11 papers
Galactic Archaeology with the Subaru `Ånohi`ula Prime Focus Spectrograph Strategic Program
Masashi Chiba, Rosemary F. G. Wyse, Evan N. Kirby +47
The recently commissioned Subaru `Ånohi`ula Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) will obtain spectra from nearly 2,400 fibers that cover 1.24 square degrees. The 360 night Subaru Strate…
Dynamical Origins of Azimuthal Metallicity Variations in the Galactic Disk: Insights from Kinematic Ridges with Gaia
Carlos Jurado, Keith Hawkins, Jason A. S. Hunt +4
Kinematic and spectroscopic studies in the past few years have revealed coherent azimuthal metallicity variations across the Milky Way's disk that may be the result of dynamical pr…
Machine Learning Techniques to Distinguish Giant Stars from Dwarf Stars Using Only Photometry -- Pushing Redwards
Keyi Ding, Carrie Filion, Rosemary F. G. Wyse +6
We present our photometric method, which combines Subaru/HSC , g, and i band filters to distinguish giant stars in Local Group galaxies from Milky Way dwarf contamination. T…
On the connection between nitrogen-enhanced field stars and the Galactic globular clusters
Sarah G. Kane, Vasily Belokurov, Stephanie Monty +6
As sites of some of the most efficient star formation in the Universe, globular clusters (GCs) have long been hypothesized to be the building blocks of young galaxies. Within the M…
Optical Spectroscopy Reveals Hidden Neutron-capture Elemental Abundance Differences among APOGEE-identified Chemical Doppelgängers
Catherine Manea, Melissa Ness, Keith Hawkins +9
Grouping stars by chemical similarity has the potential to reveal the Milky Way's evolutionary history. The APOGEE stellar spectroscopic survey has the resolution and sensitivity f…
Constraints on asteroid-mass primordial black holes in dwarf galaxies using Hubble Space Telescope photometry
Nicolas Esser, Carrie Filion, Sven De Rijcke +4
Primordial black holes (PBHs) in the asteroid-mass range remain a viable and until now unconstrained dark matter (DM) candidate. If such PBHs exist, they could be captured by stars…