Casali, E. Pancino, Sofia Feltzing, Ulrike Heiter, Paula Jofre, A. Bragaglia, R. Bonito, Veronica Roccatagliata, Nicoletta Sanna, Simone Zaggia, F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, Maria Bergemann, Antonio Frasca, R. J. Jackson, Scilla Degl'Innocenti, Antonella Vallenari, Christian L. Sahlholdt, P. G. Prada Moroni, E. Franciosini, Thomas Bensby, Šarūnas Mikolaitis, Loredana Prisinzano, E. Stonkute, John D. Lewis, Y. Chorniy, V. Bagdonas, L. Morbidelli, Nadège Lagarde, G. Carraro, Arnas Drazdauskas, Sofia Randich, Grazina Tautvaisiene, A. C. Lanzafame, Lorenzo Spina, G. G. Sacco, Andreas Korn, S. G. Sousa, Rodolfo Smiljanic, S. L. Martell, Francesco Damiani, Thomas Masseron, Sergey E. Koposov, R. Minkeviciute, A. Hourihane, E. Friel, R. D. Jeffries, Amelia Bayo, Laura Magrini, C. C. Worley, G. Kordopatis, Anais Gonneau, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Keele University [Keele], Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Lund Observatory, Lund University [Lund], Monash University [Clayton], INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Department of Astronomy and Space Physics [Uppsala], Uppsala University, University of Turin, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Palermo (IASF-Pa), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Metallicity, astro-ph.GA, Galaxy: abundances, Galaxy: disk, Open clusters and associations: general, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, QB460, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, [SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, abundances [Galaxy], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Surface gravity, Giant star, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Red-giant branch, Stars, Star cluster, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), general [open clusters and associations], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, disk [Galaxy], Open cluster, QB799
Abstract: In the era of large high-resolution spectroscopic surveys, high-quality spectra can contribute to our understanding of the Galactic chemical evolution, providing chemical abundances belonging to the different nucleosynthesis channels, and also providing constraints to stellar age. Some abundance ratios have been proven to be excellent indicators of stellar ages. We aim at providing an empirical relationship between stellar ages and [C/N] using, as calibrators, open star clusters observed by both the Gaia-ESO and APOGEE surveys. We use stellar parameters and abundances from the Gaia-ESO and APOGEE of the Galactic field and open cluster stars. Ages of star clusters are retrieved from the literature sources and validated using a common set of isochrones. We use the same isochrones to determine, for each age and metallicity, the surface gravity at which the first dredge-up and red giant branch bump occur. We study the effect of extra-mixing processes in our sample of giant stars, and we derive the mean [C/N] in evolved stars, including only stars without evidence of extra-mixing. Combining the Gaia-ESO and APOGEE samples of open clusters, we derive a linear relationship between [C/N] and logarithmic cluster ages. We apply our relationship to selected giant field stars in both Gaia-ESO and APOGEE. We find an age separation between thin and thick disc stars and age trends within their populations, with an increasing age towards lower metallicity populations. With such empirical relationship, we are able to provide an age estimate for giant stars in which C and N abundances are measured. Isochrone fitting is less sensitive for giant than dwarf stars at the turn off. The present method can be thus considered as an additional tool to give an independent estimate of the age of giant stars, with uncertainties in their ages comparable to those obtained using isochrone fitting for dwarf stars., Comment: 28 pages, 24 figures. Accepted by A&A
Published: 2019

18. Age determination for 269 $Gaia$ DR2 Open Clusters

Author: Ricardo Carrera, Diego Bossini, Carme Jordi, Angela Bragaglia, André Moitinho, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Laia Casamiquela, L. Balaguer-Núñez, Caroline Soubiran, R. Sordo, Antonella Vallenari, Ulrike Heiter, ITA, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), SIM/IDL Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), University of Lisboa, M2A 2019, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Uppsala University
Subjects: High probability, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bayesian probability, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrometry, 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Photometry (optics), Distance modulus, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Data release, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Open cluster
Abstract: $Context$. Gaia Second Data Release provides precise astrometry and photometry for more than 1.3 billion sources. This catalog opens a new era concerning the characterization of open clusters and test stellar models, paving the way for a better understanding of the disc properties. $Aims$. The aim of the paper is to improve the knowledge of cluster parameters, using only the unprecedented quality of the Gaia photometry and astrometry. $Methods$. We make use of the membership determination based on the precise Gaia astrometry and photometry. We apply anautomated Bayesian tool, BASE-9, to fit stellar isochrones on the observed G, GBP, GRP magnitudes of the high probability member stars. $Results$. We derive parameters such as age, distance modulus and extinction for a sample of 269 open clusters, selecting only low reddening objects and discarding very young clusters, for which techniques other than isochrone-fitting are more suitable for estimating ages., 14 pages, 11 figures. Submitted
Published: 2019

19. Open cluster kinematics with Gaia DR2 (Corrigendum)

Author: J. F. Le Campion, Antonella Vallenari, Caroline Soubiran, Francesca Figueras, L. Balaguer-Núñez, Diego Bossini, Alberto Krone-Martins, Carme Jordi, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, D. Katz, Ricardo Carrera, André Moitinho, Teresa Antoja, Rosanna Sordo, Angela Bragaglia, Alfred Castro-Ginard, M. Romero-Gómez, Laia Casamiquela, Ulrike Heiter, ITA, M2A 2019, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Uppsala University, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SIM/IDL Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), and University of Lisboa
Subjects: Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, stars: kinematics and dynamics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Kinematics, open clusters and associations: general, 01 natural sciences, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, addenda, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, errata, Open cluster
Abstract: The table with clusters velocities is only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (http://130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/623/C2
Published: 2019

20. Accuracy and precision of industrial stellar abundances

Author: Caroline Soubiran, Ulrike Heiter, Paula Jofre, Uppsala University, M2A 2019, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), and Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Accuracy and precision, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Milky Way, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Investment (macroeconomics), 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astronomical spectroscopy, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: There has been an incredibly large investment in obtaining high-resolution stellar spectra for determining chemical abundances of stars. This information is crucial to answer fundamental questions in Astronomy by constraining the formation and evolution scenarios of the Milky Way as well as the stars and planets residing in it. We have just entered a new era, in which chemical abundances of FGK-type stars are being produced at industrial scales, where the observations, reduction, and analysis of the data are automatically performed by machines. Here we review the latest human efforts to assess the accuracy and precision of such industrial abundances by providing insights in the steps and uncertainties associated with the process of determining stellar abundances. To do so, we highlight key issues in the process of spectral analysis for abundance determination, with special effort in disentangling sources of uncertainties. We also provide a description of current and forthcoming spectroscopic surveys, focusing on their reported abundances and uncertainties. This allows us to identify which elements and spectral lines are best and why. Finally, we make a brief selection of main scientific questions the community is aiming to answer with abundances., Comment: Accepted by Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 57, copyright Annual Reviews
Published: 2019

21. Open cluster kinematics with Gaia DR2

Author: R. Sordo, Laia Casamiquela, André Moitinho, M. Romero-Gómez, J. F. Le Campion, Antonella Vallenari, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Alfred Castro-Ginard, Teresa Antoja, Alberto Krone-Martins, Carme Jordi, Ricardo Carrera, Angela Bragaglia, F. Figueras, L. Balaguer-Núñez, D. Katz, Ulrike Heiter, Diego Bossini, Caroline Soubiran, M2A 2018, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Uppsala University, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SIM/IDL Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), University of Lisboa, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and ITA
Subjects: stars: kinematics and dynamics, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Kinematics, 01 natural sciences, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Position (vector), 0103 physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Dispersion (water waves), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, kinematics and dynamics [stars], Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galactic plane, kinematics and dynamics [Galaxy], open clusters and associations: general, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Radial velocity, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), general [open clusters and associations], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, Open cluster
Abstract: Context. Open clusters are very good tracers of the evolution of the Galactic disc. Thanks to Gaia, their kinematics can be investigated with an unprecedented precision and accuracy. Aims. The distribution of open clusters in the 6D phase space is revisited with Gaia DR2. Methods. The weighted mean radial velocity of open clusters was determined, using the most probable members available from a previous astrometric investigation that also provided mean parallaxes and proper motions. Those parameters, all derived from Gaia DR2 only, were combined to provide the 6D phase space information of 861 clusters. The velocity distribution of nearby clusters was investigated, as well as the spatial and velocity distributions of the whole sample as a function of age. A high quality subsample was used to investigate some possible pairs and groups of clusters sharing the same Galactic position and velocity. Results. For the high quality sample that has 406 clusters, the median uncertainty of the weighted mean radial velocity is 0.5 km/s. The accuracy, assessed by comparison to ground-based high resolution spectroscopy, is better than 1 km/s. Open clusters nicely follow the velocity distribution of field stars in the close Solar neighbourhood previously revealed by Gaia DR2. As expected, the vertical distribution of young clusters is very flat but the novelty is the high precision to which this can be seen. The dispersion of vertical velocities of young clusters is at the level of 5 km/s. Clusters older than 1 Gyr span distances to the Galactic plane up to 1 kpc with a vertical velocity dispersion of 14 km/s, typical of the thin disc. Five pairs of clusters and one group with five members are possibly physically related. Other binary candidates previously identified turn out to be chance alignment., Tables 4 and 5, and Fig. 12 of Sect. 3.3 corrected in the corrigendum sent to A&A
Published: 2018

