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most citedThe Milky Way bar and bulge revealed by APOGEE DR16 and Gaia EDR3

119 citations · 715 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Exploring the survivability of higher-order multiple protostellar systems -- The case of VLA1623

N. M. Murillo, A. Pérez-Villegas

Higher-order protostellar systems (3 components) are commonly observed in the early stages of low-mass star formation. A persistent question in star formation and evolution i…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 14 cited

The SDSS-Gaia View of the Color-Magnitude Relation for Blue Horizontal-branch Stars

Fabrícia O. Barbosa, Rafael M. Santucci, Silvia Rossi +3

We present an updated sample of blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars selected from the photometric and spectroscopic data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey and its associated project Slo…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 20 cited

Abundance analysis of APOGEE spectra for 58 metal-poor stars from the bulge spheroid

R. Razera, B. Barbuy, T. C. Moura +19

The central part of the Galaxy host a multitude of stellar populations, including the spheroidal bulge stars, stars moved to the bulge through secular evolution of the bar, inner h…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 26 cited

The Unmixed Debris of Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus in the Form of a Pair of Halo Stellar Overdensities

Hélio D. Perottoni, Guilherme Limberg, João A. S. Amarante +5

In the first billion years after its formation, the Galaxy underwent several mergers with dwarf satellites of various masses. The debris of Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus (GSE), the galaxy…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 14 cited

Effect of orbital trapping by bar resonances in the local U-V velocity field

Edmundo Moreno, José G. Fernández-Trincado, William J. Schuster +2

The effects in the local U-V velocity field due to orbital trapping by bar resonances have been studied computing fifteen resonant families in a non-axisymmetric Galactic potential…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 29 cited

Abundance Patterns of and Neutron-capture Elements in the Helmi Stream

Guilherme Limberg, Rafael M. Santucci, Silvia Rossi +6

We identified 8 additional stars as members of the Helmi stream (HStr) in the combined GALAH+ DR3 and EDR3 catalog. By consistently reevaluating claimed members from the lit…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 23 cited

CAPOS: the bulge Cluster APOgee Survey II. The Intriguing "Sequoia" Globular Cluster FSR 1758

María Romero-Colmenares, José G. Fernández-Trincado, Doug Geisler +15

We present results from a study of fifteen red giant members of the intermediate-metallicity globular cluster (GC) FSR 1758 using high-resolution near-infrared spectra collected wi…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 34 cited

The VISCACHA survey -- III. Star clusters counterpart of the Magellanic Bridge and Counter-Bridge in 8D

B. Dias, M. S. Angelo, R. A. P. Oliveira +15

Context. The interactions between the SMC and LMC created the Magellanic Bridge, a stream of gas and stars pulled out of the SMC towards the LMC about 150 Myr ago. The tidal counte…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 32 cited

VVV CL001: Likely the Most Metal-Poor Surviving Globular Cluster in the Inner Galaxy

José G. Fernández-Trincado, Dante Minniti, Stefano O. Souza +11

We present the first high-resolution abundance analysis of the globular cluster VVV~CL001, which resides in a region dominated by high interstellar reddening towards the Galactic B…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 17 cited

The Gaia spectrophotometric standard stars survey -- IV. Results of the absolute photometry campaign

G. Altavilla, S. Marinoni, E. Pancino +18

We present Johnson-Kron-Cousins BVRI photometry of 228 candidate spectrophotometric standard stars for the external (absolute) flux calibration of Gaia data. The data were gathered…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 65 cited

Dynamically Tagged Groups of Very Metal-poor Halo Stars from the HK and Hamburg/ESO Surveys

Guilherme Limberg, Silvia Rossi, Timothy C. Beers +13

We analyze the dynamical properties of 1500 very metal-poor (VMP; [Fe/H] ) halo stars, based primarily on medium-resolution spectroscopic data from the HK and…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 27 cited

The VISCACHA survey -- II. Structure of star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds periphery

J. F. C. Santos, F. F. S. Maia, B. Dias +11

We provide a homogeneous set of structural parameters of 83 star clusters located at the periphery of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The clu…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 119 cited

The Milky Way bar and bulge revealed by APOGEE DR16 and Gaia EDR3

A. B. A. Queiroz, C. Chiappini, A. Perez-Villegas +23

We investigate the inner regions of the Milky Way with a sample of unprecedented size and coverage thanks to APOGEE DR16 and Gaia EDR3 data. Our inner Galactic sample has more than…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 58 cited

The Bulge Radial Velocity Assay for RR Lyrae stars (BRAVA-RR) DR2: a Bimodal Bulge?

Andrea Kunder, Angeles Perez-Villegas, R. Michael Rich +11

Radial velocities of 2768 fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) toward the Southern Galactic bulge are presented, spanning the southern bulge from -8 < l < +8 and -3 < b <-6. Dist…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 5 cited

Stellar Population Properties of ETGs in Compact Groups of Galaxies

Tatiana C. Moura, Reinaldo R. de Carvalho, Sandro B. Rembold +6

We present results on the study of the stellar population in Early-Type galaxies (ETGs) belonging to 151 Compact Groups (CGs). We also selected a field sample composed of 846 ETGs…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 49 cited

Globular clusters in the inner Galaxy classified from dynamical orbital criteria

Angeles Pérez-Villegas, Beatriz Barbuy, Leandro Kerber +3

Globular clusters (GCs) are the most ancient stellar systems in the Milky Way. Therefore, they play a key role in the understanding of the early chemical and dynamical evolution of…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 5 cited

The VISCACHA survey -- deep and resolved photometry of star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds

Bruno Dias, Francisco Maia, Leandro Kerber +24

The VISCACHA (VIsible Soar photometry of star Clusters in tApii and Coxi HuguA\footnote{LMC and SMC names in the Tupi-Guarani language spoken by native people in Brazil}) Survey is…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 51 cited

The VISCACHA survey - I. Overview and First Results

Francisco F. S. Maia, Bruno Dias, João F. C. Santos +15

The VISCACHA (VIsible Soar photometry of star Clusters in tApii and Coxi HuguA) Survey is an ongoing project based on deep photometric observations of Magellanic Cloud star cluster…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 13 cited

The Orbit of the new Milky Way Globular Cluster FSR1716 = VVV-GC05

Rodrigo Contreras Ramos, Dante Minniti, Jose G. Fernandez-Trincado +10

We use deep multi-epoch near-IR images of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) Survey to measure proper motions (PMs) of stars in the Milky Way globular cluster FSR1716 = VV…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 30 cited

Orbits of selected globular clusters in the Galactic bulge

A. Pérez-Villegas, L. Rossi, S. Ortolani +3

We present orbit analysis for a sample of 8 inner bulge globular clusters, together with one reference halo object. We used proper motion values derived from long time base CCD dat…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 84 cited

Atypical Mg-poor Milky Way field stars with globular cluster second-generation like chemical patterns

J. G. Fernández-Trincado, O. Zamora, D. A. Garcia-Hernandez +48

We report the peculiar chemical abundance patterns of eleven atypical Milky Way (MW) field red giant stars observed by the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (A…