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The Metallicity Gradient of Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Prior to Infall Constrained by S-PLUS Observations of its Tidal Stream
Felipe Almeida-Fernandes, Guilherme Limberg, Hélio D. Perottoni +16
We study the metallicity distribution along the Sagittarius (Sgr) stream using photometric metallicities from S-PLUS DR4, combined with Gaia DR3 kinematics and APOGEE DR17 spectros…
Characterizing the velocity anisotropy of the Milky Way's stellar halo
F. O. Barbosa, A. Pérez-Villegas, S. Rossi +6
Modeling the Milky Way stellar halo requires well-determined density and velocity anisotropy profiles. However, it has been challenging to gather a large sample of stars with six-d…
Early Co-formation of the Milky Way's Thin and Thick Disks at Redshift z > 2
Lais Borbolato, Silvia Rossi, Hélio D. Perottoni +8
The Milky Way serves as a template for understanding the formation and evolution of late-type massive disk galaxies since we can obtain detailed chemical and kinematic information…
All-sky Kinematics and Chemistry of Monoceros Stellar Overdensity
Lais Borbolato, Hélio D. Perottoni, Silvia Rossi +7
We explore the kinematic and chemical properties of Monoceros stellar overdensity by combining data from 2MASS, WISE, APOGEE, and . Monoceros is a structure located to…
The Chemodynamical Nature of the Triangulum-Andromeda Overdensity
Yuri Abuchaim, Hélio D. Perottoni, Silvia Rossi +7
We present a chemodynamical study of the Triangulum-Andromeda overdensity (TriAnd) employing a sample of 31 candidate stars observed with the GRACES high-resolution (=40,000) sp…
Phase-space Properties and Chemistry of the Sagittarius Stellar Stream Down to the Extremely Metal-poor () Regime
Guilherme Limberg, Anna B. A. Queiroz, Hélio D. Perottoni +6
In this work, we study the phase-space and chemical properties of Sagittarius (Sgr) stream, the tidal tails produced by the ongoing destruction of Sgr dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galax…
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…
Reconstructing the Disrupted Dwarf Galaxy -Sausage/Enceladus Using its Stars and Globular Clusters
Guilherme Limberg, Stefano O. Souza, Angeles Pérez-Villegas +3
We combine spectroscopic, photometric, and astrometric information from APOGEE data release 17 and early data release 3 to perform a self-consistent characterization of $Gai…
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…
Dynamically Tagged Groups of Metal-Poor Stars from the Best \& Brightest Survey
Derek Shank, Timothy C. Beers, Vinicius M. Placco +9
Orbital characteristics based on Gaia Early Data Release 3 astrometric parameters are analyzed for metal-poor stars ([Fe/H] ) compiled from the Best B…
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…
Targeting Bright Metal-poor Stars in the Disk and Halo Systems of the Galaxy
Guilherme Limberg, Rafael M. Santucci, Silvia Rossi +7
We present the results of spectroscopic follow-up for 1897 low-metallicity star candidates, selected from the Best & Brightest (B&B) Survey, carried out with the GMOS-N/S (Gemini N…
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…
The R-Process Alliance: The Peculiar Chemical Abundance Pattern of RAVE J183013.5-455510
Vinicius M. Placco, Rafael M. Santucci, Zhen Yuan +14
We report on the spectroscopic analysis of RAVE J183013.5-455510, an extremely metal-poor star, highly enhanced in CNO, and with discernible contributions from the rapid neutron-ca…
Chandra Observations of the Spectacular A3411-12 Merger Event
Felipe Andrade-Santos, Reinout J. van Weeren, Gabriella Di Gennaro +17
We present deep Chandra observations of A3411-12, a remarkable merging cluster that hosts the most compelling evidence for electron re-acceleration at cluster shocks to date. Using…
Constraints on the Galactic Inner Halo Assembly History from the Age Gradient of Blue Horizontal-branch Stars
Devin D. Whitten, Timothy C. Beers, Vinicius M. Placco +6
We present an analysis of the relative age distribution of the Milky Way halo, based on samples of blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars obtained from the Panoramic Survey Telescope a…
The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS): improved SEDs, morphologies and redshifts with 12 optical filters
C. Mendes de Oliveira, T. Ribeiro, W. Schoenell +142
The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is imaging ~9300 deg^2 of the celestial sphere in twelve optical bands using a dedicated 0.8 m robotic telescope, the T80-So…
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…
The R-Process Alliance: Discovery of the first metal-poor star with a combined r- and s-process element signature
Maude Gull, Anna Frebel, Madelyn G. Cain +11
We present a high-resolution (R~35,000), high signal-to-noise (S/N>200) Magellan/MIKE spectrum of the star RAVE J094921.8-161722, a bright (V=11.3) metal-poor red giant star with […
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…
The Case for Electron Re-Acceleration at Galaxy Cluster Shocks
Reinout J. van Weeren, Felipe Andrade-Santos, William A. Dawson +16
On the largest scales, the Universe consists of voids and filaments making up the cosmic web. Galaxy clusters are located at the knots in this web, at the intersection of filaments…
The age structure of the Milky Way's halo
D. Carollo, T. C. Beers, V. M. Placco +7
We present a new, high-resolution chronographic (age) map of the Milky Way's halo, based on the inferred ages of ~130,000 field blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars with photometry f…
Chronography of the Milky Way's Halo System with Field Blue Horizontal-Branch Stars
R. M. Santucci, T. C. Beers, V. M. Placco +6
In a pioneering effort, Preston et al. reported that the colors of blue horizontal-branch (BHB) stars in the halo of the Galaxy shift with distance, from regions near the Galactic…
The Fractions of Inner- and Outer-Halo Stars in the Local Volume
Deokkeun An, Timothy C. Beers, Rafael M. Santucci +4
We obtain a new determination of the metallicity distribution function (MDF) of stars within - kpc of the Sun, based on recently improved co-adds of photometry f…