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We present a search for new planetary-mass members of nearby young moving groups (YMGs) using astrometry for 694 T and Y dwarfs, including 447 objects with parallaxes, mostly produced by recent large parallax programs from UKIRT and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 Zhoujian Zhang , Michael C. Liu , William M. J. Best , Trent J. Dupuy , Robert J. Siverd

Many observable properties of globular clusters (GCs) provide valuable insights for unveiling the hierarchical assembly of their host galaxy. For the Milky Way (MW) in particular, GCs from different accreted satellite galaxies show distinct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-05 Yingtian Chen , Oleg Y. Gnedin

The Gaia mission has opened a new window into the internal kinematics of young star clusters at the sub-km/s level, with implications for our understanding of how star clusters form and evolve. We use a sample of 28 clusters and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-09 Michael A. Kuhn , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Alison Sills , Eric D. Feigelson , Konstantin V. Getman

We present our new, fully-automated method to detect and measure the ages of star clusters in nearby galaxies, where individual stars can be resolved. The method relies purely on statistical analysis of observations and Monte-Carlo…

This work proposes a multiple machine learning method (MMLM) aiming to improve the accuracy and robustness in the analysis of star clusters. The MMLM performance is evaluated by applying it to the reanalysis of the old binary cluster…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-18 Denilso Camargo

Membership analysis is an important tool for studying star clusters. There are various approaches to membership determination, including supervised and unsupervised machine learning (ML) methods. We perform membership analysis using the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-25 A. Bissekenov , M. Kalambay , E. Abdikamalov , X. Pang , P. Berczik , B. Shukirgaliyev

Aims. We look for common proper motion companions to stars of the nearby young beta Pictoris moving group. Methods. First, we compiled a list of 185 beta Pictoris members and candidate members from 35 representative works. Next, we used the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 F. J. Alonso-Floriano , J. A. Caballero , M. Cortes-Contreras , E. Solano , D. Montes

Aims: Studying the dynamical evolution of young clusters is crucial for a more general understanding of the star formation process. Methods: We took spectra of >600 candidate pre-main sequence (PMS) stars in several nearby young clusters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-17 Ishani Cheshire , Joseph J. Armstrong , Jonathan C. Tan

The next generation of data-intensive surveys are bound to produce a vast amount of data, which can be dealt with using machine-learning methods to explore possible correlations within the multi-dimensional parameter space. We explore the…

(abridged) The old Star Cluster (SC) systems surrounding any sofar investigated galaxy represent a powerful tool for the understanding of the cosmological evolution of their host galaxies. Phases of enhanced cluster formation can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Anders , R. de Grijs , U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben

We constrain the mass profile and orbital structure of nearby groups and clusters of galaxies. Our method yields the joint probability distribution of the density slope n, the velocity anisotropy beta, and the turnover radius r0 for these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Mahdavi , M. J. Geller

Identifying galaxy clustering at high redshift (i.e. z > 1) is essential to our understanding of the current cosmological model. However, at increasing redshift, clusters evolve considerably in star-formation activity and so are less likely…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 L. J. M. Davies , M. N. Bremer , E. R. Stanway , K. Husband , M. D. Lehnert , E. J. A. Mannering

Between 1996 and 2003 we have obtained 226 high resolution spectra of 16 stars in the field of the young open cluster NGC 6913, to the aim of constraining its main properties and study its internal kinematics. Twelve of the program stars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Boeche , U. Munari , L. Tomasella , R. Barbon

In this work, we analysed young stellar clusters with spatial and kinematic coherence in the Orion star-forming complex. For this study, we selected a sample of pre-main sequence candidates using parallaxes, proper motions and positions on…

We present the first results of a new technique to detect, locate, and characterize young dissolving star clusters. Using HST/ACS archival images of the nearby galaxy IC2574, we performed stellar PSF photometry and selected the most massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-04 Anne Pellerin , Martin J. Meyer , Jason Harris , Daniela Calzetti

Context. Recent studies have suggested that moving groups have a dynamic or "resonant" origin. Under this hypothesis, these kinematic structures become a powerful tool for studying the large-scale structure and dynamics of the Milky Way.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Antoja , F. Figueras , D. Fernandez , J. Torra

Recent studies have identified star clusters with multiple components based on accurate spatial distributions and/or proper motions from Gaia DR3, utilising diverse diagnostics to improve our understanding of subgroup evolution. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-02 J. Gregorio-Hetem , A. Hetem

We present a proof of concept of a new galaxy group finder method, Markov graph Clustering (MCL; Van Dongen 2000) that naturally handles probabilistic linking criteria. We introduce a new figure of merit, the variation of information…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-10 L. Stothert , P. Norberg , C. M. Baugh

The identification and characterisation of low-mass binaries is of importance for a range of astrophysical investigations. Low-mass binaries in young ($\sim10 - 100 $ Myr) moving groups (YMGs) are of particular significance as they provide…

Context. Near open clusters as Pleiades, Praesepe and Blanco 1 have been extensively studied due to their proximity to the Sun. The Gaia data brings the opportunity to investigate these clusters, since it contains valuable astrometric and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-27 Jeison Alfonso , Alejandro García-Varela