Modules for experiments in stellar astrophysics (MESA): time-dependent convection, energy conservation, automatic differentiation, and infrastructure

AS Jermyn, EB Bauer, J Schwab… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We update the capabilities of the open-knowledge software instrument Modules for
Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA). The new auto _ diff module implements …

Gaia Data Release 3-Properties and validation of the radial velocities

D Katz, P Sartoretti, A Guerrier, P Panuzzo… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Gaia Data Release 3 (Gaia DR3) contains the second release of the combined
radial velocities. It is based on the spectra collected during the first 34 months of the nominal …

From dawn till disc: Milky Way's turbulent youth revealed by the APOGEE+Gaia data

V Belokurov, A Kravtsov - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We use accurate estimates of aluminium abundance from the APOGEE Data Release 17
and Gaia Early Data Release 3 astrometry to select a highly pure sample of stars with …

Gaia Data Release 3-Analysis of RVS spectra using the General Stellar Parametriser from spectroscopy

A Recio-Blanco, P De Laverny, PA Palicio… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The chemo-physical parametrisation of stellar spectra is essential for
understanding the nature and evolution of stars and of Galactic stellar populations. A …

The poor old heart of the Milky Way

HW Rix, V Chandra, R Andrae… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Our Milky Way should host an ancient, metal-poor, and centrally concentrated
stellar population, which reflects the star formation and enrichment in the few most massive …

Robust data-driven metallicities for 175 million stars from Gaia XP spectra

R Andrae, HW Rix, V Chandra - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We derive and publish data-driven estimates of stellar metallicity [M/H] for∼ 175 million stars
with low-resolution XP spectra published in Gaia DR3. The [M/H] values, along with T eff and …

The MillenniumTNG Project: the hydrodynamical full physics simulation and a first look at its galaxy clusters

R Pakmor, V Springel, JP Coles, T Guillet… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cosmological simulations are an important theoretical pillar for understanding non-linear
structure formation in our Universe and for relating it to observations on large scales. In …

[HTML][HTML] Gaia Data Release 3-Chemical cartography of the Milky Way

A Recio-Blanco, G Kordopatis, P de Laverny… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The motion of stars has been used to reveal details of the complex history of the
Milky Way, in constant interaction with its environment. Nevertheless, to reconstruct the …

Gaia Data Release 3-Apsis. II. Stellar parameters

M Fouesneau, Y Frémat, R Andrae, AJ Korn… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The third Gaia data release (Gaia DR3) contains, beyond the astrometry and
photometry, dispersed light for hundreds of millions of sources from the Gaia prism spectra …

Gaia Data Release 3-Mapping the asymmetric disc of the Milky Way

R Drimmel, M Romero-Gómez, L Chemin… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. With the most recent Gaia data release, the number of sources with complete 6D
phase space information (position and velocity) has increased to well over 33 million stars …