22. Gaia Data Release 2

Author: H. E. Huckle, F. Riclet, R. Buzzi, D. J. Marshall, Deborah Busonero, Michael Davidson, C Boeche, Sergio Messina, F. X. Pineau, G. Jasniewicz, L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, L. Chaoul, J. L. Halbwachs, D. Teyssier, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Shay Zucker, Francois Taris, Conny Aerts, L. Pulone, Mario Gai, L. M. Sarro, Frédéric Arenou, Á. L. Juhász, Alessandro Bressan, Joao Alves, Morgan Fouesneau, David Hobbs, Yves Fremat, L. Ruiz-Dern, A. Hutton, Sofia Randich, Gerry Gilmore, D. Garabato, Leanne P. Guy, J. González-Núñez, M. Weiler, H. Steidelmüller, D. de Martino, M. A. Álvarez, Vincenzo Ripepi, G. Gracia-Abril, Uwe Lammers, P. de Laverny, G. Sadowski, Nicolas Mary, Bengt Edvardsson, Laszlo Szabados, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, David Barrado, Alberto Cellino, Damien Ségransan, T Roegiers, Olivier Wertz, A. Recio-Blanco, Sergei A. Klioner, J. Durán, A. Panahi, A. Karampelas, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, H. Voss, Sven Zschocke, A. Bombrun, F. De Angeli, Toni Santana-Ros, J. C. Segovia, D. Vicente, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, A. G. Butkevich, M. Riello, Amina Helmi, J. Bakker, J. Souchay, A. Kewley, R Alvarez, Daniel Hestroffer, Sergey E. Koposov, Tsevi Mazeh, Maria Süveges, F. F. Suess, P. Drazinos, B. Holl, H. Ziaeepour, T. Wevems, Eva Sciacca, P. Esquej, A. Gueguen, J. Heu, R. Geyer, J. Fernández-Hernández, E. Licata, Laurent Galluccio, J. Cuypers, Peter G. Jonker, Ummi Abbas, Elena Pancino, Jean Surdej, E. Anglada Varela, Michele Bellazzini, Teresa Antoja, Martin A. Barstow, László Molnár, Isabella Pagano, E. Solano, E. Brugaletta, P. Koubsky, Paolo Tanga, Alberto Krone-Martins, M. Clotet, Nigel Hambly, R. L. Smart, Paolo Giacobbe, Simchon Faigler, G. Giuffrida, Aldo Dell'Oro, Yveline Lebreton, Stefano Bertone, Mario G. Lattanzi, Paul S. Barklem, D. Tapiador, Patrick Charlot, A. H. Andrei, Luciano Nicastro, S. Managau, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Mario Di Martino, Paolo Montegriffo, A. Abreu Aramburu, O. Marchal, Marcella Marconi, K. Janßen, K. Findeisen, Xavier Luri, A. Berihuete, M. Schultheis, P. Di Matteo, R. Mor, C. Barata, A. Mora, W. van Reeven, Mikael Granvik, M. Barros, Carine Babusiaux, A. G. A. Brown, Mark Taylor, Y. Le Fustec, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, O. L. Creevey, F. Barblan, Thierry Morel, Timo Prusti, A. Riva, S. Girona, S. Liao, Viktor Votruba, Frédéric Royer, Laurent Chemin, G. Altavilla, A. M. Piersimoni, Davide Massari, Marco Delbo, S. Diakite, V. Valette, N. Bach, H. Lenhardt, André Moitinho, Christophe Barache, S. Galleti, Michał Pawlak, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, A. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, Patrice David, Giacomo Cannizzaro, W. Löffler, J. Torra, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Marc Audard, D. Katz, Jose M Hernandez, Gijs Nelemans, S. Ragaini, P. Osborne, D. Terrett, A. J. Falcão, D. L. Harrison, G. Plum, R. G. Mann, Ulrike Heiter, Carla Cacciari, Gal Matijevic, J. M. Petit, A. Titarenko, Despina Hatzidimitriou, Juan Zorec, Angela Bragaglia, Nicholas Rowell, Annie C. Robin, Mario David, Tri L. Astraatmadja, Giovanni Comoretto, F. Julbe, Derek W. Morris, R. Drimmel, F. García-Sedano, A. Dapergolas, L. Noval, Mike Smith, Grigori Fedorets, H. Palacin, L. Bramante, D. Molina, Jesus Salgado, C. Dolding, M. Vaillant, Daniel Michalik, H. I. Siddiqui, Minia Manteiga, P. J. Richards, D. Barbato, A. Fonti, Raphael Guerra, J. J. González-Vidal, E. del Pozo, Mariateresa Crosta, M. Žerjal, F. Torra Clotet, C. Diener, M. Hauser, G. Walmsley, Sonia Nieto, I. Bellas-Velidis, T. Boch, Antonella Vallenari, M. Segol, S. Voutsinas, F. Leroux, A. F. Mulone, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, P. Panuzzo, W. Hofmann, S. Bouquillon, F. Crifo, S. Cowell, Ana Ulla, Benoit Carry, C. Ordenovic, F. Pailler, E. Utrilla, Dimitri Pourbaix, A. Hypki, Stefan Jordan, T. Carlucci, Gráinne Costigan, Alfred Castro-Ginard, C. Fabre, C. Crowley, R. Borrachero, Sébastien Lambert, J. H. J. de Bruijne, D. W. Evans, C. Turon, T. Brüsemeister, F. De Luise, R. Haigron, Carme Jordi, G. Marschalkó, C. von Essen, C. Pagani, Katrien Kolenberg, M. van Leeuwen, N. R. Millar, Gisella Clementini, A. de Torres, Ugo Becciani, S. Marinoni, Geraldine Bourda, A. F. Silva, L. Eyer, Misha Haywood, C. Fabricius, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Miguel García-Torres, S. Regibo, P. Gavras, Gábor Marton, Elisa Distefano, A. Guerrier, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, N. A. Walton, N. Brouillet, G. Eynard Bontemps, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, Steve Vogt, J. M. Carrasco, G. Mantelet, M. Romero-Gómez, Ramachrisna Teixeira, Kjell Eriksson, A. Kochoska, Johannes Sahlmann, Joakim Klar, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Ilaria Musella, L. Palaversa, Karri Muinonen, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, T. Sagristà Sellés, Marco Castellani, Y. Viala, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, Eduard Masana, R. de Souza, H. Stoev, L. Siltala, B. Frezouls, E. Szegedi-Elek, Tomaz Zwitter, G. Kordopatis, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, P. Burgess, J. De Ridder, E. Salguero, A. Burlacu, I-C. Shih, U. Stampa, V. Icardi, Iain A. Steele, Alessandro Sozzetti, M. Kontizas, Roberto Molinaro, F. Solitro, H. E. Delgado, G. Holland, J.-B. Lavigne, Andreas Korn, M. Biermann, E. Fraile, M. Fabrizio, Francesca Figueras, R. Blomme, P. Teyssandier, Elisabetta Caffau, G. Busso, Maroussia Roelens, Maarten A. Breddels, Simon Hodgkin, Luciana Bianchi, Olivier Bienaymé, Silvio Leccia, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, Morgan Fraser, M. Ramos-Lerate, M. Gomes, N. Cheek, J. Osinde, Jérôme Berthier, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, P. Balm, E. Gosset, Yassine Damerdji, Richard I. Anderson, C. Zurbach, Jonas Debosscher, G. Cocozza, William O'Mullane, Andrea Chiavassa, F.E. van Leeuwen, Diego Bossini, Federica Spoto, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, Nicoletta Sanna, J. Guiraud, G. Tauran, K. W. Smith, E. Poujoulet, Mark Cropper, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, F. Glass, J. Gerssen, Thomas Hilger, C.A. Stephenson, D. Ordóñez-Blanco, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, E. Kontizas, Luciana Federici, Paul J. McMillan, Nicolas Rambaux, Ludovic Delchambre, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, T. Pauwels, M. Farràs Casas, S. Bartholomé Muñoz, E. Livanou, E. Van Hemelryck, Roberto Morbidelli, R. Kohley, A. Garofalo, Jovan Veljanoski, Jon Marchant, Jordi Portell, Ulrich Bastian, M. Lopez, Bernardino Arcay, H. Savietto, Alessandro Spagna, A. C. Lanzafame, Beatrice Bucciarelli, C. Panem, Carlos Dafonte, Y. Lasne, P. Sartoretti, E. Racero, William Thuillot, A. Gavel, J. Castañeda, Gaetano Valentini, A. Rivard, E. Poggio, N. Garralda, R. De March, S. G. Baker, S. Accart, M. Altmann, F. Filippi, George M. Seabroke, F. Thévenin, A. van Elteren, Emese Plachy, Lennart Lindegren, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Guy Rixon, S Uzzi, M Vaschetto, Francois Mignard, E. Antiche, P. M. Marrese, N. Leclerc, Caroline Soubiran, Rene Andrae, A. Delgado, and Rossella Cancelliere
Subjects: Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: dwarf, Astrophysics, Astrometry, globular clusters: general, 01 natural sciences, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Local Group, astrometry, High Energy Physics, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, astrometry, globular clusters: general, galaxies: dwarf, Local Group, errata, addenda, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, addenda, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Data release, Astrophysique, errata, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: 0, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Published: 2020

23. Differential abundances of open clusters and their tidal tails: Chemical tagging and chemical homogeneity

Author: Laia Casamiquela, Paula Jofre, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, M. Tucci Maia, Caroline Soubiran, Y. Tarricq, Ulrike Heiter, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), M2A 2020, and Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Thermodynamic equilibrium, FOS: Physical sciences, individual: Ruprecht 147 [open clusters and associations], Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, 0103 physical sciences, Binary star, Cluster (physics), Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, individual: Hyades [open clusters and associations], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Chemical composition, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, abundances [stars], Stars, Chemical species, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), spectroscopic [techniques], individual: NGC 2632 [open clusters and associations], Open cluster
Abstract: Well studied Open Clusters (OCs) in the Solar neighbourhood are used as reference objects to test galactic and stellar theories. For that purpose their chemical composition needs to be known with a high level of confidence. The aims of this work are (1) to determine accurate and precise abundances of 22 chemical species (from Na to Eu) in the Hyades, Praesepe and Rupecht 147 using a large number of stars at different evolutionary states, (2) to evaluate the level of chemical homogeneity of these OCs, (3) to compare their chemical signatures. We gathered $\sim$800 high resolution and high S/N spectra of $\sim$100 members in the three OCs, obtained with the latest memberships based on Gaia DR2 data. We build a pipeline which computes atmospheric parameters and strictly line-by-line differential abundances among twin stars in our sample, which allows us to reach a very high precision in the abundances (0.01-0.02 dex in most of the elements). We find large differences in the absolute abundances in some elements, which can be attributed to diffusion, NLTE effects or systematics in the analysis. For the three OCs, we find strong correlations in the differential abundances between different pairs of elements, which can be explained by some level of chemical inhomogeneity. We compare differential abundances of several stars from the Hyades and Praesepe tails: the stars that differ more in chemical abundances also have distinct kinematics, even though they have been identified as members of the tail. With this technique we find that the Hyades and Preasepe have the same chemical signature when G dwarfs and K giants are considered. Despite a certain level of inhomogeneity in each cluster, it is still possible to clearly distinguish the chemical signature of the older cluster Ruprecht~147 when compared to the others., Accepted for publication in A&A; 21 pages 19 figures
Published: 2020

24. The Gaia FGK benchmark stars version 2.1

Author: Ulrike Heiter, Keith Hawkins, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Paula Jofre, Clare Worley, Caroline Soubiran, Carlos Rodrigo, Marcelo Tucci Maia, Uppsala University, M2A 2018, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Departamento de Astrofisica [Madrid], Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid] (CAB), and Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)
Subjects: 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer science, Calibration (statistics), FOS: Physical sciences, Sample (statistics), General Medicine, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 0103 physical sciences, Benchmark (computing), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
Abstract: The Gaia FGK benchmark stars are among the preferred samples of reference stars to test parametrisation pipelines of spectroscopic surveys. They consist of a small but carefully selected sample whose parameters are derived consistently and homogeneously. Here we summarise this work and provide our current list of stars with associated parameters which are recommended for validation and calibration purposes for stellar surveys. Data available at CDS as catalog III/281., published in RNAAS
Published: 2018

25. The Gaia-ESO Survey: evidence of atomic diffusion in M67?

Author: Maurizio Salaris, G. G. Sacco, C. Bertelli Motta, Arnas Drazdauskas, L. Morbidelli, Eva K. Grebel, Gerard Gilmore, Anna Pasquali, A. C. Lanzafame, Jack Lewis, Amelia Bayo, Francesco Damiani, Lorenzo Monaco, Thomas Bensby, S. G. Sousa, Paula Jofre, Sergey E. Koposov, Ulrike Heiter, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Emilio J. Alfaro, Carmela Lardo, Sarah L. Martell, Angela Bragaglia, G. Michaud, Grazina Tautvaisiene, S. Zaggia, M. T. Costado, Andreas Korn, Giovanni Carraro, E. Franciosini, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, Clare Worley, X. Fu, Laura Magrini, J. Richer, Sofia Randich, V. Adibekyan, Ettore Flaccomio, A. Hourihane, Andrew R. Casey, Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Casey, Andrew [0000-0003-0174-0564], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, German Research Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Research Council of Lithuania, Swedish National Space Board, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Australian Research Council, European Commission, Swiss National Science Foundation, Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo (Chile), Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Leverhulme Trust, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Bertelli Motta C., Pasquali A., Richer J., Michaud G., Salaris M., Bragaglia A., Magrini L., Randich S., Grebel E.K., Adibekyan V., Blanco-Cuaresma S., Drazdauskas A., Fu X., Martell S., Tautvaisiene G., Gilmore G., Alfaro E.J., Bensby T., Flaccomio E., Koposov S.E., Korn A.J., Lanzafame A.C., Smiljanic R., Bayo A., Carraro G., Casey A.R., Costado M.T., Damiani F., Franciosini E., Heiter U., Hourihane A., Jofre P., Lardo C., Lewis J., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Sacco G.G., Sousa S.G., Worley C.C., and Zaggia S.
Subjects: astro-ph.SR, stars: abundances, astro-ph.GA, Metallicity, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, evolution [Galaxy], Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, stars: evolution, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Galaxy: evolution, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Subgiant, Molecular cloud, Galaxy: Abundance, abundances [Galaxy], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Interstellar medium, Stars: Abundance, abundances [stars], Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), evolution [stars], Galaxy: Abundances, Galaxy: Evolution, Stars: Abundances, Stars: Evolution, Galaxy: abundances, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Open cluster
Abstract: Investigating the chemical homogeneity of stars born from the same molecular cloud at virtually the same time is very important for our understanding of the chemical enrichment of the interstellar medium and with it the chemical evolution of the Galaxy. One major cause of inhomogeneities in the abundances of open clusters is stellar evolution of the cluster members. In this work, we investigate variations in the surface chemical composition of member stars of the old open clusterM67 as a possible consequence of atomic diffusion effects taking place during the main-sequence phase. The abundances used are obtained from high-resolution UVES/FLAMES spectra within the framework of the Gaia-ESO Survey. We find that the surface abundances of stars on the main sequence decrease with increasing mass reaching a minimum at the turn-off. After deepening of the convective envelope in subgiant branch stars, the initial surface abundances are restored.We found themeasured abundances to be consistent with the predictions of stellar evolutionary models for a cluster with the age and metallicity of M67. Our findings indicate that atomic diffusion poses a non-negligible constraint on the achievable precision of chemical tagging methods.© 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society., This work was supported by Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 881 'The Milky Way System' (subproject B5) of the German Research Foundation (DFG). AB acknowledges support from the SFB 881 visitor program. CBM thanks Elisabetta Caffau for fruitful discussions and Don VandenBerg for providing the isochrones shown in Fig 1. The authors would like to thank the anonymous referee for the constructive comments that helped in improving the present work.r MTC acknowledges the financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, through grant AYA2016-75931. AD and GT acknowledge support by the Research Council of Lithuania (MIP-082/2015). UH acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB/Rymdstyrelsen). TB was supported by the project grant 'The New Milky' from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. RS acknowledges support from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. SGS and VA acknowledge the support by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) through national funds and a research grant (project ref. UID/FIS/04434/2013, and PTDC/FISAST/7073/2014). SGS also acknowledges the support from FCT through Investigador FCT contract of reference IF/00028/2014 and POPH/FSE (EC) by FEDER funding through the program 'Programa Operacional de Factores de Competitividade - COMPETE'. VA acknowledges the support from FCT through Investigador FCT contract IF/00650/2015/CP1273/CT0001. EJA acknowledges partial support from the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness and FEDER funds through grant AYA2013-40611-P. ARC is supported through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project under grant DP160100637. CL thanks the Swiss National Science Foundation for supporting this research through the Ambizione grant number PZ00P2 168065. AK acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB). XF acknowledges financial support from Premiale 2015 MITiC (PI B/Garilli). SLM acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council through grant DE140100598. AB acknowledges support from the Millennium Science Initiative (Chilean Ministry of Economy).r Based on data products from observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programme ID 188.B-3002. These data products have been processed by the Cambridge Astronomy Survey Unit (CASU) at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, and by the FLAMES/UVES reduction team at INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri. These data have been obtained from the Gaia-ESO Survey Data Archive, prepared and hosted by the Wide Field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, which is funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. This work was partly supported by the European Union FP7 programme through ERC grant number 320360 and by the Leverhulme Trust through grant RPG-2012-541. We acknowledge the support from INAF and Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Universita' e della Ricerca (MIUR) in the form of the grant 'Premiale VLT 2012', and through PRIN-INAF 2014 'The Gaia-ESO Survey'. The results presented here benefit from discussions held during the Gaia-ESO workshops and conferences supported by the ESF (European Science Foundation) through the GREAT Research Network Programme. This research has made use of the SIMBAD data base, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France and NASA's Astrophysics Data System.
Published: 2018

