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Joint astrometric solution of Hipparcos and Gaia: A recipe for the Hundred Thousand Proper Motions project

The first release of astrometric data from Gaia is expected in 2016. It will contain the mean stellar positions and magnitudes from the first year of observations. For more than 100 000 stars in common with the Hipparcos Catalogue it will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-19 Daniel Michalik , Lennart Lindegren , David Hobbs , Uwe Lammers

The catalogue of radial velocity standard stars for Gaia I. Pre-launch release

The Radial Velocity Spectrograph (RVS) on board of Gaia needs to be calibrated using stable reference stars known in advance. The catalogue presented here has being built for that purpose. It includes 1420 radial velocity standard star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 C. Soubiran , G. Jasniewicz , L. Chemin , F. Crifo , S. Udry , D. Hestroffer , D. Katz

Stellar parametrization from Gaia RVS spectra

Among the myriad of data collected by the ESA Gaia satellite, about 150 million spectra will be delivered by the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) for stars as faint as G_RVS~16. A specific stellar parametrization will be performed for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-23 A. Recio-Blanco , P. de Laverny , C. Allende Prieto , D. Fustes , M. Manteiga , B. Arcay , A. Bijaoui , C. Dafonte , C. Ordenovic , D. Ordoñez Blanco

The ejection and detectability of high- and hyper-velocity stars by compact object binaries in globular clusters

The dense cores of Milky Way globular clusters (GCs) play host to a variety of dynamical encounters between stellar objects, which can accelerate stars to velocities high enough to escape the GC. The most extreme examples of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-23 Fraser A. Evans , Steffani M. Grondin , Claire S. Ye , Jeremy Webb , Alexander Laroche , Jo Bovy

Gaia Data Release 1. Open cluster astrometry: performance, limitations, and future prospects

