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 …

De re metallica: the cosmic chemical evolution of galaxies

R Maiolino, F Mannucci - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2019 - Springer
The evolution of the content of heavy elements in galaxies, the relative chemical
abundances, their spatial distribution, and how these scale with various galactic properties …

Mesa isochrones and stellar tracks (MIST). I. Solar-scaled models

J Choi, A Dotter, C Conroy, M Cantiello… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This is the first of a series of papers presenting the Modules for Experiments in Stellar
Astrophysics (MESA) Isochrones and Stellar Tracks (MIST) project, a new comprehensive …

The GALAH+ survey: Third data release

S Buder, S Sharma, J Kos, AM Amarsi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The ensemble of chemical element abundance measurements for stars, along with precision
distances and orbit properties, provides high-dimensional data to study the evolution of the …

The revised TESS input catalog and candidate target list

KG Stassun, RJ Oelkers, M Paegert… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the catalogs assembled and the algorithms used to populate the revised TESS
Input Catalog (TIC), based on the incorporation of the Gaia second data release. We also …

Star clusters across cosmic time

MR Krumholz, CF McKee… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Star clusters stand at the intersection of much of modern astrophysics: the ISM, gravitational
dynamics, stellar evolution, and cosmology. Here, we review observations and theoretical …

The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Implementation, data products, open cluster survey, science, and legacy

S Randich, G Gilmore, L Magrini, GG Sacco… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. In the last 15 years different ground-based spectroscopic surveys have been
started (and completed) with the general aim of delivering stellar parameters and elemental …

A red giant orbiting a black hole

K El-Badry, HW Rix, Y Cendes… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We report spectroscopic and photometric follow-up of a dormant black hole (BH) candidate
from Gaia DR3. The system, which we call Gaia BH2, contains a∼ 1 M⊙ red giant and a …

The TESS input catalog and candidate target list

KG Stassun, RJ Oelkers, J Pepper… - The Astronomical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be conducting a nearly all-sky
photometric survey over two years, with a core mission goal to discover small transiting …

Streams, substructures, and the early history of the Milky Way

A Helmi - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The advent of the second data release of the Gaia mission, in combination with data from
large spectroscopic surveys, is revolutionizing our understanding of the Galaxy. Thanks to …