26. Very accurate cryogenic mechanisms for CRIRES+

Author: Jonathan Smoker, Matt Lockhart, Livia Origlia, Jean Louis Lizon, Ulrike Heiter, Nikolai Pistunov, Ansgar Reiners, Roman Follert, Ernesto Oliva, Paul Bristow, Thomas Marquart, Reinhold J. Dorn, Guillem Anglada Escude, Luca Pasquini, E. Stempels, Artie P. Hatzes, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Ulf Seemann, Derek Ives, Yves Jung, Jerome Paufique, Elena Valenti, Alain Smette, Barbara Klein, and ITA
Subjects: Wavelength, Cardinal point, Upgrade, Optics, Computer science, business.industry, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, System testing, Prism, Grating, business, Spectrograph, Beam (structure)
Abstract: After 5 years of operation on the VLT, a large upgrade of CRIRES (the ESO Cryogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrograph) was decided mainly in order to increase the efficiency. Using a cross dispersion design allows better wavelength coverage per exposure. This means a complete re-design of the cryogenic pre-optic which were including a predispersion stage with a large prism as dispersive element. The new design requires a move of the entrance slit and associated decker toward the first intermediate focal plane right behind the window. Implement 2 functions with high positioning accuracy in a pre-defined and limited space was a real challenge. The design and the test results recorded in the ESO Cryogenic Test Facility are reported in this paper. The second critical function is the grating wheel which positions the 6 cross disperser gratings into the beam. The paper describes the design of the mechanism which includes a detente system in order to guaranty the 5 arc sec positioning reproducibility requested. The design includes also feedback system, based on switches, in order to ensure that the right grating is in position before starting a long exposure. The paper reports on the tests carried out at cryogenic temperature at the sub-system level. It also includes early performances recorded in the instrument along the first phases of the system test.
Published: 2018

27. CRIRES+ on its way to VLT (Conference Presentation)

Author: Jerome Paufique, Ulf Seemann, Claudio Cumani, H. Anwand-Heerwart, Barbara Klein, Eric Stempels, Nikolai Piskunov, Siegfried Eschbaumer, P. Rhode, Ulrike Heiter, Peter Jeep, Renate Hinterschuster, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Katja Hauptner, Paul Bristow, Yves Jung, Alexis Lavail, Thomas Marquart, Christopher Marvin, Christoph F. Schmidt, Andreas Haimerl, Sebastien Tordo, Artie P. Hatzes, M. Haug, Reinhold J. Dorn, J. P. Kirchbauer, Roman Follert, Ansgar Reiners, Jean Louis Lizon, J. Stegmeier, Christophe Moins, Derek Ives, A. Brucalassi, Elena Valenti, Tim Umlauf, Luca Pasquini, and Ernesto Oliva
Subjects: Very Large Telescope, Computer science, business.industry, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Metrology, law.invention, 010309 optics, Telescope, Upgrade, Optics, Observatory, law, 0103 physical sciences, Spectral resolution, business, Adaptive optics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Fabry–Pérot interferometer
Abstract: The CRIRES upgrade project (CRIRES+) will improve the performance and observing efficiency of the successful adaptive optics (AO) assisted CRIRES instrument. CRIRES was in operation from 2006 to 2014 at the 8m UT1 (Unit Telescope) of the Very Large Telescope (VLT, Cerro Paranal, Chile) observatory accessing a parameter space (wavelength range and spectral resolution) largely uncharted back then. CRIRES+ will be commissioned in summer 2018 at UT3 of the VLT. It will provide a spectral resolution of R=50.000 or 100.000 in an accessible wavelength range of 0.95 – 5.3 μm (YJHKLM bands). For each band there is a separate, performance optimized reflection grating as the cross dispersing element. The slit length of 10 arcsec will provide, in combination with the new focal plane array of three HAWAII 2RG detectors, cross-dispersed (7 – 9 orders simultaneous) echelle spectra. In total, the observing efficiency will be improved by a factor of 10 comparing CRIRES+ and CRIRES. Furthermore, the upgraded instrument will be equipped with a number of novel wavelength calibration units, including a gas absorption cell optimized for use in K band and an etalon system. A spectro-polarimetric unit will allow the recording of circular and linear polarized spectra. The new metrology system will ensure a very high system stability and repeatability. Last but not least the upgrade will be supported by dedicated data reduction software allowing the community to take full advantage of the new capabilities. The full system is being integrated at ESO and system testing has commenced. Acceptance of the instrument in Europe (PAE) is scheduled for the second quarter of 2018. Commissioning at the VLT observatory will start mid 2018. This article gives an overview of the final configuration of the instrument. The instrument will be available to the astronomic community from Spring 2019 with a call for proposals in October 2018.
Published: 2018

28. A unique infrared spectropolarimetric unit for CRIRES+

Author: Thomas Marquart, Luca Pasquini, Andreas Haimerl, Reinhold J. Dorn, Artie P. Hatzes, Renate Hinterschuster, Paul Bristow, Ansgar Reiners, Sebastian Tordo, Ulf Seemann, Andrey Dolgopolov, Roman Follert, Candice Durandet, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Eric Stempels, Alexis Lavail, Yves Jung, Jean Louis Lizon, Joerg Stegmeier, Barbara Klein, Frans Snik, Michael J. Escuti, Claudio Cumani, Florian Kerber, Ulrike Heiter, Ernesto Oliva, Nikolai Piskunov, Milan Rozel, Anna Brucalassi, Derek Ives, Elena Valenti, Jerome Paufique, and ITA
Subjects: Physics, Zeeman effect, Infrared, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Computational physics, Domain (software engineering), Magnetic field, symbols.namesake, symbols, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Mathematics::Metric Geometry, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Unit (ring theory), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: High-resolution infrared spectropolarimetry has many science applications in astrophysics. One of them is measuring weak magnetic fields using the Zeeman effect. Infrared domain is particularly advantageous as Zeeman splitting of spectral lines is proportional to the square of the wavelength while the intrinsic width of the line cores increases only linearly. Important science cases include detection and monitoring of global magnetic fields on solar-type stars, study of the magnetic field evolution from stellar formation to the final stages of the stellar life with massive stellar winds, and the dynamo mechanism operation across the boundary between fully- and partially-convective stars. CRIRES+ (the CRIRES upgrade project) includes a novel spectropolarimetric unit (SPU) based on polar- ization gratings. The novel design allows to perform beam-splitting very early in the optical path, directly after the tertiary mirror of the telescope (the ESO Very Large Telescope, VLT), minimizing instrumental polariza- tion. The new SPU performs polarization beam-splitting in the near-infrared while keeping the telescope beam mostly unchanged in the optical domain, making it compatible with the adaptive optics system of the CRIRES+ instrument. The SPU consists of four beam-splitters optimized for measuring circular and linear polarization of spectral lines in YJ and HK bands. The SPU can perform beam switching allowing to correct for throughput in each beam and for variations in detector pixel sensitivity. Other new features of CRIRES+, such as substantially increased wavelength coverage, stability and advanced data reduction pipeline will further enhance the sensitivity of the polarimetric mode. The combination of the SPU, CRIRES+ and the VLT is a unique facility for making major progress in understanding stellar activity. In this article we present the design of the SPU, laboratory measurements of individual components and of the whole unit as well as the performance prediction for the operation at the VLT.
Published: 2018

29. Accurate effective temperatures of the metal-poor benchmark stars HD 140283, HD 122563, and HD 103095 from CHARA interferometry

Author: Gail Schaefer, Andrea Chiavassa, Denis Mourard, Luca Casagrande, Karin Lind, O. L. Creevey, Thomas Nordlander, Martin Asplund, Gerry Gilmore, I. Karovicova, Daniel Huber, Paula Jofre, Timothy R. White, Ulrike Heiter, Michael J. Ireland, Markus Wittkowski, F. Thévenin, Laboratoire Hippolyte Fizeau (FIZEAU), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics [Canberra] (RSAA), Australian National University (ANU), Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), The University of Sydney, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Georgia State University, University System of Georgia (USG), Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: individual: HD140283 [stars], stars: individual: HD140283, FOS: Physical sciences, individual: HD122563 [stars], Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Set (abstract data type), surveys, HIPPARCOS, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, stars: individual: HD122563, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Chara, Physics, biology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, biology.organism_classification, interferometric [techniques], 3. Good health, Stars, Interferometry, STELLAR, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, techniques: interferometric, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, stars: individual: HD103095, standards, Benchmark (computing), Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], individual: HD103095 [stars], SYSTEM
Abstract: Large stellar surveys of the Milky Way require validation with reference to a set of "benchmark" stars whose fundamental properties are well-determined. For metal-poor benchmark stars, disagreement between spectroscopic and interferometric effective temperatures has called the reliability of the temperature scale into question. We present new interferometric measurements of three metal-poor benchmark stars, HD 140283, HD 122563, and HD 103095, from which we determine their effective temperatures. The angular sizes of all the stars were determined from observations with the PAVO beam combiner at visible wavelengths at the CHARA array, with additional observations of HD 103095 made with the VEGA instrument, also at the CHARA array. Together with photometrically derived bolometric fluxes, the angular diameters give a direct measurement of the effective temperature. For HD 140283 we find {\theta}_LD = 0.324+/-0.005 mas, Teff = 5787+/-48 K; for HD 122563, {\theta}_LD = 0.926+/-0.011 mas, Teff = 4636+/-37 K; and for HD 103095 {\theta}_LD = 0.595+/-0.007 mas, Teff = 5140+/-49 K. Our temperatures for HD 140283 and HD 103095 are hotter than the previous interferometric measurements by 253 K and 322 K, respectively. We find good agreement between our temperatures and recent spectroscopic and photometric estimates. We conclude some previous interferometric measurements have been affected by systematic uncertainties larger than their quoted errors., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures
Published: 2018

30. Full system test and early preliminary acceptance Europe results for CRIRES+

Author: Tim Umlauf, Ansgar Reiners, Christopher Marvin, Peter Jeep, Heiko Anwand-Heerwart, Elena Valenti, Sebastien Tordo, Eric Stempels, Nikolai Piskunov, Jérôme Paufique, Luca Pasquini, Ernesto Oliva, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Christophe Moins, Thomas Marquart, Jean Louis Lizon, Alexis Lavail, Barbara Klein, Florian Kerber, Derek Ives, Ulrike Heiter, Anna Brucalassi, Christof Schmidt, Petra Rhode, Katja Hauptner, Jörg Stegmeier, Ulf Seemann, Yves Jung, Renate Hinterschuster, Marcus Haug, Andreas Haimerl, Siegfried Eschbaumer, Claudio Cumani, Paul Bristow, Artie Hatzes, Roman Follert, Reinhold J. Dorn, ITA, DEU, CHL, and SWE
Subjects: Computer science, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Metrology, 010309 optics, Radial velocity, Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Spectral resolution, Adaptive optics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectrograph, Circumstellar habitable zone, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Data reduction
Abstract: CRIRES+ is the new high-resolution NIR echelle spectrograph intended to be operated at the platform B of VLT Unit telescope UT3. It will cover from Y to M bands (0.95-5.3um) with a spectral resolution of R = 50000 or R=100000. The main scientific goals are the search of super-Earths in the habitable zone of low-mass stars, the characterisation of transiting planets atmosphere and the study of the origin and evolution of stellar magnetic fields. Based on the heritage of the old adaptive optics (AO) assisted VLT instrument CRIRES, the new spectrograph will present improved optical layout, a new detector system and a new calibration unit providing optimal performances in terms of simultaneous wavelength coverage and radial velocity accuracy (a few m/s). The total observing efficiency will be enhanced by a factor of 10 with respect to CRIRES. An innovative spectro-polarimetry mode will be also offered and a new metrology system will ensure very high system stability and repeatability. Fiinally, the CRIRES+ project will also provide the community with a new data reduction software (DRS) package. CRIRES+ is currently at the initial phase of its Preliminary Acceptance in Europe (PAE) and it will be commissioned early in 2019 at VLT. This work outlines the main results obtained during the initial phase of the full system test at ESO HQ Garching.
Published: 2018