Context. The first Gaia Data Release contains the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS). This is a subset of about 2 million stars for which, besides the position and photometry, the proper motion and parallax are calculated using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Gaia Collaboration , F. van Leeuwen , A. Vallenari , C. Jordi , L. Lindegren , U. Bastian , T. Prusti , J. H. J. de Bruijne , A. G. A. Brown , C. Babusiaux , C. A. L. Bailer-Jones , M. Biermann , D. W. Evans , L. Eyer , F. Jansen , S. A. Klioner , U. Lammers , X. Luri , F. Mignard , C. Panem , D. Pourbaix , S. Randich , P. Sartoretti , H. I. Siddiqui , C. Soubiran , V. Valette , N. A. Walton , C. Aerts , F. Arenou , M. Cropper , R. Drimmel , E. Høg , D. Katz , M. G. Lattanzi , W. O'Mullane , E. K. Grebel , A. D. Holland , C. Huc , X. Passot , M. Perryman , L. Bramante , C. Cacciari , J. Castañeda , L. Chaoul , N. Cheek , F. De Angeli , C. Fabricius , R. Guerra , J. Hernández , A. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo , E. Masana , R. Messineo , N. Mowlavi , K. Nienartowicz , D. Ordóñez-Blanco , P. Panuzzo , J. Portell , P. J. Richards , M. Riello , G. M. Seabroke , P. Tanga , F. Thévenin , J. Torra , S. G. Els , G. Gracia-Abril , G. Comoretto , M. Garcia-Reinaldos , T. Lock , E. Mercier , M. Altmann , R. Andrae , T. L. Astraatmadja , I. Bellas-Velidis , K. Benson , J. Berthier , R. Blomme , G. Busso , B. Carry , A. Cellino , G. Clementini , S. Cowell , O. Creevey , J. Cuypers , M. Davidson , J. De Ridder , A. de Torres , L. Delchambre , A. Dell'Oro , C. Ducourant , Y. Frémat , M. García-Torres , E. Gosset , J. -L. Halbwachs , N. C. Hambly , D. L. Harrison , M. Hauser , D. Hestroffer , S. T. Hodgkin , H. E. Huckle , A. Hutton , G. Jasniewicz , S. Jordan , M. Kontizas , A. J. Korn , A. C. Lanzafame , M. Manteiga , A. Moitinho , K. Muinonen , J. Osinde , E. Pancino , T. Pauwels , J. -M. Petit , A. Recio-Blanco , A. C. Robin , L. M. Sarro , C. Siopis , M. Smith , K. W. Smith , A. Sozzetti , W. Thuillot , W. van Reeven , Y. Viala , U. Abbas , A. Abreu Aramburu , S. Accart , J. J. Aguado , P. M. Allan , W. Allasia , G. Altavilla , M. A. Álvarez , J. Alves , R. I. Anderson , A. H. Andrei , E. Anglada Varela , E. Antiche , T. Antoja , S. Antón , B. Arcay , N. Bach , S. G. Baker , L. Balaguer-Núñez , C. Barache , C. Barata , A. Barbier , F. Barblan , D. Barrado y Navascués , M. Barros , M. A. Barstow , U. Becciani , M. Bellazzini , A. Bello García , V. Belokurov , P. Bendjoya , A. Berihuete , L. Bianchi , O. Bienaymé , F. Billebaud , N. Blagorodnova , S. Blanco-Cuaresma , T. Boch , A. Bombrun , R. Borrachero , S. Bouquillon , G. Bourda , H. Bouy , A. Bragaglia , M. A. Breddels , N. Brouillet , T. Brüsemeister , B. Bucciarelli , P. Burgess , R. Burgon , A. Burlacu , D. Busonero , R. Buzzi , E. Caffau , J. Cambras , H. Campbell , R. Cancelliere , T. Cantat-Gaudin , T. Carlucci , J. M. Carrasco , M. Castellani , P. Charlot , J. Charnas , A. Chiavassa , M. Clotet , G. Cocozza , R. S. Collins , G. Costigan , F. Crifo , N. J. G. Cross , M. Crosta , C. Crowley , C. Dafonte , Y. Damerdji , A. Dapergolas , P. David , M. David , P. De Cat , F. de Felice , P. de Laverny , F. De Luise , R. De March , D. de Martino , R. de Souza , J. Debosscher , E. del Pozo , M. Delbo , A. Delgado , H. E. Delgado , P. Di Matteo , S. Diakite , E. Distefano , C. Dolding , S. Dos Anjos , P. Drazinos , J. Durán , Y. Dzigan , B. Edvardsson , H. Enke , N. W. Evans , G. Eynard Bontemps , C. Fabre , M. Fabrizio , S. Faigler , A. J. Falcão , M. Farràs Casas , L. Federici , G. Fedorets , J. Fernández-Hernández , P. Fernique , A. Fienga , F. Figueras , F. Filippi , K. Findeisen , A. Fonti , M. Fouesneau , E. Fraile , M. Fraser , J. Fuchs , M. Gai , S. Galleti , L. Galluccio , D. Garabato , F. García-Sedano , A. Garofalo , N. Garralda , P. Gavras , J. Gerssen , R. Geyer , G. Gilmore , S. Girona , G. Giuffrida , M. Gomes , A. González-Marcos , J. González-Núñez , J. J. González-Vidal , M. Granvik , A. Guerrier , P. Guillout , J. Guiraud , A. Gúrpide , R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez , L. P. Guy , R. Haigron , D. Hatzidimitriou , M. Haywood , U. Heiter , A. Helmi , D. Hobbs , W. Hofmann , B. Holl , G. Holland , J. A. S. Hunt , A. Hypki , V. Icardi , M. Irwin , G. Jevardat