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Using ages and kinematic traceback: the origin of young local associations
D. Fernandez, F. Figueras, J. Torra
Over the last decade, several groups of young (mainly low-mass) stars have been discovered in the solar neighbourhood (closer than ~100 pc), thanks to cross-correlation between X-r…
Origin and evolution of moving groups I. Characterization in the observational kinematic-age-metallicity space
T. Antoja, F. Figueras, D. Fernandez +1
Context. Recent studies have suggested that moving groups have a dynamic or "resonant" origin. Under this hypothesis, these kinematic structures become a powerful tool for studying…
The outskirts of Cygnus OB2
F. Comeron, A. Pasquali, F. Figueras +1
We investigate the possible existence of an extended halo of early-type stars around Cygnus OB2, which is hinted at by near-infrared color-color diagrams, and its relationship to C…
Gaia Data Processing Architecture
W. O'Mullane, U. Lammers, C. Bailer-Jones +13
Gaia is ESA's ambitious space astrometry mission the main objective of which is to astrometrically and spectro-photometrically map 1000 Million celestial objects (mostly in our gal…
Kinematic evolution of the young local associations and the Sco-Cen complex
D. Fernandez, F. Figueras, J. Torra
In this work we propose a scenario for the history of the recent star formation (during the last 20-30 Myr) in the nearest solar neighbourhood (~150 pc), from the study of the spat…
The design and performance of the Gaia photometric system
C. Jordi, E. Hoeg, A. G. A. Brown +32
The European Gaia astrometry mission is due for launch in 2011. Gaia will rely on the proven principles of ESA's Hipparcos mission to create an all-sky survey of about one billion…