31. The Gaia-ESO Survey: matching chemodynamical simulations to observations of the Milky Way

Author: Grazina Tautvaisiene, P. Francois, G. G. Sacco, Andreas Korn, B. B. Thompson, P. Donati, Gianni Marconi, Thomas Masseron, A. C. Lanzafame, A. Hourihane, Brad K. Gibson, Carmela Lardo, B. A. Macfarlane, Jack Lewis, Aldo Serenelli, E. Franciosini, E. Pancino, Antonio Frasca, L. Morbidelli, Sergey E. Koposov, P. de Laverny, Clare Worley, Simone Zaggia, Paula Jofre, Gerard Gilmore, L. Prisinzano, Lorenzo Monaco, V. Hill, Laura Magrini, C. G. Few, Ulrike Heiter, Emilio J. Alfaro, Andrew R. Casey, M. T. Costado, S. G. Sousa, Maria Bergemann, Giovanni Carraro, Antonella Vallenari, Thomas Bensby, Sofia Randich, Amelia Bayo, A. Recio-Blanco, Jeremiah Horrocks Insitute, University of Central Lancashire [Preston] (UCLAN), Institute of Space Sciences [Barcelona] (ICE-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council [Madrid] (CSIC), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, Focas Research Institute, Dublin Institute of Technology, Institut national de recherche et de sécurité (Vandoeuvre lès Nancy) (INRS ( Vandoeuvre lès Nancy)), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto Ocenografico, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), European Research Council, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), European Commission, Swedish National Space Board, Leverhulme Trust, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, European Science Foundation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), German Research Foundation, National Science Foundation (US), Australian Research Council, Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Casey, Andrew [0000-0003-0174-0564], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Thompson B.B., Few C.G., Bergemann M., Gibson B.K., MacFarlane B.A., Serenelli A., Gilmore G., Randich S., Vallenari A., Alfaro E.J., Bensby T., Francois P., Korn A.J., Bayo A., Carraro G., Casey A.R., Costado M.T., Donati P., Franciosini E., Frasca A., Hourihane A., Jofre P., Hill V., Heiter U., Koposov S.E., Lanzafame A., Lardo C., de Laverny P., Lewis J., Magrini L., Marconi G., Masseron T., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Pancino E., Prisinzano L., Recio-Blanco A., Sacco G., Sousa S.G., Tautvaisiene G., Worley C.C., and Zaggia S.
Subjects: Matching (statistics), Milky Way, astro-ph.GA, FOS: Physical sciences, Scale (descriptive set theory), Astrophysics, F500, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, methods: numerical, 0103 physical sciences, galaxies: formation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Selection (genetic algorithm), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], numerical [Methods], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, galaxies: evolution - galaxies: formation, abundances [Galaxy], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Effective temperature, Surface gravity, evolution [Galaxies], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, formation [Galaxies], Galaxy, Galaxy: abundance, Galaxies: evolution, Galaxies: formation, Galaxy: abundances, Methods: numerical, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Survey data collection, methods: numerical - Galaxy: abundances, galaxies: evolution, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: The typical methodology for comparing simulated galaxies with observational surveys is usually to apply a spatial selection to the simulation to mimic the region of interest covered by a comparable observational survey sample. In this work, we compare this approach with a more sophisticated post-processing in which the observational uncertainties and selection effects (photometric, surface gravity and effective temperature) are taken into account. We compare a 'solar neighbourhood analogue' region in a model MilkyWay-like galaxy simulated with RAMSES-CH with fourth release Gaia-ESO survey data. We find that a simple spatial cut alone is insufficient and that the observational uncertainties must be accounted for in the comparison. This is particularly true when the scale of uncertainty is large compared to the dynamic range of the data, e.g. in our comparison, the [Mg/Fe] distribution is affected much more than the more accurately determined [Fe/H] distribution. Despite clear differences in the underlying distributions of elemental abundances between simulation and observation, incorporating scatter to our simulation results to mimic observational uncertainty produces reasonable agreement. The quite complete nature of the Gaia-ESO survey means that the selection function has minimal impact on the distribution of observed age and metal abundances but this would become increasingly more important for surveys with narrower selection functions.© 2017 The Author(s)., This is based on data products from observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programme ID 188.B-3002 (the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey). We acknowledge the insightful comments and support provided by our colleagues Stefano Pasetto, Daisuke Kawata, Rob Thacker and Dimitris Stamatellos. We would thank the anonymous referee for a very constructive report of the work presented here. BBT acknowledges the support of STFC through its PhD Studentship Programme (ST/F007701/1). We also acknowledge the generous allocation of resources from the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) via the DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative (PRACE-3IP Project RI-312763 and PRACE-4IP Project 653838) and STFC's DiRAC Facility (COSMOS: Galactic Archaeology). CGF acknowledges funding from the European Research Council for the FP7 ERC starting grant project LOCALSTAR and the DiRAC Complexity system, operated by the University of Leicester IT Services, which forms part of the STFC DiRAC HPC Facility (www.dirac.ac.uk). This equipment is funded by BIS National E-Infrastructure capital grant ST/K000373/1 and STFC DiRAC Operations grant ST/K0003259/1. DiRAC is part of the National E-Infrastructure. Continued access to the University of Hull's High Performance Computing Facility ('viper'), the HPC facility at the University of Central Lancashire and the computational facilities at Saint Mary's University are likewise gratefully acknowledged. TB was funded by the project grant 'The New Milky Way' from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. SGS acknowledges the support by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) (ref: UID/FIS/04434/2013 & PTDC/FIS-AST/7073/2014 & Investigador FCT contract of reference IF/00028/2014) through national funds and by FEDER through COMPETE2020 (ref: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007672 & POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016880). UH acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB/Rymdstyrelsen). The Gaia-ESO Survey data products have been processed by the Cambridge Astronomy Survey Unit (CASU) at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, and by the FLAMES/UVES reduction team at INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri. These data have been obtained from the Gaia-ESO Survey Data Archive, prepared and hosted by the Wide Field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, which is funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. This work was partly supported by the European Union FP7 programme through ERC grant number 320360 and by the Leverhulme Trust through grant RPG-2012-541. We acknowledge the support from INAF and Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Universita' e della Ricerca (MIUR) in the form of the grant 'Premiale VLT 2012'. The results presented here benefit from discussions held during the Gaia-ESO workshops and conferences supported by the ESF (European Science Foundation) through the GREAT Research Network Programme. MTC acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, through grant AYA2013-40611-P. UH acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB/Rymdstyrelsen). This work was supported by Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 881 'The Milky Way System' (subprojects A5, C9) of the German Research Foundation (DFG). This work benefited from discussions at GNASH workshop, Victoria supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-1430152 (JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements). ARC is supported by Australian Research Council Grant DP160100637
Published: 2018

32. The Gaia-ESO Survey : open clusters in Gaia-DR1 A way forward to stellar age calibration

Author: Gerard Gilmore, Luca Sbordone, Amelia Bayo, Carme Jordi, Andreas Korn, Sergey E. Koposov, Giovanni Carraro, F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, L. Morbidelli, M. T. Costado, Emanuele Tognelli, A. Hourihane, P. G. Prada Moroni, V. Roccatagliata, Emilio J. Alfaro, Angela Bragaglia, P. Re Fiorentin, Elena Pancino, Sofia Randich, R. D. Jeffries, Sofia Feltzing, Hervé Bouy, Grazina Tautvaisiene, E. Franciosini, Thomas Bensby, S. Mikolaitis, L. Bravi, Scilla Degl'Innocenti, Laura Magrini, Paula Jofre, E. Zari, Alessandro Spagna, L. Prisinzano, G. G. Sacco, Antonella Vallenari, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Arnas Drazdauskas, A. C. Lanzafame, Jack Lewis, Simone Zaggia, Clare Worley, R. J. Jackson, S. G. Sousa, Lorenzo Monaco, Ulrike Heiter, European Southern Observatory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK), Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund, European Commission, Leverhulme Trust, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Swedish National Space Board, Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: astro-ph.SR, Calibration (statistics), astro-ph.GA, Bayesian probability, FOS: Physical sciences, Scale (descriptive set theory), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, surveys, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, stars: evolution, Limit (mathematics), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), open clusters and associations: general, Parallaxes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, QB, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, evolution [Parallaxesstars], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), evolution [stars], parallaxes, general [open clusters and associations], Parallax, Open cluster
Abstract: Context. Determination and calibration of the ages of stars, which heavily rely on stellar evolutionary models, are very challenging, while representing a crucial aspect in many astrophysical areas. Aims. We describe the methodologies that, taking advantage of Gaia-DR1 and the Gaia-ESO Survey data, enable the comparison of observed open star cluster sequences with stellar evolutionary models. The final, long-term goal is the exploitation of open clusters as age calibrators. Methods. We perform a homogeneous analysis of eight open clusters using the Gaia-DR1 TGAS catalogue for bright members and information from the Gaia-ESO Survey for fainter stars. Cluster membership probabilities for the Gaia-ESO Survey targets are derived based on several spectroscopic tracers. The Gaia-ESO Survey also provides the cluster chemical composition. We obtain cluster parallaxes using two methods. The first one relies on the astrometric selection of a sample of bona fide members, while the other one fits the parallax distribution of a larger sample of TGAS sources. Ages and reddening values are recovered through a Bayesian analysis using the 2MASS magnitudes and three sets of standard models. Lithium depletion boundary (LDB) ages are also determined using literature observations and the same models employed for the Bayesian analysis. Results. For all but one cluster, parallaxes derived by us agree with those presented in Gaia Collaboration (2017, A&A, 601, A19), while a discrepancy is found for NGC 2516; we provide evidence supporting our own determination. Inferred cluster ages are robust against models and are generally consistent with literature values. Conclusions. The systematic parallax errors inherent in the Gaia DR1 data presently limit the precision of our results. Nevertheless, we have been able to place these eight clusters onto the same age scale for the first time, with good agreement between isochronal and LDB ages where there is overlap. Our approach appears promising and demonstrates the potential of combining Gaia and ground-based spectroscopic datasets.© ESO 2018., Based on data products from observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programme IDs 188.B-3002, 193.B.0936, and 197.B-1074. These data products have been processed by the Cambridge Astronomy Survey Unit (CASU) at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, and by the FLAMES/UVES reduction team at INAF/Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri. These data have been obtained from the Gaia-ESO Survey Data Archive, prepared and hosted by the Wide Field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, which is funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (http://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. This research was made possible through the use of the AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey (APASS), funded by the Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fundation. This research has made use of the SIMBAD and VizieR databases, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. This research has made use of NASA's Astrophysics Data System. This work was partly supported by the European Union FP7 programme through ERC grant number 320360 and by the Leverhulme Trust through grant RPG-2012-541. We acknowledge the support from INAF and Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR) in the form of the grant >Premiale VLT 2012> and by PRIN-INAF 2014. The results presented here benefit from discussions held during the Gaia-ESO Survey workshops and conferences supported by the ESF (European Science Foundation) through the GREAT Research Network Programme. E.T., P.G.P.M. and S.D. acknowledge PRA Universita di Pisa 2016 (Stelle di piccola massa: le pietre miliari dell'archeologia galattica, PI: S. Degl'Innocenti) and INFN (Iniziativa specifica TAsP). M.T.C. acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, through grant AYA2016-75931. U.H. acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB/Rymdstyrelsen). P.R.F. and A.S. acknowledge useful discussions with Mario Lattanzi. We thank an anonymous referee for the very helpful and constructive comments.
Published: 2018

33. Fe I oscillator strengths for transitions from high-lying odd-parity levels

Author: Ulrike Heiter, Juliet C. Pickering, M. P. Ruffoni, James E. Lawler, E. A. Den Hartog, A. Guzman, M. T. Belmonte, Imperial College Trust, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and Science and Technology Facilities Council
Subjects: MODEL ATMOSPHERES, PROBABILITIES, 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural), ACCURACY, Fourier transform spectrometers, FOS: Physical sciences, PRECISION-MEASUREMENT, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Branching (polymer chemistry), 01 natural sciences, 0305 Organic Chemistry, methods: laboratory: atomic, LTE LINE FORMATION, 0103 physical sciences, atomic data, RADIATIVE LIFETIMES, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Parity bit, Physics, Science & Technology, LATE-TYPE STARS, NEUTRAL HELIUM, Astronomy and Astrophysics, line: profiles, CRITICAL COMPILATION, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Physical Sciences, Atomic physics, MULTIPLET TABLE, techniques: spectroscopic, Atomic data
Abstract: We report new experimental Fe I oscillator strengths obtained by combining measurements of branching fractions measured with a Fourier Transform spectrometer and time-resolved, laser-induced fluorescence lifetimes. This study covers the spectral region ranging from 213 to 1033 nm. A total of 120 experimental log( ) gf -values coming from 15 odd-parity energy levels are provided, 22 of which have not been reported previously and 63 of which have values with lower uncertainty than the existing data. The radiative lifetimes for 60 upper energy levels are presented, 39 of which have no previous measurements.
Published: 2017

