Galactic Archaeology with Gaia

AJ Deason, V Belokurov - New Astronomy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The Gaia mission has revolutionized our view of the Milky Way and its satellite citizens. The
field of Galactic Archaeology has been piecing together the formation and evolution of the …

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 …

Parameters of 220 million stars from Gaia BP/RP spectra

X Zhang, GM Green, HW Rix - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We develop, validate and apply a forward model to estimate stellar atmospheric parameters
(T eff, log g, and [Fe/H]), revised distances and extinctions for 220 million stars with XP …

StarHorse results for spectroscopic surveys and Gaia DR3: Chrono-chemical populations in the solar vicinity, the genuine thick disk, and young alpha-rich stars

ABA Queiroz, F Anders, C Chiappini… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The Gaia mission has provided an invaluable wealth of astrometric data for more than a
billion stars in our Galaxy. The synergy between Gaia astrometry, photometry, and …

Nitrogen enrichment and clustered star formation at the dawn of the Galaxy

V Belokurov, A Kravtsov - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Anomalously high nitrogen-to-oxygen abundance ratios [N/O] are observed in globular
clusters (GCs), among the field stars of the Milky Way (MW), and even in the gas in az≈ 11 …

Stellar halo substructure generated by bar resonances

AM Dillamore, V Belokurov, NW Evans… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Using data from the Gaia satellite's Radial Velocity Spectrometer Data Release 3 (RVS,
DR3), we find a new and robust feature in the phase-space distribution of halo stars. It is a …

In-situ versus accreted Milky Way globular clusters: a new classification method and implications for cluster formation

V Belokurov, A Kravtsov - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present a new scheme for the classification of the in-situ and accreted globular clusters
(GCs). The scheme uses total energy E and z-component of the orbital angular momentum …

Taking the Milky Way for a spin: disc formation in the artemis simulations

AM Dillamore, V Belokurov, A Kravtsov… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the formation (spin-up) of galactic discs in the artemis simulations of Milky
Way (MW)-mass galaxies. In almost all galaxies, discs spin up at higher [Fe/H] than the MW …

The three-phase evolution of the Milky Way

V Chandra, VA Semenov, HW Rix… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We illustrate the formation and evolution of the Milky Way over cosmic time, utilizing a
sample of 10 million red giant stars with full chemodynamical information, including …

Exploring the diversity and similarity of radially anisotropic Milky Way-like stellar haloes: implications for disrupted dwarf galaxy searches

MDA Orkney, CFP Laporte, RJJ Grand… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the properties of mergers comparable to the Gaia–Sausage–Enceladus
(GSE) using cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies. The …