Galactic Surveys in the Gaia Era

Abstract

The final astrometric data from the Gaia mission will transform our view of the stellar content of the Galaxy, particularly when complemented with spectroscopic surveys providing stellar parameters, line-of-sight kinematics and elemental abundances. Analyses with Gaia DR1 are already demonstrating the insight gained and the promise of what is to come with future Gaia releases. I present a brief overview of results and puzzles from recent Galactic Archaeology surveys for context, focusing on the Galactic discs.

8 pages, 3 figures, invited talk, IAU Symposium 330, Astrometry and Astrophysics in the Gaia Sky, eds Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Patrick de Laverny, Anthony Brown and Timo Prusti

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