34. A test field for Gaia. Radial velocity catalogue of stars in the South Ecliptic Pole

Author: Caroline Soubiran, Paula Jofre, Yassine Damerdji, Martin Altmann, Steve Boudreault, R. Blomme, Christophe Martayan, Elena Pancino, R. Sordo, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Yves Fremat, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, F. Thévenin, Gert Raskin, Y. Viala, Thomas Nordlander, D. Katz, Klaus Meisenheimer, M. David, Eric Gosset, Pierre Royer, Alex Lobel, Antonella Vallenari, Ulrike Heiter, F. Royer, George M. Seabroke, Juan Zorec, Gérard Jasniewicz, Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels], Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace (SYRTE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), M2A 2017, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Datasio, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève (UNIGE), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Universiteit Antwerpen [Antwerpen], Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Urbana], University of Illinois System-University of Illinois System, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels] (ROB), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Universiteit Antwerpen = University of Antwerpen [Antwerpen], University of Illinois System, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)
Subjects: Field (physics), FOS: Physical sciences, Ecliptic pole, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, kinematics and dynamics [stars], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Radial velocity, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Phase space, Magnitude (astronomy), Satellite, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Gaia is a space mission currently measuring the five astrometric parameters as well as spectrophotometry of at least 1 billion stars to G = 20.7 mag with unprecedented precision. The sixth parameter in phase space (radial velocity) is also measured thanks to medium-resolution spectroscopy being obtained for the 150 million brightest stars. During the commissioning phase, two fields, one around each ecliptic pole, have been repeatedly observed to assess and to improve the overall satellite performances as well as the associated reduction and analysis software. A ground-based photometric and spectroscopic survey was therefore initiated in 2007, and is still running in order to gather as much information as possible about the stars in these fields. This work is of particular interest to the validation of the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) outputs. The paper presents the radial velocity measurements performed for the Southern targets in the 12 - 17 R magnitude range on high- to mid-resolution spectra obtained with the GIRAFFE and UVES spectrographs., Comment: 15 pages, 19 figures, 6 tables at CDS
Published: 2017

35. OCCASO - II. Physical parameters and Fe abundances of red clump stars in 18 open clusters

Author: Carme Jordi, L. Diaz-Perez, C. E. Martínez-Vázquez, L. Balaguer-Núñez, A. del Pino, Laia Casamiquela, Cristina Chiappini, S. Murabito, Ricardo Carrera, D. S. Aguado, Elena Pancino, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Ulrike Heiter, Friedrich Anders, Rafael Garcia-Dias, Antonio Aparicio, and Universitat de Barcelona
Subjects: Cúmuls de galàxies, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Red clump, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Clusters of galaxies, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Espectroscòpia, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Spectrum analysis, Stars, disc [Galaxy], Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), spectroscopic [techniques], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, general [open clusters and associations], Open cluster
Abstract: Open Clusters have long been used to study the chemo-dynamical evolution of the Galactic disk. This requires an homogeneously analysed sample covering a wide range of ages and distances. In this aper we present the OCCASO second data release. This comprises a sample of high-resolution ($R>65,000$) and high signal-to-noise spectra of 115 Red Clump stars in 18 Open Clusters. We derive atmospheric parameters ($T_{\mathrm{eff}}$, $\log g$, $��$), and [Fe/H] abundances using two analysis techniques: equivalent widths and spectral synthesis. A detailed comparison and a critical review of the results of the two methods are made. Both methods are carefully tested between them, with the \emph{Gaia} FGK Benchmark stars, and with an extensive sample of literature values. We perform a membership study using radial velocities and the resulting abundances. Finally, we compare our results with a chemo-dynamical model of the Milky Way thin disk concluding that the oldest Open Clusters are consistent with the models only when dynamical effects are taken into account., 19 pages, 11 figures MNRAS accepted for publication
Published: 2017

36. Metallicity determination of M dwarfs - Expanded parameter range in metallicity and effective temperature

Author: Ulrike Heiter and Sara Lindgren
Subjects: Physics, Range (particle radiation), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Metallicity, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Effective temperature, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy, Chemical evolution, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: Context. Reliable metallicity values for M dwarfs are important for studies of the chemical evolution and advancement of planet formation theory in low-mass environments. Historically the determination of stellar parameters of low-mass stars has been challenging due to the low surface temperature, causing several molecules to form in the photospheric layers. In our work we use the fact that infrared high-resolution spectrographs have opened up a new window for investigating M dwarfs. Aims. Metallicity determination using high-resolution spectra is more accurate than the use of low-resolution spectra, but rather time-consuming. In this paper we expand our sample analyzed with this precise method both in metallicity and effective temperature in order to build up a calibration sample for a future revised empirical calibration. Methods. Because of the relatively few molecular lines in the J-band, continuum rectification is possible for high-resolution spectra, allowing the stellar parameters to be determined with greater accuracy than using optical spectra. The metallicity was determined using synthetic spectral fitting of several atomic species. Results. We have analyzed sixteen targets, with a range of effective temperature from 3350-4550 K. The resulting metallicities lie between -0.5 < [M/H] < +0.4. A few targets have previously been analyzed using low-resolution spectra, and we find a rather good agreement with our values. A comparison with available photometric calibrations shows varying agreement, and the spread within all empirical calibrations is large. Conclusions. Including the targets from our previous paper, we have analyzed 28 M dwarfs using high-resolution infrared spectra. The targets spread approximately one dex in metallicity and 1400 K in effective temperature. For individual M dwarfs we achieve uncertainties of 0.05 dex and 100 K on average., 13 pages
Published: 2017
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37. A spectral atlas of λ Bootis stars

Author: Ulrike Heiter and Ernst Paunzen
Subjects: Physics, education.field_of_study, Field (physics), lcsh:Astronomy, Population, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Star (graph theory), Horizontal branch, Lambda, Spectral line, stars: chemically peculiar, atlases, lcsh:QB1-991, Stars, Spectral atlas, stars: fundamental parameters, education
Abstract: Since the discovery of λ Bootis stars, a permanent confusion about their classification can be found in literature. This group of non-magnetic, Population I, metal-poor A to F-type stars, has often been used as some sort of trash can for "exotic" and spectroscopically dubious objects. Some attempts have been made to establish a homogeneous group of stars which share the same common properties. Unfortunately, the flood of "new" information (e.g. UV and IR data) led again to a whole zoo of objects classified as λ Bootis stars, which, however, are apparent non-members. To overcome this unsatisfying situation, a spectral atlas of well established λ Bootis stars for the classical optical domain was compiled. It includes intermediate dispersion (40 and 120A mm-1) spectra of three λ Bootis, as well as appropriate MK standard stars. Furthermore, "suspicious" objects, such as shell and Field Horizontal Branch stars, have been considered in order to provide to classifiers a homogeneous reference. As a further step, a high resolution (8A mm-1) spectrum of one "classical" λ Bootis star in the same wavelength region (3800-4600A) is presented. In total, 55 lines can be used for this particular star to derive detailed abundances for nine heavy elements (Mg, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Sr and Ba).
Published: 2014

38. The LUMBA UVES stellar parameter pipeline

Author: P. Gruyters, Andreas Korn, Alvin Gavel, T. Nordlander, Ulrike Heiter, and Karin Lind
Subjects: Physics, Spacecraft, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Pipeline (computing), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Stars, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: Context. The Gaia-ESO Survey has taken high-quality spectra of a subset of 100 000 stars observed with the Gaia spacecraft. The goal for this subset is to derive chemical abundances for these stars that will complement the astrometric data collected by Gaia. Deriving the chemical abundances requires that the stellar parameters be determined. Aims. We present a pipeline for deriving stellar parameters from spectra observed with the FLAMES-UVES spectrograph in its standard fibre-fed mode centred on 580 nm, as used in the Gaia-ESO Survey. We quantify the performance of the pipeline in terms of systematic offsets and scatter. In doing so, we present a general method for benchmarking stellar parameter determination pipelines. Methods. Assuming a general model of the errors in stellar parameter pipelines, together with a sample of spectra of stars whose stellar parameters are known from fundamental measurements and relations, we use a Markov chain Monte Carlo method to quantitatively test the pipeline. Results. We find that the pipeline provides parameter estimates with systematic errors on effective temperature below 100 K, on surface gravity below 0.1 dex, and on metallicity below 0.05 dex for the main spectral types of star observed in the Gaia-ESO Survey and tested here. The performance on red giants is somewhat lower. Conclusions. The pipeline performs well enough to fulfil its intended purpose within the Gaia-ESO Survey. It is also general enough that it can be put to use on spectra from other surveys or other spectrographs similar to FLAMES-UVES.
Published: 2019

39. Characterizing the cross dispersion reflection gratings of CRIRES+

Author: Claudio Cumani, H. Anwand-Heerwart, Jean Louis Lizon, Barbara Klein, Andreas Haimerl, Luca Pasquini, Thomas Marquart, Derek Ives, Reinhold J. Dorn, Ulrike Heiter, Nikolai Piskunov, Renate Hinterschuster, Artie P. Hatzes, Belinda Nicholson, Sebastien Tordo, Livia Origlia, Jerome Paufique, Ulf Seemann, Alexis Lavail, Ansgar Reiners, J. Stegmeier, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Ernesto Oliva, Paul Bristow, Yves Jung, Tom Löwinger, Florian Kerber, D. R. Taubert, Roman Follert, Christian Monte, Eric Stempels, Jörg Hollandt, Jason Grunhut, C. Schmidt, ITA, USA, GBR, FRA, and DEU
Subjects: Diffraction, Physics, business.industry, Detector, Grating, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, 010309 optics, Wavelength, Upgrade, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, Optical radiation, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectrograph
Abstract: The CRIRES+ project attempts to upgrade the CRIRES instrument into a cross dispersed Echelle spectrograph with a simultaneous recording of 8-10 diffraction orders. In order to transform the CRIRES spectrograph into a cross-dispersing instrument, a set of six reflection gratings, each one optimized for one of the wavelength bands CRIRES+ will operate in (YJHKLM), will be used as cross dispersion elements in CRIRES+. Due to the upgrade nature of the project, the choice of gratings depends on the fixed geometry of the instrument. Thus, custom made gratings would be required to achieve the ambitious design goals. Custom made gratings have the disadvantage, though, that they come at an extraordinary price and with lead times of more than 12 months. To mitigate this, a set of off-the-shelf gratings was obtained which had grating parameters very close to the ones being identified as optimal. To ensure that the rigorous specifications for CRIRES+ will be fulfilled, the CRIRES+ team started a collaboration with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin (PTB) to characterize gratings underconditions similar to the operating conditions in CRIRES+ (angle of incidence, wavelength range). The respective test setup was designed in collaboration between PTB and the CRIRES+ consortium. The PTB provided optical radiation sources and calibrated detectors for each wavelength range. With this setup, it is possible to measure the absolute efficiency of the gratings both wavelength dependent and polarization state dependent in a wavelength range from 0.9 μm to 6 μm.
Published: 2016

