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astro-ph.GA2015★ 122 cited

Extremely metal-poor stars from the cosmic dawn in the bulge of the Milky Way

L. M. Howes, A. R. Casey, M. Asplund +22

The first stars are predicted to have formed within 200 million years after the Big Bang, initiating the cosmic dawn. A true first star has not yet been discovered, although stars…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 9 cited

First Light Results from the Hermes Spectrograph at the AAT

Andrew Sheinis, Borja Anguiano, Martin Asplund +60

The High Efficiency and Resolution Multi Element Spectrograph, HERMES, is a facility-class optical spectrograph for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). It is designed primarily f…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 20 cited

Selecting Sagittarius: Identification and Chemical Characterization of the Sagittarius Stream

E. A. Hyde, S. Keller, D. B. Zucker +11

Wrapping around the Milky Way, the Sagittarius stream is the dominant substructure in the halo. Our statistical selection method has allowed us to identify 106 highly likely member…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 91 cited

Nucleosynthesis in a Primordial Supernova: Carbon and Oxygen Abundances in SMSS J031300.36-670839.31

Michael Bessell, Remo Collett, Stefan Keller +15

SMSS J031300.36-670839.3 (hereafter SM0313-6708) is a sub-giant halo star, with no detectable Fe lines and large overabundances of C and Mg relative to Ca. We obtained VLT-UVES spe…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 132 cited

High-Resolution Spectroscopic Study of Extremely Metal-Poor Star Candidates from the SkyMapper Survey

Heather. R. Jacobson, Stefan Keller, Anna Frebel +13

The SkyMapper Southern Sky Survey is carrying out a search for the most metal-poor stars in the Galaxy. It identifies candidates by way of its unique filter set that allows for est…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 839 cited

The GALAH Survey: Scientific Motivation

G. M. De Silva, K. C. Freeman, J. Bland-Hawthorn +44

The GALAH survey is a large high-resolution spectroscopic survey using the newly commissioned HERMES spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The HERMES spectrograph provide…