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most citedReconstructing the Disrupted Dwarf Galaxy -Sausage/Enceladus Using its Stars and Globular Clusters

90 citations · 620 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Chemical evolution of Na, Mg, and Al in the Galactic bulge from UVES data

R. P. Nunes, B. Barbuy, C. Chiappini +9

The formation of the Galactic bulge remains incompletely understood, with evidence pointing to different stellar populations, including a bar-driven component, an inner-disk popula…

astro-ph.GA2026

Abundances in 78 metal-rich bulge spheroid stars from APOGEE

H. Ernandes, B. Barbuy, C. Chiappini +9

The inner Galaxy is the most complex region of the Milky Way, comprising the bulge, inner thin and thick discs, and inner halo; the formation of the bar transferred gas and stars f…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

Investigating Phosphorus Abundances in a Sample of APOGEE-2 Bulge Globular Clusters

Beatriz Barbuy, José G. Fernández-Trincado, Morgan S. Camargo +9

Phosphorus enhanced (P-rich; [P/Fe] > 0.8) giants have been found among mildly metal-poor fiels stars, but in only one star in a globular cluster (GC), M4 (NGC 6121). Also, in a sa…

astro-ph.SR2025

Abundances of P, S, and K in 58 bulge spheroid stars from APOGEE

B. Barbuy, H. Ernandes, A. C. S. Friaça +25

We have previously studied several elements in 58 selected bulge spheroid stars, based on spectral lines in the H-band. We now derive the abundances of the less-studied elements ph…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 3 cited

Revisited parameters for the twin bulge globular clusters NGC 6528 and NGC 6553

S. Ortolani, S. O. Souza, D. Nardiello +2

NGC 6528 and NGC 6553 are among the most metal-rich globular clusters in the Galactic bulge. They represent the upper end of the chemical enrichment in the Galaxy, and can inform o…

astro-ph.SR2024

Abundances of iron-peak elements in 58 bulge spheroid stars from APOGEE

B. Barbuy, A. C. S. Friaça, H. Ernandes +22

Stars presently identified in the bulge spheroid are probably very old, and their abundances can be interpreted as due to the fast chemical enrichment of the early Galactic bulge.…

astro-ph.GA2024

Combined Gemini-South and HST photometric analysis of the globular cluster NGC 6558. The age of the metal-poor population of the Galactic Bulge

S. O. Souza, M. Libralato, D. Nardiello +8

NGC~6558 is a low-galactic latitude globular cluster projected in the direction of the Galactic bulge. Due to high reddening, this region presents challenges in deriving accurate p…

astro-ph.SR2024

Abundances in eight bulge stars from the optical and near-infrared

Patrícia da Silva, B. Barbuy, H. Ernandes +3

Context: The abundances of the -elements are key for understanding the early chemical enrichment of the Galactic bulge. The elements of interest present lines in different wavel…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 21 cited

The VISCACHA survey -- VII. Assembly history of the Magellanic Bridge and SMC Wing from star clusters

R. A. P. Oliveira, F. F. S. Maia, B. Barbuy +15

The formation scenario of the Magellanic Bridge during an encounter between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds Myr ago, as proposed by -body models, would be impri…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 14 cited

Chrono-chemodynamical analysis of the globular cluster NGC 6355: Looking for the fundamental bricks of the Bulge

Stefano O. Souza, Heitor Ernandes, Marica Valentini +7

The information on Galactic assembly time is imprinted on the chemodynamics of globular clusters. This makes them important probes that help us to understand the formation and evol…

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★ 8 cited

The VISCACHA survey -- V. Rejuvenating three faint SMC clusters

E. Bica, F. F. S. Maia, R. A. P. Oliveira +9

We present the analysis of three faint clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud RZ82, HW42 and RZ158. We employed the SOAR telescope instrument SAM with adaptive optics, allowing us…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 90 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 39 cited

The VISCACHA survey -- IV. The SMC West Halo in 8D

B. Dias, M. C. Parisi, M. Angelo +18

The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is very complex, in particular in the periphery that suffers more from the interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). A w…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 9 cited

Precise distances from OGLE-IV member RR Lyrae stars in six bulge globular clusters

R. A. P. Oliveira, S. Ortolani, B. Barbuy +6

Context. RR Lyrae stars are useful standard candles allowing one to derive accurate distances for old star clusters. Based on the recent catalogues from OGLE-IV and Gaia Early Data…

astro-ph.GA2021

Photo-chemo-dynamical analysis and the origin of the bulge globular cluster Palomar 6

Stefano O. Souza, Marica Valentini, Beatriz Barbuy +7

Palomar 6 (Pal~6) is a moderately metal-poor globular cluster projected towards the Galactic bulge. A full analysis of the cluster can give hints on the early chemical enrichment o…

astro-ph.GA2021

UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522

B. Barbuy, E. Cantelli, L. Muniz +10

NGC 6522 is a moderately metal-poor bulge globular cluster ([Fe/H]1.0), and it is a well-studied representative among a number of moderately metal-poor blue horizontal bra…

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.SR2021★ 11 cited

Gemini/Phoenix H-band analysis of the globular cluster AL3

B. Barbuy, H. Ernandes, S. O. Souza +9

The globular cluster AL~3 is old and located in the inner bulge. Three individual stars were observed with the Phoenix spectrograph at the Gemini South telescope. The wavelength re…

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.GA2021★ 29 cited

APOGEE discovery of a chemically atypical star disrupted from NGC 6723 and captured by the Milky Way bulge

José G. Fernández-Trincado, Timothy C. Beers, Dante Minniti +26

The central (`bulge') region of the Milky Way is teeming with a significant fraction of mildly metal-deficient stars with atmospheres that are strongly enriched in cyanogen ($^{12}…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 31 cited

The enigmatic globular cluster UKS~1 obscured by the bulge: \textit{H}-band discovery of nitrogen-enhanced stars

José G. Fernández-Trincado, Dante Minniti, Timothy C. Beers +13

The presence of nitrogen-enriched stars in globular clusters provides key evidence for multiple stellar populations (MPs), as has been demonstrated with globular cluster spectrosco…