Modeling the panchromatic spectral energy distributions of galaxies

C Conroy - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies are shaped by nearly every physical
property of the system, including the star-formation history, metal content, abundance …

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 …

A massive pulsar in a compact relativistic binary

J Antoniadis, PCC Freire, N Wex, TM Tauris, RS Lynch… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Neutron stars with masses above 1.8 solar masses (M☉), possess extreme
gravitational fields, which may give rise to phenomena outside general relativity. These …

Peering into the dark side: Magnesium lines establish a massive neutron star in PSR J2215+ 5135

M Linares, T Shahbaz, J Casares - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
New millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in compact binaries provide a good opportunity to search
for the most massive neutron stars. Their main-sequence companion stars are often strongly …

The segue stellar parameter pipeline. i. description and comparison of individual methods

YS Lee, TC Beers, T Sivarani, CA Prieto… - The Astronomical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the development and implementation of the Sloan Extension for Galactic
Exploration and Understanding (SEGUE) Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP). The SSPP is …

Map** the Stellar Halo with the H3 Spectroscopic Survey

C Conroy, A Bonaca, P Cargile… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Non-LTE line formation of Fe in late-type stars—I. Standard stars with 1D and< 3D> model atmospheres

M Bergemann, K Lind, R Collet, Z Magic… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We investigate departures from local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) in the line formation
of Fe for a number of well-studied late-type stars in different evolutionary stages. A new …

Gaia FGK benchmark stars: Metallicity

P Jofré, U Heiter, C Soubiran… - Astronomy & …, 2014 - aanda.org
Context. To calibrate automatic pipelines that determine atmospheric parameters of stars,
one needs a sample of stars, or “benchmark stars”, with well-defined parameters to be used …

Oxygen abundances in nearby FGK stars and the galactic chemical evolution of the local disk and halo

I Ramírez, CA Prieto, DL Lambert - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Atmospheric parameters and oxygen abundances of 825 nearby FGK stars are derived
using high-quality spectra and a non-local thermodynamic equilibrium analysis of the 777 …

Non-LTE abundance corrections for late-type stars from 2000 Å to 3 µm-I. Na, Mg, and Al

K Lind, T Nordlander, A Wehrhahn, M Montelius… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. It is well known that cool star atmospheres depart from local thermodynamic
equilibrium (LTE). Making an accurate abundance determination requires taking those …