40. The Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars

Author: Thomas Nordlander, R. Sordo, C. Babusiaux, D. Montes, P. Gruyters, Ettore Flaccomio, Laura Magrini, C. Muñoz, Sergey E. Koposov, C. Allende Prieto, Eileen D. Friel, Giovanni Carraro, K. Biazzo, S. Duffau, Thomas Masseron, G. G. Sacco, Martin Asplund, Carmela Lardo, Luca Sbordone, M. T. Costado, Ignacio Negueruela, Annette M. N. Ferguson, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, Amelia Bayo, Ch. Martayan, I. San Roman, Lorenzo Monaco, Nuno C. Santos, L. Morbidelli, Ulrike Heiter, Enrico Maiorca, Sofia Feltzing, H. W. Rix, Janet E. Drew, Caroline Soubiran, Guillaume Guiglion, Gregory R. Ruchti, Antonella Vallenari, S. Van Eck, Vanessa Hill, P. Donati, S. G. Sousa, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Heather R. Jacobson, Marc Weber, James Binney, Giuseppina Micela, Bengt Edvardsson, R. D. Jeffries, Marica Valentini, Angela Bragaglia, Thierry Morel, Y. Chorniy, Michael G. Irwin, G. Barisevičius, A. C. Lanzafame, L. Prisinzano, Jack Lewis, E. Delgado-Mena, Lorenzo Spina, Hans-Günter Ludwig, Simone Zaggia, P. Francois, S. Villanova, Nils Ryde, N. A. Walton, E. Puzeras, R. J. Jackson, Elena Pancino, J. I. González Hernández, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Šarūnas Mikolaitis, Gerard Gilmore, Thomas Bensby, Alessio Mucciarelli, Douglas Geisler, Paula Jofre, T. Prusti, Sofia Randich, Matthias Steffen, Karin Lind, P. de Laverny, Gianni Marconi, Clare Worley, R. Blomme, Camilla Juul Hansen, Emilio J. Alfaro, E. Franciosini, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Henrik Jönsson, V. Zh. Adibekyan, Grazina Tautvaisiene, Hugo M. Tabernero, Andreas Korn, Elisabetta Caffau, Francesco Damiani, A. Hourihane, Aldo Serenelli, Maria Bergemann, Antonio Frasca, L. Pasquini, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Astrofísica Estelar (AE), Smiljanic, R., Korn, A. J., Bergemann, M., Frasca, A., Magrini, L., Masseron, T., Pancino, E., Ruchti, G., San Roman, I., Sbordone, L., Sousa, S. G., Tabernero, H., Tautvaišienė, G., Valentini, M., Weber, M., Worley, C. C., Adibekyan, V. Zh., Allende Prieto, C., Barisevičius, G., Biazzo, K., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Bonifacio, P., Bragaglia, A., Caffau, E., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Chorniy, Y., de Laverny, P., Delgado-Mena, E., Donati, P., Duffau, S., Franciosini, E., Friel, E., Geisler, D., González Hernández, J. I., Gruyters, P., Guiglion, G., Hansen, C. J., Heiter, U., Hill, V., Jacobson, H. R., Jofre, P., Jönsson, H., Lanzafame, A. C., Lardo, C., Ludwig, H.-G., Maiorca, E., Mikolaitis, Š., Montes, D., Morel, T., Mucciarelli, A., Muñoz, C., Nordlander, T., Pasquini, L., Puzeras, E., Recio-Blanco, A., Ryde, N., Sacco, G., Santos, N. C., Serenelli, A. M., Sordo, R., Soubiran, C., Spina, L., Steffen, M., Vallenari, A., Van Eck, S., Villanova, S., Gilmore, G., Randich, S., Asplund, M., Binney, J., Drew, J., Feltzing, S., Ferguson, A., Jeffries, R., Micela, G., Negueruela, I., Prusti, T., Rix, H.-W., Alfaro, E., Babusiaux, C., Bensby, T., Blomme, R., Flaccomio, E., François, P., Irwin, M., Koposov, S., Walton, N., Bayo, A., Carraro, G., Costado, M. T., Damiani, F., Edvardsson, B., Hourihane, A., Jackson, R., Lewis, J., Lind, K., Marconi, G., Martayan, C., Monaco, L., Morbidelli, L., Prisinzano, L., Zaggia, S., Department of Astronomy and Space Physics [Uppsala], Uppsala University, M2A 2014, Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux (L3AB), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lund Observatory, Lund University [Lund], INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Université de Liège, Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Física e Astronomia [Porto] (DFA/FCUP), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP), Universidade do Porto-Universidade do Porto, Laboratoire des Agrégats Moléculaires et Matériaux Inorganiques (LAMMI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPa), Agence Spatiale Européenne (ESA), European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.), and Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS)
Subjects: Astrofísica, stars: abundances, High resolution, FOS: Physical sciences, Scale (descriptive set theory), Astrophysics, Type (model theory), Parameter space, Surveys, 01 natural sciences, fundamental parameters [Stars], Spectral line, surveys, 0103 physical sciences, Stars, fundamental parameters, methods, data analysis, data analysis [Methods], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, methods: data analysis, surveys, stars: abundances, stars: fundamental parameters, stars: late-type, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), QC, Astronomía y Astrofísica, QB, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, stars: late-type, Astronomy and Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.SR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR], methods: data analysis, Stars, abundances, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Astronomía, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Globular cluster, abundances [Stars], late-type [Stars], Stars, late type, stars: fundamental parameters, Dispersion (chemistry)
Abstract: The Gaia-ESO Survey is obtaining high-quality spectroscopic data for about 10^5 stars using FLAMES at the VLT. UVES high-resolution spectra are being collected for about 5000 FGK-type stars. These UVES spectra are analyzed in parallel by several state-of-the-art methodologies. Our aim is to present how these analyses were implemented, to discuss their results, and to describe how a final recommended parameter scale is defined. We also discuss the precision (method-to-method dispersion) and accuracy (biases with respect to the reference values) of the final parameters. These results are part of the Gaia-ESO 2nd internal release and will be part of its 1st public release of advanced data products. The final parameter scale is tied to the one defined by the Gaia benchmark stars, a set of stars with fundamental atmospheric parameters. A set of open and globular clusters is used to evaluate the physical soundness of the results. Each methodology is judged against the benchmark stars to define weights in three different regions of the parameter space. The final recommended results are the weighted-medians of those from the individual methods. The recommended results successfully reproduce the benchmark stars atmospheric parameters and the expected Teff-log g relation of the calibrating clusters. Atmospheric parameters and abundances have been determined for 1301 FGK-type stars observed with UVES. The median of the method-to-method dispersion of the atmospheric parameters is 55 K for Teff, 0.13 dex for log g, and 0.07 dex for [Fe/H]. Systematic biases are estimated to be between 50-100 K for Teff, 0.10-0.25 dex for log g, and 0.05-0.10 dex for [Fe/H]. Abundances for 24 elements were derived: C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Mo, Ba, Nd, and Eu. The typical method-to-method dispersion of the abundances varies between 0.10 and 0.20 dex., Comment: 39 pages, A&A accepted
Published: 2016

41. The virtual atomic and molecular data centre (VAMDC) consortium

Author: J. de Urquijo, Fabien Daniel, E. Roueff, V.I. Perevalov, Sergey Pancheshnyi, E. Krishnakumar, Bernard Schmitt, A. J. Markwick, Guy Rixon, Sylvain Maclot, Pascal Quinet, Iouli E. Gordon, G. Del Zanna, Brian J. Drouin, Christian P. Endres, Stephan Schlemmer, Bobby Antony, Paul Scheier, Milan S. Dimitrijević, Yu. Ralchenko, Oleg Zatsarinny, Thierry Louge, Alicja Domaracka, N. Moreau, M. L. Dubernet, Veljko Vujčić, Yu. V. Pakhomov, Tom J. Millar, Pierre Gratier, Tatiana Ryabchikova, Hyun-Kyung Chung, A. Kasprzak, Helen E. Mason, Yu L. Babikov, Patrick Palmeri, Vl.G. Tyuterev, Ernesto Quintas-Sánchez, Giuseppe Leto, C. Joblin, Vincent Boudon, Alexander Fazliev, Christian Hill, Nigel J. Mason, C. J. Zeippen, D. Jevremović, Ulrike Heiter, Valentine Wakelam, S.A. Tashkun, Laurence S. Rothman, Giacomo Mulas, Nikolai Piskunov, P. A. Loboda, Anatolij A. Mihajlov, Jonathan Tennyson, N. A. Walton, Klaus Bartschat, Franck Delahaye, Johannes Postler, S. V. Gagarin, Y. J. Rhee, Claudio Mendoza, Carlo Maria Zwölf, M. Doronin, Sylvie Sahal-Bréchot, T. Marquart, Bastiaan J. Braams, Yaye Awa Ba, Bratislav P. Marinković, E. Stempels, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade Católica de Brasília=Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique (CIMAP - UMR 6252), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (IRMA), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences appliquées Rouen Normandie (INSA Rouen Normandie), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Moleculaire pour l'Atmosphere et l'Astrophysique (LPMAA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), I. Physikalisches Institut [Köln], Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne, IMEC (IMEC), Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), AMOR 2016, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Uppsala University, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Fruit Research Institute, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Department of Astronomy and Space Physics [Uppsala], Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU), Laboratoire des Matériaux et Procédés Actifs (LMPA), Département de recherche sur les Procédés et Matériaux pour les Environnements complexes (DPME), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), École polytechnique (X), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (OAC), LAboratoire PLasma et Conversion d'Energie (LAPLACE), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), Laboratory of Theoretical Spectroscopy [Tomsk] (LTS), V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics (IAO), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS)-Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], IPNAS, Université de Liège, Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INASAN), Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik - Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics [Innsbruck], Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck - University of Innsbruck, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London], University College of London [London] (UCL), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), ITA, USA, GBR, FRA, DEU, ESP, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität zu Köln, Univ Toulouse UPS, Ctr Etud Spatiale Rayonnements, F-31062 Toulouse 9, France, Centre Etud Spatiale Rayonnements Toulouse, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de recherche sur les technologies pour l'enrichissement, le démantèlement et les déchets (DE2D), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), and Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Subjects: spectroscopy, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, databases, астрофизика, спектроскопия, Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics, Nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, World Wide Web, 0103 physical sciences, molecules, kinetic data, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, кинетические данные, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], atoms, astrophysics, business.industry, базы ядерных данных, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Databases, Data center, Atom- och molekylfysik och optik, Astronomical spectra, business, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: The Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) Consortium is a worldwide consortium which federates atomic and molecular databases through an e-science infrastructure and an organisation to support this activity. About 90% of the inter-connected databases handle data that are used for the interpretation of astronomical spectra and for modelling in many fields of astrophysics. Recently the VAMDC Consortium has connected databases from the radiation damage and the plasma communities, as well as promoting the publication of data from Indian institutes. This paper describes how the VAMDC Consortium is organised for the optimal distribution of atomic and molecular data for scientific research. It is noted that the VAMDC Consortium strongly advocates that authors of research papers using data cite the original experimental and theoretical papers as well as the relevant databases.
Published: 2016

42. The Gaia-ESO Survey : Probes of the inner disk abundance gradient

Author: Thomas Bensby, F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, Jack Lewis, A. Hourihane, M. T. Costado, Carmela Lardo, Angela Bragaglia, J. C. Overbeek, Elena Pancino, Douglas Geisler, S. G. Sousa, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Ettore Flaccomio, Sergey E. Koposov, Giovanni Carraro, Antonella Vallenari, Grazina Tautvaisiene, Simone Zaggia, S. Villanova, Vanessa Hill, I. San Roman, G. G. Sacco, Andreas Korn, Baitian Tang, R. Sordo, P. de Laverny, Sofia Randich, Gerard Gilmore, Clare Worley, C. Munoz, Lorenzo Monaco, Andrew R. Casey, Eileen D. Friel, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Ulrike Heiter, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Monica Tosi, L. Morbidelli, Emilio J. Alfaro, E. Franciosini, Lucie Jílková, Heather R. Jacobson, Paolo Donati, Laura Magrini, Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Koposov, Sergey [0000-0003-2644-135X], Casey, Andrew [0000-0003-0174-0564], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Jacobson H.R., Friel E.D., Jilkova L., Magrini L., Bragaglia A., Vallenari A., Tosi M., Randich S., Donati P., Cantat-Gaudin T., Sordo R., Smiljanic R., Overbeek J.C., Carraro G., Tautvaisiene G., San Roman I., Villanova S., Geisler D., Munoz C., Jimenez-Esteban F., Tang B., Gilmore G., Alfaro E.J., Bensby T., Flaccomio E., Koposov S.E., Korn A.J., Pancino E., Recio-Blanco A., Casey A.R., Costado M.T., Franciosini E., Heiter U., Hill V., Hourihane A., Lardo C., De Laverny P., Lewis J., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Sacco G.G., Sousa S.G., Worley C.C., and Zaggia S.
Subjects: astro-ph.SR, Field (physics), Cepheid variable, Red giant, astro-ph.GA, Metallicity, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy: disk, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Abundance (ecology), 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stars: abundances, abundances [Galaxy], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxy: abundances, Galaxy: formation, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy: abundance, abundances [stars], Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, formation [Galaxy], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, disk [Galaxy], Open cluster
Abstract: The nature of the metallicity gradient inside the solar circle (R_GC < 8 kpc) is poorly understood, but studies of Cepheids and a small sample of open clusters suggest that it steepens in the inner disk. We investigate the metallicity gradient of the inner disk using a sample of inner disk open clusters that is three times larger than has previously been studied in the literature to better characterize the gradient in this part of the disk. We used the Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) [Fe/H] values and stellar parameters for stars in 12 open clusters in the inner disk from GES-UVES data. Cluster mean [Fe/H] values were determined based on a membership analysis for each cluster. Where necessary, distances and ages to clusters were determined via comparison to theoretical isochrones. The GES open clusters exhibit a radial metallicity gradient of -0.10+-0.02 dex/kpc, consistent with the gradient measured by other literature studies of field red giant stars and open clusters in the range R_GC ~ 6-12 kpc. We also measure a trend of increasing [Fe/H] with increasing cluster age, as has also been found in the literature. We find no evidence for a steepening of the inner disk metallicity gradient inside the solar circle as earlier studies indicated. The age-metallicity relation shown by the clusters is consistent with that predicted by chemical evolution models that include the effects of radial migration, but a more detailed comparison between cluster observations and models would be premature., This work was partly supported by the European Union FP7 programme through ERC grant number 320360 and by the Leverhulme Trust through grant RPG-2012-541. We acknowledge the support from INAF and Ministero dell’ Istruzione, dell’ Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) in the form of the grant “Premiale VLT 2012” and “The Chemical and Dynamical Evolution of the Milky Way and Local Group Galaxies” (prot. 2010LY5N2T). The results presented here benefit from discussions held during the Gaia-ESO workshops and conferences supported by the ESF (European Science Foundation) through the GREAT Research Network Programme. F.J.E. acknowledges financial support from the ARCHES project (7th Framework of the European Union, n 313146). S.V. gratefully acknowledges the support provided by Fondecyt reg. 1130721. U.H. acknowledges support from the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB). D.G. gratefully acknowledges support from the Chilean BASAL Centro de Excelencia en Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines (CATA) grant PFB-06/2007., This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from EDP Science via http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527654
Published: 2016

