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astro-ph.GA2012★ 51 cited

Gas Giants in Hot Water: Inhibiting Giant Planet Formation and Planet Habitability in Dense Star Clusters Through Cosmic Time

Todd A. Thompson

I show that the temperature of nuclear star clusters, starburst clusters in M82, compact high-z galaxies, and some globular clusters of the Galaxy likely exceeded the ice line temp…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 126 cited

The Stellar Metallicity Distribution Function of the Galactic Halo from SDSS Photometry

Deokkeun An, Timothy C. Beers, Jennifer A. Johnson +6

We explore the stellar metallicity distribution function of the Galactic halo based on SDSS ugriz photometry. A set of stellar isochrones is calibrated using observations of severa…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 494 cited

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, J. C. Yee, S. Feltzing +20

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 Galactic…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 25 cited

Ultraviolet Measurements of Interstellar C2

Ryan C. Hupe, Y. Sheffer, S. R. Federman

We analyzed archival spectra acquired with the Hubble Space Telescope for a study of interstellar C2. Absorption from the electronic transitions, D ^1Sigma^+_u -- X ^1Sigma^+_g (0,…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 101 cited

The SEGUE K giant survey II: A Catalog of Distance Determinations for the SEGUE K giants in the Galactic Halo

Xiang-Xiang Xue, Zhibo Ma, Hans-Walter Rix +13

We present an online catalog of distance determinations for K giants, most of which are members of the Milky Way's stellar halo. Their medium-resolution spectra from SDS…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 419 cited

The Milky Way's circular velocity curve between 4 and 14 kpc from APOGEE data

Jo Bovy, Carlos Allende Prieto, Timothy C. Beers +30

We measure the Milky Way's rotation curve over the Galactocentric range 4 kpc <~ R <~ 14 kpc from the first year of data from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experi…