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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★ 53 cited

Disc formation in turbulent cloud cores: is magnetic flux loss necessary to stop the magnetic braking catastrophe or not?

R. Santos-Lima, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, A. Lazarian

Recent numerical analysis of Keplerian disk formation in turbulent, magnetized cloud cores by Santos-Lima, de Gouveia Dal Pino, & Lazarian (2012) demonstrated that reconnection dif…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 1 cited

SgrA* emission at 7mm: variability and periodicity

Pedro Paulo B. Beaklini, Zulema Abraham

We present the result of 6 years monitoring of SgrA*, radio source associated to the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Single dish observations were performed…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 43 cited

Barium Abundances in Cepheids

S. M. Andrievsky, J. R. D. Lepine, S. A. Korotin +3

We derived the barium atmospheric abundances for a large sample of Cepheids, comprising 270 stars. The sample covers a large range of galactocentric distances, from about 4 to 15 k…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 23 cited

Characterization of Young Stellar Clusters

T. Santos-Silva, J. Gregorio-Hetem

A high number of embedded clusters is found in the Galaxy. Depending on the formation scenario, most of them can evolve to unbounded groups that are dissolved within a few tens of…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 74 cited

Milky Way demographics with the VVV survey. I. The 84-million star colour-magnitude diagram of the Galactic bulge

R. K. Saito, D. Minniti, B. Dias +9

The Milky Way (MW) bulge is a fundamental Galactic component for understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular our own. The ESO Public Survey VISTA Variables…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 29 cited

Molecular chemistry and the missing mass problem in PNe

Rafael K. Kimura, Ruth Gruenwald, Isabel Aleman

Detections of molecular lines, mainly from H2$ and CO, reveal molecular material in planetary nebulae. Observations of a variety of molecules suggest that the molecular composition…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 68 cited

The Interstellar Magnetic Field Close to the Sun II

P. C. Frisch, B-G Andersson, A. Berdyugin +9

A key indicator of the galactic environment of the Sun is provided by the magnetic field in the interstellar medium (ISM), which influences the shape of the heliosphere. The direct…

astro-ph.GA2012

Acceleration of Energetic Particles through Reconnection of Weakly Stochastic Magnetic Field

A. Lazarian, G. Kowal, E. Gouveia dal Pino +1

Astrophysical media are turbulent and therefore reconnection should be treated in the presence of pre-existing turbulence. We consider the model of fast magnetic reconnection in La…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 7 cited

The young stellar cluster [DBS2003] 157 associated with the H II region GAL 331.31-00.34

Marcio C. Pinheiro, Zulema Abraham, Marcus V. F. Copetti +3

We report a study of the stellar content of the Near-infrared cluster [DBS2003]\,157 embedded in the extended H\,{\sc ii} region GAL\,331.31-00.34, which is associated with the IRA…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 53 cited

Homogeneous Metallicities and Radial Velocities for Galactic Globular Clusters

Ivo Saviane, Gary S. Da Costa, Enrico V. Held +4

Well determined radial velocities and abundances are essential for analyzing the properties of the Globular Cluster system of the Milky Way. However more than 50% of these clusters…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 1 cited

Signatures of an intermediate-age metal-rich bulge population

T. Bensby, S. Feltzing, A. Gould +8

We have determined detailed elemental abundances and stellar ages for a sample of now 38 microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars in the Galactic bulge. Stars with sub-solar metallicit…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 38 cited

The Globular Cluster Kinematics and Galaxy Dark Matter Content of NGC 3923

Mark A. Norris, Karl Gebhardt, Ray M. Sharples +9

This paper presents further results from our spectroscopic study of the globular cluster (GC) system of the group elliptical NGC 3923. From observations made with the GMOS instrume…