43. The '+' for CRIRES: enabling better science at infrared wavelength and high spectral resolution at the ESO VLT

Author: Thomas Marquart, Tom Löwinger, Artie P. Hatzes, Siegfried Eschbaumer, Roman Follert, Ansgar Reiners, Eric Stempels, Paul Bristow, Ignacio Molina-Conde, Reinhold J. Dorn, Ulf Seemann, Sebastien Tordo, Florian Kerber, Derek Ives, J. Stegmeier, Livia Origlia, Jean Louis Lizon, Yves Jung, Alexis Lavail, Renate Hinterschuster, Andreas Haimerl, Belinda Nicholson, Ulrike Heiter, Jason Grunhut, Ernesto Oliva, Barbara Klein, Luca Pasquini, Nikolai Piskunov, Jerome Paufique, Claudio Cumani, ITA, USA, GBR, FRA, and DEU
Subjects: Physics, Very Large Telescope, business.industry, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Polarimetry, 01 natural sciences, Exoplanet, 010309 optics, Optics, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Spectral resolution, business, Adaptive optics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectrograph, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Fabry–Pérot interferometer
Abstract: The adaptive optics (AO) assisted CRIRES instrument is an IR (0.92 - 5.2 μm) high-resolution spectrograph was in operation from 2006 to 2014 at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory. CRIRES was a unique instrument, accessing a parameter space (wavelength range and spectral resolution) up to now largely uncharted. It consisted of a single-order spectrograph providing long-slit (40 arcsecond) spectroscopy with a resolving power up to R=100 000. However the setup was limited to a narrow, single-shot, spectral range of about 1/70 of the central wavelength, resulting in low observing efficiency for many scientific programmes requiring a broad spectral coverage. The CRIRES upgrade project, CRIRES+, transforms this VLT instrument into a cross-dispersed spectrograph to increase the simultaneously covered wavelength range by a factor of ten. A new and larger detector focal plane array of three Hawaii 2RG detectors with 5.3 μm cut-off wavelength will replace the existing detectors. For advanced wavelength calibration, custom-made absorption gas cells and an etalon system will be added. A spectro-polarimetric unit will allow the recording of circular and linear polarized spectra. This upgrade will be supported by dedicated data reduction software allowing the community to take full advantage of the new capabilities offered by CRIRES+. CRIRES+ has now entered its assembly and integration phase and will return with all new capabilities by the beginning of 2018 to the Very Large Telescope in Chile. This article will provide the reader with an update of the current status of the instrument as well as the remaining steps until final installation at the Paranal Observatory.
Published: 2016

44. The Gaia -ESO Survey: Sodium and aluminium abundances in giants and dwarfs: Implications for stellar and Galactic chemical evolution

Author: Heather R. Jacobson, M. T. Costado, G. G. Sacco, Paolo Donati, Maria Bergemann, Thomas Nordlander, S. G. Sousa, Thomas Bensby, L. Morbidelli, Andrew R. Casey, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Amelia Bayo, Carmela Lardo, Laura Magrini, Donatella Romano, Giovanni Carraro, Sergey E. Koposov, E. Franciosini, Paolo Ventura, James R. Lewis, Sofia Randich, Karin Lind, Luca Sbordone, Angela Bragaglia, P. de Laverny, Antonella Vallenari, Simone Zaggia, Lorenzo Monaco, Ulrike Heiter, A. Hourihane, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Elena Pancino, Eileen D. Friel, A. C. Lanzafame, Grazina Tautvaisiene, Gerard Gilmore, Paula Jofre, P. Francois, Monica Tosi, Clare Worley, Vanessa Hill, Thierry Morel, V. Adibekyan, Smiljanic R., Romano D., Bragaglia A., Donati P., Magrini L., Friel E., Jacobson H., Randich S., Ventura P., Lind K., Bergemann M., Nordlander T., Morel T., Pancino E., Tautvaisiene G., Adibekyan V., Tosi M., Vallenari A., Gilmore G., Bensby T., Francois P., Koposov S., Lanzafame A.C., Recio-Blanco A., Bayo A., Carraro G., Casey A.R., Costado M.T., Franciosini E., Heiter U., Hill V., Hourihane A., Jofre P., Lardo C., De Laverny P., Lewis J., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Sacco G.G., Sbordone L., Sousa S.G., Worley C.C., Zaggia S., Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213], Koposov, Sergey [0000-0003-2644-135X], Casey, Andrew [0000-0003-0174-0564], Worley, Clare [0000-0001-9310-2898], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: astro-ph.SR, Stars: abundance, Stellar mass, stars: abundances, astro-ph.GA, Metallicity, Sodium, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Stars: late-type, 01 natural sciences, evolution [Galaxy], Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Abundance (ecology), Aluminium, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution, QC, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Physics, Galaxy: evolution, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, abundances [Galaxy], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxy: abundances, Stars: abundances, Stars: evolution, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, abundances [stars], Galaxy: abundance, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, chemistry, 13. Climate action, evolution [stars], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), late-type [stars], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Open cluster
Abstract: Stellar evolution models predict that internal mixing should cause some sodium overabundance at the surface of red giants more massive than ~ 1.5--2.0 Msun. The surface aluminium abundance should not be affected. Nevertheless, observational results disagree about the presence and/or the degree of the Na and Al overabundances. In addition, Galactic chemical evolution models adopting different stellar yields lead to quite different predictions for the behavior of [Na/Fe] and [Al/Fe] versus [Fe/H]. Overall, the observed trends of these abundances with metallicity are not well reproduced. We readdress both issues, using new Na and Al abundances determined within the Gaia-ESO Survey, using two samples: i) more than 600 dwarfs of the solar neighborhood and of open clusters and ii) low- and intermediate-mass clump giants in six open clusters. Abundances of Na in giants with mass below ~2.0 Msun, and of Al in giants below ~3.0 Msun, seem to be unaffected by internal mixing processes. For more massive giants, the Na overabundance increases with stellar mass. This trend agrees well with predictions of stellar evolutionary models. Chemical evolution models that are able to fit well the observed [Na/Fe] vs. [Fe/H] trend in solar neighborhood dwarfs can not simultaneously explain the run of [Al/Fe] with [Fe/H], and viceversa. The comparison with stellar ages is hampered by severe uncertainties. Indeed, reliable age estimates are available for only a half of the stars of the sample. We conclude that Al is underproduced by the models, except for stellar ages younger than about 7 Gyr. In addition, some significant source of late Na production seems to be missing in the models. Either current Na and Al yields are affected by large uncertainties, and/or some important Galactic source(s) of these elements has not been taken into account up to now. [abridged], Comment: 16 pages, 11 figures, A&A accepted, After language editing
Published: 2016

45. HD 210111: a new λ Bootis-type spectroscopic binary system

Author: Olga Pintado, Ernst Paunzen, Luciano Fraga, and Ulrike Heiter
Subjects: Physics, Stars, Infrared excess, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Binary system, Astrophysics, Diffusion (business), Asteroseismology, Spectral line, Accretion (astrophysics), Line (formation)
Abstract: The small group of ? Bootis stars comprises late B- to early F-type stars, with moderate to extreme (up to a factor of 100) surface underabundances of most Fe-peak elements and solar abundances of lighter elements (C, N, O and S). The main mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon are atmospheric diffusion, meridional mixing and accretion of material from their surroundings. In particular, spectroscopic binary (SB) systems with ? Bootis-type components are very important to investigate the evolutionary status and accretion process in more detail. For HD 210111, d Scuti-type pulsation was also found, which gives the opportunity to use the tools of asteroseismology for further investigations. The latter could result in strict constraints for the amount of diffusion for this star. Together with models for the accretion and its source, this provides a unique opportunity to shed more light on these important processes. We present classification and high-resolution spectra for HD 210111. A detailed investigation of the most likely combinations of single star components was performed. For this, composite spectra with different stellar astrophysical parameters were calculated and compared to the observations to find the best-fitting combination. HD 210111 comprises two equal (within the estimated errors) stars with Teff= 7400 K, log g= 3.8 dex, [M/H] =-1.0 dex and v sin i= 30 km s-1. This result is in line with other strict observational facts published so far for this object. This is only the third detailed investigation of the ? Bootis-type SB system, but the first one with a known infrared excess.
Published: 2011

46. Giants in the Local Region

Author: R. Earle Luck and Ulrike Heiter
Subjects: Physics, Red giant, chemistry.chemical_element, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Chemical evolution, Stars, chemistry, Space and Planetary Science, Abundance (ecology), Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Lithium, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Local field, Stellar evolution, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We present parameter and abundance data for a sample of 298 nearby giants. The spectroscopic data for this work have a resolution of R ~ 60,000, S/N > 150, and spectral coverage from 475 to 685 nm. Overall trends in the Z > 10 abundances are dominated by Galactic chemical evolution, while the light-element abundances are influenced by stellar evolution, as well as Galactic evolution. We find several super-Li stars in our sample and confirm that Li abundances in the first giant branch are related to mixing depths. Once astration of lithium on the main sequence along with the overall range of main-sequence lithium abundances are taken into account, the lithium abundances of the giants are not dramatically at odds with the predictions of standard stellar evolution. We find the giants to be carbon-diluted in accord with standard stellar evolution and that the carbon and oxygen abundances determined for the local giants are consistent with those found in local field dwarfs. We find that there is evidence for systematic carbon variations in the red giant clump in the sense that the blue side of the clump is carbon-poor (more diluted) than the red side.
Published: 2007

47. Gaia FGK benchmark stars: Effective temperatures and surface gravities

Author: Paula Jofre, Bengt Gustafsson, Frédéric Thévenin, Ulrike Heiter, Andreas J. Korn, Caroline Soubiran, Uppsala Astronomical 0bservatory (UAO), Uppsala University, M2A 2015, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), and Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: fundamental parameters [stars], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, surveys, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Angular diameter, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, atmospheres [stars], Atmospheric models, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stellar atmosphere, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Effective temperature, Surface gravity, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, standards, late-type [stars], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Large Galactic stellar surveys and new generations of stellar atmosphere models and spectral line formation computations need to be subjected to careful calibration and validation and to benchmark tests. We focus on cool stars and aim at establishing a sample of 34 Gaia FGK Benchmark Stars with a range of different metallicities. The goal was to determine the effective temperature and the surface gravity independently from spectroscopy and atmospheric models as far as possible. Fundamental determinations of Teff and logg were obtained in a systematic way from a compilation of angular diameter measurements and bolometric fluxes, and from a homogeneous mass determination based on stellar evolution models. The derived parameters were compared to recent spectroscopic and photometric determinations and to gravity estimates based on seismic data. Most of the adopted diameter measurements have formal uncertainties around 1%, which translate into uncertainties in effective temperature of 0.5%. The measurements of bolometric flux seem to be accurate to 5% or better, which contributes about 1% or less to the uncertainties in effective temperature. The comparisons of parameter determinations with the literature show in general good agreements with a few exceptions, most notably for the coolest stars and for metal-poor stars. The sample consists of 29 FGK-type stars and 5 M giants. Among the FGK stars, 21 have reliable parameters suitable for testing, validation, or calibration purposes. For four stars, future adjustments of the fundamental Teff are required, and for five stars the logg determination needs to be improved. Future extensions of the sample of Gaia FGK Benchmark Stars are required to fill gaps in parameter space, and we include a list of suggested candidates., Accepted by A&A; 34 pages (printer format), 14 tables, 13 figures; language corrected
Published: 2015

48. The Gaia-ESO Survey: Empirical determination of the precision of stellar radial velocities and projected rotation velocities

