The galaxy in context: structural, kinematic, and integrated properties

J Bland-Hawthorn, O Gerhard - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is a benchmark for understanding disk galaxies. It is the only
galaxy whose formation history can be studied using the full distribution of stars from faint …

Nucleosynthesis in stars and the chemical enrichment of galaxies

K Nomoto, C Kobayashi… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
After the Big Bang, production of heavy elements in the early Universe takes place starting
from the formation of the first stars, their evolution, and explosion. The first supernova …

Exploring the Milky Way stellar disk-A detailed elemental abundance study of 714 F and G dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood

T Bensby, S Feltzing, MS Oey - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014 - aanda.org
Aims. The aim of this paper is to explore and map the age and abundance structure of the
stars in the nearby Galactic disk. Methods. We have conducted a high-resolution …

The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Motivation, implementation, GIRAFFE data processing, analysis, and final data products

G Gilmore, S Randich, CC Worley, A Hourihane… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey is an ambitious project designed to
obtain astrophysical parameters and elemental abundances for 100 000 stars, including …

Dynamical modelling of the galactic bulge and bar: the Milky Way's pattern speed, stellar and dark matter mass distribution

M Portail, O Gerhard, C Wegg… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We construct a large set of dynamical models of the galactic bulge, bar and inner disk using
the Made-to-Measure method. Our models are constrained to match the red clump giant …

Reddening and extinction toward the galactic bulge from OGLE-III: the inner milky way's Rv∼ 2.5 extinction curve

DM Nataf, A Gould, P Fouqué… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We combine VI photometry from OGLE-III with VISTA Variables in The Via Lactea survey and
Two Micron All Sky Survey measurements of E (J− K s) to resolve the longstanding problem …

Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars-V. Evidence for a wide age distribution and a complex MDF

T Bensby, JC Yee, S Feltzing, JA Johnson… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Based on high-resolution spectra obtained during gravitational microlensing events we
present a detailed elemental abundance analysis of 32 dwarf and subgiant stars in the …

ARGOS–III. Stellar populations in the Galactic bulge of the Milky Way

M Ness, K Freeman, E Athanassoula… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We present the metallicity results from the ARGOS spectroscopic survey of the Galactic
bulge. Our aim is to understand the formation of the Galactic bulge: did it form via mergers …

Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars-VI. Age and abundance structure of the stellar populations in the central …

T Bensby, S Feltzing, A Gould, JC Yee… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
We present a detailed elemental abundance study of 90 F and G dwarf, turn-off, and
subgiant stars in the Galactic bulge. Based on high-resolution spectra acquired during …

Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS-II. The complete high resolution extinction map and implications for Galactic bulge …

OA Gonzalez, M Rejkuba, M Zoccali, E Valenti… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
Context. The Milky Way bulge is the nearest galactic bulge and the most readily accessible
laboratory for studies of stellar populations in spheroids based on individual stellar …