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most citedA Data-driven Spectral Model of Main Sequence Stars in Gaia DR3

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astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

Ripples of Stellar Enrichment (RoSE) - simulating element production and mixing in a Milky Way-mass galactic disc star-by-star

Chuhan Zhang, Mark R. Krumholz, Melissa K. Ness +3

We present the Ripples of Stellar Enrichment (RoSE) simulations, which follow an isolated Milky Way-mass disc galaxy with star-by-star feedback and nucleosynthesis from five physic…

astro-ph.SR2025

A Galactic Perspective on the (Unremarkable) Relative Refractory Depletion Observed in the Sun

Rayna Rampalli, James W. Johnson, Melissa K. Ness +5

Over the last two decades, the Sun has been observed to be depleted in refractory elements as a function of elemental condensation temperature (\tcond) relative to of it…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.EP2025

Disentangling Metallicity Effects in Hot Jupiter Occurrence Across Galactic Birth Radius and Phase-Space Density

Rayna Rampalli, Melissa K. Ness, Elisabeth R. Newton +3

We explore how the correlation between host star metallicity and giant planets shapes hot Jupiter occurrence as a function of Galactic birth radius (\rbirth) and phase-space densit…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 5 cited

A Data-driven Spectral Model of Main Sequence Stars in Gaia DR3

Isabel Angelo, Megan Bedell, Erik Petigura +1

Precise spectroscopic classification of planet hosts is an important tool of exoplanet research at both the population and individual system level. In the era of large-scale survey…

astro-ph.SR2024

The Sun Remains Relatively Refractory Depleted: Elemental Abundances for 17,412 Gaia RVS Solar Analogs and 50 Planet Hosts

Rayna Rampalli, Melissa K. Ness, Graham H. Edwards +2

The elemental abundances of stars, particularly the refractory elements (e.g., Fe, Si, Mg), play an important role in connecting stars to their planets. Most Sun-like stars do not…