Author: Annette M. N. Ferguson, Francesco Damiani, Gerard Gilmore, Angela Bragaglia, Martin Asplund, Giovanni Carraro, Vanessa Hill, L. Morbidelli, Paula Jofre, Antonio Frasca, Elena Pancino, A. C. Lanzafame, M. T. Costado, Bengt Edvardsson, A. Hourihane, Thomas Bensby, Antonella Vallenari, T. Prusti, Andreas Korn, Nicholas A. Walton, Carmela Lardo, Lorenzo Monaco, Sofia Feltzing, Ulrike Heiter, P. de Laverny, L. Prisinzano, Emilio J. Alfaro, C. Babusiaux, E. Franciosini, Clare Worley, Hans-Walter Rix, C. Allende Prieto, S. G. Sousa, Laura Magrini, Rodolfo Smiljanic, Christophe Martayan, G. G. Sacco, Maria Bergemann, P. Francois, R. J. Jackson, R. Blomme, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Nigel Hambly, Sofia Randich, Karin Lind, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Gianni Marconi, R. D. Jeffries, Luca Sbordone, James R. Lewis, S. Van Eck, Amelia Bayo, James Binney, I. Neguerela, Simone Zaggia, Ettore Flaccomio, Janet E. Drew, Mike Irwin, Giuseppina Micela, Sergey E. Koposov, Thomas Masseron, Jackson R.J., Jeffries R.D., Lewis J., Koposov S.E., Sacco G.G., Randich S., Gilmore G., Asplund M., Binney J., Bonifacio P., Drew J.E., Feltzing S., Ferguson A.M.N., Micela G., Neguerela I., Prusti T., Rix H.-W., Vallenari A., Alfaro E.J., Allende Prieto C., Babusiaux C., Bensby T., Blomme R., Bragaglia A., Flaccomio E., Francois P., Hambly N., Irwin M., Korn A.J., Lanzafame A.C., Pancino E., Recio-Blanco A., Smiljanic R., Van Eck S., Walton N., Bayo A., Bergemann M., Carraro G., Costado M.T., Damiani F., Edvardsson B., Franciosini E., Frasca A., Heiter U., Hill V., Hourihane A., Jofre P., Lardo C., De Laverny P., Lind K., Magrini L., Marconi G., Martayan C., Masseron T., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Prisinzano L., Sbordone L., Sousa S.G., Worley C.C., Zaggia S., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Astrofísica Estelar (AE), Keele University [Keele], Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics [Hatfield], University of Hertfordshire [Hatfield] (UH), Lund Observatory, Lund University [Lund], INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPa), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Agence Spatiale Européenne (ESA), European Space Agency (ESA), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), University College of London [London] (UCL), Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels] (ROB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Institut de Mécanique des Fluides et des Solides (IMFS), École Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (ENGEES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides (CASSIOPEE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), University of Turin, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Metallicity, FOS: Physical sciences, stars: kinematics and dynamics, open clusters and associations: general, Open clusters and associations: general, Stars: kinematics and dynamics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Spectral line, Normal distribution, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Observatory, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), kinematics and dynamics [stars], QC, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, Astronomía y Astrofísica, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Physics, Very Large Telescope, Kinematics and dynamics, Astrometry, Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Satellite, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, general [open clusters and associations], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: The Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) is a large public spectroscopic survey at the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope. A key aim is to provide precise radial velocities (RVs) and projected equatorial velocities (v sin i) for representative samples of Galactic stars, that will complement information obtained by the Gaia astrometry satellite. We present an analysis to empirically quantify the size and distribution of uncertainties in RV and v sin i using spectra from repeated exposures of the same stars. We show that the uncertainties vary as simple scaling functions of signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) and v sin i, that the uncertainties become larger with increasing photospheric temperature, but that the dependence on stellar gravity, metallicity and age is weak. The underlying uncertainty distributions have extended tails that are better represented by Student's t-distributions than by normal distributions. Parametrised results are provided, that enable estimates of the RV precision for almost all GES measurements, and estimates of the v sin i precision for stars in young clusters, as a function of S/N, v sin i and stellar temperature. The precision of individual high S/N GES RV measurements is 0.22-0.26 km/s, dependent on instrumental configuration., 13 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Published: 2015

49. Gaia -ESO Survey: Analysis of pre-main sequence stellar spectra

Author: Antonio Frasca, G. G. Sacco, Ignacio Negueruela, Hugo M. Tabernero, Andreas Korn, Martin Asplund, C. Babusiaux, Loredana Prisinzano, Francesco Damiani, Nigel Hambly, M. T. Costado, G. Carraro, Gerry Gilmore, Giuseppina Micela, Emilio J. Alfaro, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Annette M. N. Ferguson, A. Hourihane, Maria Bergemann, N. A. Walton, E. Brugaletta, Manuel Meyer, John D. Lewis, H. W. Rix, Michael G. Irwin, Vardan Adibekyan, R. Blomme, P. Francois, R. D. Jeffries, A. C. Lanzafame, Sergey E. Koposov, Lorenzo Spina, James Binney, Thomas Masseron, L. Morbidelli, D. Montes, K. Biazzo, S. G. Sousa, Antonella Vallenari, Rodolfo Smiljanic, J. M. Alcalá, Thomas Bensby, C. Allende Prieto, Sergio Messina, Luca Sbordone, Amelia Bayo, A. Bragaglia, Simone Zaggia, C. C. Worley, Janet E. Drew, Ettore Flaccomio, S. Van Eck, Paula Jofre, Laura Magrini, Bengt Edvardsson, Gianni Marconi, J. I. González Hernández, Michiel Cottaar, Rosaria Bonito, Lorenzo Monaco, Ulrike Heiter, J. F. Gameiro, Carmela Lardo, Sofia Feltzing, E. Franciosini, T. Prusti, R. J. Jackson, Vanessa Hill, Sofia Randich, Karin Lind, Ch. Martayan, E. Delgado Mena, A. Klutsch, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (OACT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), University of Turin, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Universidade do Porto, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Palermo (IASF-Pa), Keele University [Keele], Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics [Hatfield], University of Hertfordshire [Hatfield] (UH), Lund Observatory, Lund University [Lund], INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPa), Departamento de Fisica, Ingenieria de Sistemas y Teoria de la Señal [Alicante] (DFESTS), Universidad de Alicante, Agence Spatiale Européenne (ESA), European Space Agency (ESA), Laboratoire d'astrophysique de l'observatoire de Besançon (UMR 6091) (LAOB), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), University College of London [London] (UCL), Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels] (ROB), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (OABO), Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Uppsala University, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lanzafame A.C., Frasca A., Damiani F., Franciosini E., Cottaar M., Sousa S.G., Tabernero H.M., Klutsch A., Spina L., Biazzo K., Prisinzano L., Sacco G.G., Randich S., Brugaletta E., Delgado Mena E., Adibekyan V., Montes D., Bonito R., Gameiro J.F., Alcala J.M., Gonzalez Hernandez J.I., Jeffries R., Messina S., Meyer M., Gilmore G., Asplund M., Binney J., Bonifacio P., Drew J.E., Feltzing S., Ferguson A.M.N., Micela G., Negueruela I., Prusti T., Rix H.-W., Vallenari A., Alfaro E.J., Allende Prieto C., Babusiaux C., Bensby T., Blomme R., Bragaglia A., Flaccomio E., Francois P., Hambly N., Irwin M., Koposov S.E., Korn A.J., Smiljanic R., Van Eck S., Walton N., Bayo A., Bergemann M., Carraro G., Costado M.T., Edvardsson B., Heiter U., Hill V., Hourihane A., Jackson R.J., Jofre P., Lardo C., Lewis J., Lind K., Magrini L., Marconi G., Martayan C., Masseron T., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Sbordone L., Worley C.C., Zaggia S., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Astrofísica Estelar (AE), Lanzafame, A., Frasca, A., Damiani, F., Franciosini, E., Cottaar, M., Sousa, S., Tabernero, H., Klutsch, A., Spina, L., Biazzo, K., Prisinzano, L., Sacco, G., Randich, S., Brugaletta, E., Delgado Mena, E., Adibekyan, V., Montes, D., Bonito, R., Gameiro, J., Alcalá, J., González Hernández, J., Jeffries, R., Messina, S., Meyer, M., Gilmore, G., Asplund, M., Binney, J., Bonifacio, P., Drew, J., Feltzing, S., Ferguson, A., Micela, G., Negueruela, I., Prusti, T., Rix, H., Vallenari, A., Alfaro, E., Allende Prieto, C., Babusiaux, C., Bensby, T., Blomme, R., Bragaglia, A., Flaccomio, E., Francois, P., Hambly, N., Irwin, M., Koposov, S., Korn, A., Smiljanic, R., Van Eck, S., Walton, N., Bayo, A., Bergemann, M., Carraro, G., Costado, M., Edvardsson, B., Heiter, U., Hill, V., Hourihane, A., Jackson, R., Jofré, P., Lardo, C., Lewis, J., Lind, K., Magrini, L., Marconi, G., Martayan, C., Masseron, T., Monaco, L., Morbidelli, L., Sbordone, L., Worley, C., and Zaggia, S.
Subjects: Accuracy and precision, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, stars: pre-main sequence, Surveys, fundamental parameters [Stars], Astronomical spectroscopy, surveys, Angular diameter, pre-main sequence [Stars], Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Survey, data analysis [Methods], education, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astronomía y Astrofísica, Physics, education.field_of_study, general [Open clusters and associations], [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Stars: fundamental parameter, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Effective temperature, open clusters and associations: general, Surface gravity, methods: data analysis, Accretion (astrophysics), Stars, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Methods: data analysis, Open clusters and associations: general, Stars: fundamental parameters, Stars: pre-main sequence, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, stars: fundamental parameters, Methods: data analysi
Abstract: This paper describes the analysis of UVES and GIRAFFE spectra acquired by the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey in the fields of young clusters whose population includes pre-main sequence (PMS) stars. Both methods that have been extensively used in the past and new ones developed in the contest of the Gaia-ESO survey enterprise are available and used. The internal precision of these quantities is estimated by inter-comparing the results obtained by such different methods, while the accuracy is estimated by comparison with independent external data, like effective temperature and surface gravity derived from angular diameter measurements, on a sample of benchmarks stars. Specific strategies are implemented to deal with fast rotation, accretion signatures, chromospheric activity, and veiling. The analysis carried out on spectra acquired in young clusters' fields during the first 18 months of observations, up to June 2013, is presented in preparation of the first release of advanced data products. Stellar parameters obtained with the higher resolution and larger wavelength coverage from UVES are reproduced with comparable accuracy and precision using the smaller wavelength range and lower resolution of the GIRAFFE setup adopted for young stars, which allows us to provide with confidence stellar parameters for the much larger GIRAFFE sample. Precisions are estimated to be $\approx$ 120 K r.m.s. in Teff, $\approx$0.3 dex r.m.s. in logg, and $\approx$0.15 dex r.m.s. in [Fe/H], for both the UVES and GIRAFFE setups., 22 pages, 18 figures, accepted for publication on A&A
Published: 2015

50. The Gaia-ESO Survey: a quiescent Milky Way with no significant dark/stellar accreted disc

Author: A. Hourihane, Aldo Serenelli, Martin Asplund, Andreas Korn, Paula Jofre, Elena Pancino, Georges Kordopatis, Carmela Lardo, Lorenzo Monaco, Thomas Bensby, Ulrike Heiter, L. Morbidelli, Karin Lind, Gregory R. Ruchti, Sofia Feltzing, Antonella Vallenari, Francesco Damiani, Giovanni Carraro, Luca Sbordone, Simone Zaggia, Amelia Bayo, Paul J. McMillan, Justin I. Read, P. de Laverny, Clare Worley, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Maria Bergemann, Ettore Flaccomio, M. T. Costado, Ruchti G.R., Read J.I., Feltzing S., Serenelli A.M., McMillan P., Lind K., Bensby T., Bergemann M., Asplund M., Vallenari A., Flaccomio E., Pancino E., Korn A.J., Recio-Blanco A., Bayo A., Carraro G., Costado M.T., Damiani F., Heiter U., Hourihane A., Jofre P., Kordopatis G., Lardo C., De Laverny P., Monaco L., Morbidelli L., Sbordone L., Worley C.C., and Zaggia S.
Subjects: Stars: abundance, Galaxy: disc, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Galaxy merger, Surveys, Disc galaxy, Stars: kinematics and dynamics, evolution [Galaxy], surveys, Fysik, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Disc, kinematics and dynamics [stars], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Dwarf galaxy, Physics, Galaxy: evolution, Spiral galaxy, Stars: abundances, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Stars: kinematics and dynamic, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, abundances [stars], Dark matter halo, Galaxy: formation, Space and Planetary Science, disc [Galaxy], formation [Galaxy], Thin disk, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Physical Sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: According to our current cosmological model, galaxies like the Milky Way are expected to experience many mergers over their lifetimes. The most massive of the merging galaxies will be dragged towards the disc-plane, depositing stars and dark matter into an accreted disc structure. In this work, we utilize the chemo-dynamical template developed in Ruchti et al. to hunt for accreted stars. We apply the template to a sample of 4,675 stars in the third internal data release from the Gaia-ESO Spectroscopic Survey. We find a significant component of accreted halo stars, but find no evidence of an accreted disc component. This suggests that the Milky Way has had a rather quiescent merger history since its disc formed some 8-10 billion years ago and therefore possesses no significant dark matter disc., Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2015
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