de Fombelle , P. Jofré , P. G. Jonker , A. Jorissen , F. Julbe , A. Karampelas , A. Kochoska , R. Kohley , K. Kolenberg , E. Kontizas , S. E. Koposov , G. Kordopatis , P. Koubsky , A. Krone-Martins , M. Kudryashova , I. Kull , R. K. Bachchan , F. Lacoste-Seris , A. F. Lanza , J. -B. Lavigne , C. Le Poncin-Lafitte , Y. Lebreton , T. Lebzelter , S. Leccia , N. Leclerc , I. Lecoeur-Taibi , V. Lemaitre , H. Lenhardt , F. Leroux , S. Liao , E. Licata , H. E. P. Lindstrøm , T. A. Lister , E. Livanou , A. Lobel , W. Löffer , M. López , D. Lorenz , I. MacDonald , T. Magalhães Fernandes , S. Managau , R. G. Mann , G. Mantelet , O. Marchal , J. M. Marchant , M. Marconi , S. Marinoni , P. M. Marrese , G. Marschalkó , D. J. Marshall , J. M. Martín-Fleitas , M. Martino , N. Mary , G. Matijevič , T. Mazeh , P. J. McMillan , S. Messina , D. Michalik , N. R. Millar , B. M. H. Miranda , D. Molina , R. Molinaro , M. Molinaro , L. Molnár , M. Moniez , P. Montegrio , R. Mor , A. Mora , R. Morbidelli , T. Morel , S. Morgenthaler , D. Morris , A. F. Mulone , T. Muraveva , I. Musella , J. Narbonne , G. Nelemans , L. Nicastro , L. Noval , C. Ordénovic , J. Ordieres-Meré , P. Osborne , C. Pagani , I. Pagano , F. Pailler , H. Palacin , L. Palaversa , P. Parsons , M. Pecoraro , R. Pedrosa , H. Pentikäinen , B. Pichon , A. M. Piersimoni , F. -X. Pineau , E. Plachy , G. Plum , E. Poujoulet , A. Prša , L. Pulone , S. Ragaini , S. Rago , N. Rambaux , M. Ramos-Lerate , P. Ranalli , G. Rauw , A. Read , S. Regibo , C. Reylé , R. A. Ribeiro , L. Rimoldini , V. Ripepi , A. Riva , G. Rixon , M. Roelens , M. Romero-Gómez , N. Rowell , F. Royer , L. Ruiz-Dern , G. Sadowski , T. Sagristà Sellés , J. Sahlmann , J. Salgado , E. Salguero , M. Sarasso , H. Savietto , M. Schultheis , E. Sciacca , M. Segol , J. C. Segovia , D. Segransan , I-C. Shih , R. Smareglia , R. L. Smart , E. Solano , F. Solitro , R. Sordo , S. Soria Nieto , J. Souchay , A. Spagna , F. Spoto , U. Stampa , I. A. Steele , H. Steidelmüller , C. A. Stephenson , H. Stoev , F. F. Suess , M. Süveges , J. Surdej , L. Szabados , E. Szegedi-Elek , D. Tapiador , F. Taris , G. Tauran , M. B. Taylor , R. Teixeira , D. Terrett , B. Tingley , S. C. Trager , C. Turon , A. Ulla , E. Utrilla , G. Valentini , A. van Elteren , E. Van Hemelryck , M. van Leeuwen , M. Varadi , A. Vecchiato , J. Veljanoski , T. Via , D. Vicente , S. Vogt , H. Voss , V. Votruba , S. Voutsinas , G. Walmsley , M. Weiler , K. Weingril , T. Wevers , Ł. Wyrzykowski , A. Yoldas , M. Žerjal , S. Zucker , C. Zurbach , T. Zwitter , A. Alecu , M. Allen , C. Allende Prieto , A. Amorim , G. Anglada-Escudé , V. Arsenijevic , S. Azaz , P. Balm , M. Beck , H. -H. Bernsteiny , L. Bigot , A. Bijaoui , C. Blasco , M. Bonfigli , G. Bono , S. Boudreault , A. Bressan , S. Brown , P. -M. Brunet , P. Bunclarky , R. Buonanno , A. G. Butkevich , C. Carret , C. Carrion , L. Chemin , F. Chéreau , L. Corcione , E. Darmigny , K. S. de Boer , P. de Teodoro , P. T. de Zeeuw , C. Delle Luche , C. D. Domingues , P. Dubath , F. Fodor , B. Frézouls , A. Fries , D. Fustes , D. Fyfe , E. Gallardo , J. Gallegos , D. Gardio , M. Gebran , A. Gomboc , A. Gómez , E. Grux , A. Gueguen , A. Heyrovsky , J. Hoar , G. Iannicola , Y. Isasi Parache , A. -M. Janotto , E. Joliet , A. Jonckheere , R. Keil , D. -W. Kim , P. Klagyivik , J. Klar , J. Knude , O. Kochukhov , I. Kolka , J. Kos , A. Kutka , V. Lainey , D. LeBouquin , C. Liu , D. Loreggia , V. V. Makarov , M. G. Marseille , C. Martayan , O. Martinez-Rubi , B. Massart , F. Meynadier , S. Mignot , U. Munari , A. -T. Nguyen , T. Nordlander , K. S. O'Flaherty , P. Ocvirk , A. Olias Sanz , P. Ortiz , J. Osorio , D. Oszkiewicz , A. Ouzounis , M. Palmer , P. Park , E. Pasquato , C. Peltzer , J. Peralta , F. Péturaud , T. Pieniluoma , E. Pigozzi , J. Poelsy , G. Prat , T. Prod'homme , F. Raison , J. M. Rebordao , D. Risquez , B. Rocca-Volmerange , S. Rosen , M. I. Ruiz-Fuertes , F. Russo , S. Sembay , I. Serraller Vizcaino , A. Short , A. Siebert , H. Silva , D. Sinachopoulos , E. Slezak , M. Soffel , D. Sosnowska , V. Straižys , M. ter Linden , D. Terrell , S. Theil , C. Tiede , L. Troisi , P. Tsalmantza , D. Tur , M. Vaccari , F. Vachier , P. Valles , W. Van Hamme , L. Veltz , J. Virtanen , J. -M. Wallut , R. Wichmann , M. I. Wilkinson , H. Ziaeepour , S. Zschocke

