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astro-ph.SR2018★ 16 cited

Calculation of molecular line intensity in stellar atmospheres

B. Barbuy, J. Trevisan, A. de Almeida

Molecular line intensity calculations are not a straightforward task. We present a description of the basics for including molecular linesin synthetic spectra, and of the input dat…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 16 cited

Accurate effective temperature from H profiles

Riano E. Giribaldi, Maria L. Ubaldo-Melo, Gustavo F. Porto de Mello +4

The determination of stellar effective temperature () in F, G, and K stars using H profile fitting is a quite remarkable and powerful tool, because it practica…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 36 cited

The R-Process Alliance: Spectroscopic Follow-up of Low-Metallicity Star Candidates from the Best & Brightest Survey

Vinicius M. Placco, Rafael M. Santucci, Timothy C. Beers +17

We present results from an observing campaign to identify low-metallicity stars in the Best & Brightest Survey. From medium-resolution (R ~ 1, 200 - 2, 000) spectroscopy of 857 can…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 61 cited

J-PLUS: Identification of low-metallicity stars with artificial neural networks using SPHINX

D. D. Whitten, V. M. Placco, T. C. Beers +24

We present a new methodology for the estimation of stellar atmospheric parameters from narrow- and intermediate-band photometry of the Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 13 cited

The radius inflation problem in short-period low-mass binaries: a large sample analysis

Hernan E. Garrido, Patricia Cruz, Marcos P. Diaz +1

Due to the recent increase in the availability of photometric time-series databases, the characterisation of low-mass eclipsing binaries for the study of their orbital and physical…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 33 cited

High-resolution abundance analysis of four red giants in the globular cluster NGC 6558

B. Barbuy, L. Muniz, S. Ortolani +8

NGC 6558 is a bulge globular cluster with a blue horizontal branch (BHB), combined with a metallicity of [Fe/H]~-1.0. It is similar to HP 1 and NGC 6522, which could be among the o…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 31 cited

Thorium in solar twins: implications for habitability in rocky planets

Rafael B. Botelho, Andre de C. Milone, Jorge Melendez +10

We have investigated the thorium (Th) abundance in a sample of 53 thin disc solar twins covering a wide range of ages. These data provide constrains on the mantle energy budget of…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 20 cited

Modelling the solar twin 18 Sco

M. Bazot, O. Creevey, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard +1

Solar twins are objects of great interest in that they allow us to understand better how stellar evolution and structure are affected by variations of the stellar mass, age and che…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 43 cited

What sets the magnetic field strength and cycle period in solar-type stars?

G. Guerrero, B. Zaire, P. K. Smolarkiewicz +3

Two fundamental properties of stellar magnetic fields have been determined by observations for solar-like stars with different Rossby numbers (Ro), namely, the magnetic field stren…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 215 cited

The Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. XVI. The helium abundance of multiple populations

A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, A. Renzini +16

Recent work, based on data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) UV Legacy Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs), has revealed that all the analyzed clusters host two groups o…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 24 cited

Short-term variability and mass loss in Be stars IV. Two groups of closely spaced, approximately equidistant frequencies in three decades of space photometry of Puppis (B7-8 IIIe)

D. Baade, A. Pigulski, Th. Rivinius +13

In early-type Be stars, groups of nonradial pulsation (NRP) modes with numerically related frequencies may be instrumental for the release of excess angular momentum through mass-e…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 34 cited

Astrometric and photometric study of Dias 4, Dias 6 and other five open clusters using ground based and Gaia DR2 data

Wilton S. Dias, Hektor Monteiro, Jacques R. D. Lépine +3

We present a study of 7 southern open clusters based on UBVRI CCD photomety (Johnsons-Cousins system) and Gaia DR2 data. Dias 4, Dias 6 and four other clusters had UBVRI photometri…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 167 cited

The Gould's Belt Distances Survey (GOBELINS). V. Distances and Kinematics of the Perseus molecular cloud

Gisela N. Ortiz-León, Laurent Loinard, Sergio A. Dzib +10

We derive the distance and structure of the Perseus molecular cloud by combining trigonometric parallaxes from Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations, taken as part of the GO…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 16 cited

The structure of a recent nova shell as observed by ALMA

Marcos P. Diaz, Zulema Abraham, Valério A. R. M. Ribeiro +2

High resolution ALMA observations of the recent (2.52 yrs old) shell of Nova V5668 Sgr (2015) show a highly structured ionised gas distribution with small (10 cm) clumps. Th…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 31 cited

The R-Process Alliance: Chemical Abundances for a Trio of R-Process-Enhanced Stars -- One Strong, One Moderate, One Mild

Madelyn Cain, Anna Frebel, Maude Gull +9

We present detailed chemical abundances of three new bright (V ~ 11), extremely metal-poor ([Fe/H] ~ -3.0), r-process-enhanced halo red giants based on high-resolution, high-S/N Ma…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 120 cited

The Solar Twin Planet Search: The age - chromospheric activity relation

Diego Lorenzo-Oliveira, Fabrício C. Freitas, Jorge Meléndez +8

It is well known that the magnetic activity of solar type stars decreases with age, but it is widely debated in the literature whether there is a smooth decline or if there is an e…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 50 cited

The life cycles of Be viscous decretion discs: The case of ω CMa

M. R. Ghoreyshi, A. C. Carciofi, L. R. Rimulo +6

We analyzed V-band photometry of the Be star ω CMa, obtained during the last four decades, during which the star went through four complete cycles of disc formation and dissipation…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 133 cited

The Gould's Belt Distances Survey (GOBELINS). IV. Distance, Depth and Kinematics of the Taurus Star-Forming Region

Phillip A. B. Galli, Laurent Loinard, Gisela N. Ortiz-Leon +13

We present new trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of young stellar objects in the Taurus molecular cloud complex from observations collected with the Very Long Baseline Ar…

astro-ph.SR2018

Mass Loss Rates of Li-rich AGB/RGB Stars

W. J. Maciel, R. D. D. Costa

A sample of AGB/RGB stars with an excess of Li abundances is considered in order to estimate their mass loss rates. Our method is based on a correlation between the Li abundances a…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 43 cited

Spectroscopic Validation of Low-Metallicity Stars from RAVE

Vinicius M. Placco, Timothy C. Beers, Rafael M. Santucci +16

We present results from a medium-resolution (R ~ 2, 000) spectroscopic follow-up campaign of 1,694 bright (V < 13.5), very metal-poor star candidates from the RAdial Velocity Exper…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 25 cited

Nuclear processes in Astrophysics: Recent progress

V. Liccardo, M. Malheiro, M. S. Hussein +2

The origin of the elements is a fascinating question that scientists have been trying to answer for the last seven decades. The formation of light elements in the primordial univer…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 25 cited

The seven sisters DANCe IV. Bayesian hierarchical model

J. Olivares, L. M. Sarro, E. Moraux +8

Aims. We develop, test and characterise of a new statistical tool (intelligent system) for the sifting and analysis of nearby young open cluster (NYOC) populations. Methods. Using…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 135 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Variable stars in the colour-absolute magnitude diagram

Gaia Collaboration, L. Eyer, L. Rimoldini +14

The ESA Gaia mission provides a unique time-domain survey for more than 1.6 billion sources with G ~ 21 mag. We showcase stellar variability across the Galactic colour-absolute mag…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 29 cited

Oxygen and zinc abundances in 417 Galactic bulge red giants

C. R. da Silveira, B. Barbuy, A. C. S. Friaça +7

Oxygen and zinc in the Galactic bulge are key elements for the understanding of the bulge chemical evolution. Oxygen-to-iron abundance ratios provide a most robust indicator of the…