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Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-14 Tomás Ruiz-Lara , Tadafumi Matsuno , S. Sofie Lövdal , Amina Helmi , Emma Dodd , Helmer H. Koppelman

(Abridged) The present-day spatial and kinematic distribution of stars in the Milky Way provides key constraints on its internal dynamics and evolutionary history. We select stars that are more metal-rich than the interstellar medium (ISM)…

We study the detailed properties of the radial metallicity gradient in the stellar disk of our Galaxy to constrain its chemical and structural evolution. For this purpose we select and analyze $\sim$ 18,500 disk stars taken from two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Daisuke Toyouchi , Masashi Chiba

We consider tidal masses and ages of Milky Way open clusters, as well as a simple model of their distribution. Our aim is to investigate the space of model parameters and the correspondence between modelled and observed two-dimensional…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-21 Jonathan H. Klos , Andreas Just , Evgeny V. Polyachenko , Peter Berczik , Marina Ishchenko

Radial metallicity gradients are fundamental to understanding galaxy formation and evolution. In our high-resolution simulation of a NIHAO-UHD Milky Way analogue, we analyze the linearity, scatter, spatial coherence, and age-related…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-30 Sven Buder , Tobias Buck , Qian-Hui Chen , Kathryn Grasha

The vertical metallicity gradient of the Galactic disk offers valuable insights into the disk's formation and chemical evolution over time. We utilized the LAMOST-LRS young stellar sample to investigate this gradient and found that it…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-03 Gaohuan Long , Haibo Yuan , Shuai Xu , Chun Wang , Ruoyi Zhang , Bowen Huang

In this paper, we address two issues related to primordial disk evolution in three clusters (NGC 1333, IC 348, and Orion A) observed by the INfrared Spectra of Young Nebulous Clusters (IN-SYNC) project. First, in each cluster, averaged over…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Yuhan Yao , Michael R. Meyer , Kevin R. Covey , Jonathan C. Tan , Nicola Da Rio

Globular clusters (GCs) are the oldest stellar systems in the Milky Way. Long time considered as simple stellar populations, nowadays we recognize their complex star formation history through precise abundance analysis of a variety of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Nikolay Kacharov , Andreas Koch

We present Keck/HIRES spectra of 3 globular clusters in the outer halo of M31, at projected distances beyond ~80 kpc from M31. The measured recession velocities for all 3 globular clusters confirm their association with the globular cluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Alves-Brito , D. A. Forbes , J. T. Mendel , G. K. T. Hau , M. T. Murphy

We use high spatial resolution (~7pc) CARMA observations to derive detailed properties for 8 giant molecular clouds (GMCs) at a galactocentric radius corresponding to approximately two CO scale lengths, or ~0.5 optical radii (r25), in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 F. Bigiel , A. Bolatto , A. Leroy , L. Blitz , F. Walter , E. Rosolowsky , L. Lopez , R. Plambeck

Aims: Based on our well-determined sample of open clusters in the all-sky catalogue ASCC-2.5 we derive new linear sizes of some 600 clusters, and investigate the effect of mass segregation of stars in open clusters. Methods: Using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 E. Schilbach , N. V. Kharchenko , A. E. Piskunov , S. Röser , R. -D. Scholz

We present a brief summary of our current results on the stellar distribution and population gradients of the resolved stars in the surroundings of ~50 nearby disk galaxies, observed with space- (Hubble & Spitzer) and ground-based…

Open Clusters are born and evolve along the Milky Way plane, on them is imprinted the history of the Galactic disc, including the chemical and dynamical evolution. Chemical and dynamical properties of open clusters can be derived from…

(Abridged) We perform an analysis of spectra and photometry for 22,770 stars included in the third data release (DR3) of the SDSS. We measure radial velocities and, based on a model-atmosphere analysis, derive estimates ofthe atmospheric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 C. Allende Prieto , T. C. Beers , R. Wilhelm , H. J. Newberg , C. M. Rockosi , B. Yanny , Y. S. Lee

We have obtained velocity dispersions from Keck high-resolution integrated spectroscopy of ten M31 globular clusters (GCs), including three candidate intermediate-age GCs. We show that these candidates have the same V-band mass-to-light…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Jay Strader , Graeme Smith , Soeren Larsen , Jean Brodie , John Huchra

The analysis of the distribution of stars in open clusters may yield important information on the star formation process and early dynamical evolution of stellar clusters. Here we address this issue by systematically characterizing the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Nestor Sanchez , Emilio J. Alfaro

Studies of the Galactic Centre suggest that in-situ star formation may have given rise to the observed stellar population near the central supermassive black hole (SMBH). Direct evidence for a recent starburst is provided by the currently…

Aims. We aim to investigate the stellar population properties, ages, and metal content of the globular clusters (GCs) in NGC 3311, the central galaxy of the Hydra I cluster, to better constrain its evolution history. Methods. We used…

The disk surface density of the nearby spiral galaxy M33 is estimated assuming that it is marginally stable against gravitational perturbations. For this purpose we used the radial profile of line-of-sight velocity dispersion of the disk…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-29 A. S. Saburova , A. V. Zasov

The observed radial and vertical metallicity distribution of old stars in the Milky Way disk provides a powerful constraint on the chemical enrichment and dynamical history of the disk. We present the radial metallicity gradient,…