Spitzer, Gaia, and the Potential of the Milky Way

Near-future data from ESA's Gaia mission will provide precise, full phase-space information for hundreds of millions of stars out to heliocentric distances of ~10 kpc. This "horizon" for full phase-space measurements is imposed by the Gaia…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-12 Adrian M. Price-Whelan , Kathryn V. Johnston

Gaia: unraveling the chemical and dinamical history of our Galaxy

The Gaia astrometric mission - the Hipparcos successor - is described in some detail, with its three instruments: the two (spectro)photometers (BP and RP) covering the range 330-1050 nm, the white light (G-band) imager dedicated to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-24 E. Pancino

The Photo-Astrometric Vertical Tracer Density of the Milky Way I: The Method

We introduce a method to infer the vertical distribution of stars in the Milky Way using a Poisson likelihood function, with a view to applying our method to the Gaia catalogue. We show how to account for the sample selection function and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-08 Andrew Everall , N. Wyn Evans , Vasily Belokurov , Douglas Boubert , Robert J. J. Grand

GSP-spec line list for the parametrisation of Gaia -RVS stellar spectra

The Gaia mission is a magnitude-limited whole-sky survey that collects an impressive quantity of astrometric, spectro-photometric and spectroscopic data. Among all the on-board instruments, the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) produces…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 G. Contursi , P. de Laverny , A. Recio-Blanco , P. A. Palicio

Mapping the Stellar Halo with the H3 Spectroscopic Survey

Modern theories of galaxy formation predict that the Galactic stellar halo was hierarchically assembled from the accretion and disruption of smaller systems. This hierarchical assembly is expected to produce a high degree of structure in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-02 Charlie Conroy , Ana Bonaca , Phillip Cargile , Benjamin D. Johnson , Nelson Caldwell , Rohan P. Naidu , Dennis Zaritsky , Daniel Fabricant , Sean Moran , Jaehyon Rhee , Andrew Szentgyorgyi

On the spatial distribution and the origin of hypervelocity stars

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) escaping away from the Galactic halo are dynamical products of interactions of stars with the massive black hole(s) (MBH) in the Galactic Center (GC). They are mainly B-type stars with their progenitors unknown.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-05-13 Youjun Lu , Fupeng Zhang , Qingjuan Yu

Detection of Galaxies with Gaia

Besides its major objective tuned to the detection of the stellar galactic population the Gaia mission experiment will also observe a large number of galaxies. In this work we intend to evaluate the number and the characteristics of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Ronaldo E. de Souza , Alberto Krone-Martins , Sandra dos Anjos , Christine Ducourant , Ramachrisna Teixeira

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Lithium measurements and new curves of growth

The Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) is a large public spectroscopic survey that was carried out using the multi-object FLAMES spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope. The survey provides accurate radial velocities, stellar parameters, and elemental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 E. Franciosini , S. Randich , P. de Laverny , K. Biazzo , D. K. Feuillet , A. Frasca , K. Lind , L. Prisinzano , G. Tautvaišienė , A. C. Lanzafame , R. Smiljanic , A. Gonneau , L. Magrini , E. Pancino , G. Guiglion , G. G. Sacco , N. Sanna , G. Gilmore , P. Bonifacio , R. D. Jeffries , G. Micela , T. Prusti , E. J. Alfaro , T. Bensby , A. Bragaglia , P. François , A. J. Korn , S. Van Eck , A. Bayo , M. Bergemann , G. Carraro , U. Heiter , A. Hourihane , P. Jofré , J. Lewis , C. Martayan , L. Monaco , L. Morbidelli , C. C. Worley , S. Zaggia

Runaway Stars, Hypervelocity Stars, and Radial Velocity Surveys

Runaway stars ejected from the Galactic disk populate the halo of the Milky Way. To predict the spatial and kinematic properties of runaways, we inject stars into a Galactic potential, compute their trajectories through the Galaxy, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Benjamin C. Bromley , Scott J. Kenyon , Warren R. Brown , Margaret J. Geller

Prospects for a survey of the Galactic plane with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Approximately one hundred sources of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays are known in the Milky Way. A survey of the entire Galactic Plane in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to a few hundred TeV has been proposed as a Key Science…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-28 CTA Consortium

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

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-05 R. J. Jackson , R. D. Jeffries , J. Lewis , S. E. Koposov , G. G. Sacco , S. Randich , G. Gilmore , M. Asplund , J. Binney , P. Bonifacio , J. E. Drew , S. Feltzing , A. M. N. Ferguson , G. Micela , I. Neguerela , T. Prusti , H-W. Rix , A. Vallenari , E. J. Alfaro , C. Allende~Prieto , C. Babusiaux , T. Bensby , R. Blomme , A. Bragaglia , E. Flaccomio , P. Francois , N. Hambly , M. Irwin , A. J. Korn , A. C. Lanzafame , E. Pancino , A. Recio-Blanco , R. Smiljanic , S. Van Eck , N. Walton , A. Bayo , M. Bergemann , G. Carraro , M. T. Costado , F. Damiani , B. Edvardsson , E. Franciosini , A. Frasca , U. Heiter , V. Hill , A. Hourihane , P. Jofre , C. Lardo , P. de Laverny , K. Lind , L. Magrini , G. Marconi , C. Martayan , T. Masseron , L. Monaco , L. Morbidelli , L. Prisinzano , L. Sbordone , S. G. Sousa , C. C. Worley , S. Zaggia

Candidate Hypervelocity Red Clump Stars in the Galactic Bulge Found Using the VVV and Gaia Surveys

We propose a new way to search for hypervelocity stars in the Galactic bulge, by using red clump (RC) giants, that are good distance indicators. The 2nd Gaia Data Release and the near-IR data from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Alonso Luna , Dante Minniti , Javier Alonso-García

GAIA -- Composition, Formation and Evolution of our Galaxy

GAIA will provide a multi-colour photometric and astrometric census of some one billion compact sources, complete to 20th magnitude. In addition, spectra for radial velocities will be obtained for about 30 million stars brighter than V=17.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerry Gilmore

Optimising GAIA: How do we meet the science challenge?

GAIA has been approved to provide the data needed to quantify the formation and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy, and its near neighbours. That requires study of all four key Galactic stellar populations: Bulge, Halo, Thick Disk, Thin…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerry Gilmore

The escape speed curve of the Galaxy obtained from Gaia DR2 implies a heavy Milky Way

We measure the escape speed curve of the Milky Way based on the analysis of the velocity distribution of $\sim 2850$ counter-rotating halo stars from the Gaia DR2. The distances were estimated through the StarHorse code, and only stars with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-28 Giacomo Monari , Benoit Famaey , Ismael Carrillo , Tilmann Piffl , Matthias Steinmetz , Rosemary F. G. Wyse , Friedrich Anders , Cristina Chiappini , Katja Janssen