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most citedThe Cosmic Hunt for Members in the Outskirts of Ultra Faint Dwarf Galaxies: Ursa Major I, Coma Berenices, and Boötes I

37 citations · 91 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.IM2024

Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) at Gemini-South: Instrument performance and integration, first science, and next steps

V. M. Kalari, R. J. Diaz, G. Robertson +57

The Gemini South telescope is now equipped with a new high-resolution spectrograph called GHOST (the Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph). This instrument provides high-eff…

astro-ph.EP2024

High-Resolution Dayside Spectroscopy of WASP-189b: Detection of Iron during the GHOST/Gemini South System Verification Run

Emily K. Deibert, Adam B. Langeveld, Mitchell E. Young +30

With high equilibrium temperatures and tidally locked rotation, ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are unique laboratories within which to probe extreme atmospheric physics and chemistry. I…

astro-ph.GA2024

GHOST Commissioning Science Results III: Characterizing an iron-poor damped Lyman system

Trystyn A. M. Berg, Christian R. Hayes, Stefano Cristiani +20

The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) is a new echelle spectrograph available on the Gemini-South telescope as of Semester 2024A. We present the first high resolu…

astro-ph.IM2024

The Science Performance of the Gemini High Resolution Optical Spectrograph

Alan W. McConnachie, Christian R. Hayes, J. Gordon Robertson +46

The Gemini High Resolution Optical Spectrograph (GHOST) is a fiber-fed spectrograph system on the Gemini South telescope that provides simultaneous wavelength coverage from 348 - 1…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 17 cited

Probing the early Milky Way with GHOST spectra of an extremely metal-poor star in the Galactic disk

Anya Dovgal, Kim A. Venn, Federico Sestito +31

Pristine_183.6849+04.8619 (P1836849) is an extremely metal-poor ([Fe/H]) star on a prograde orbit confined to the Galactic disk. Such stars are rare and may have their…

astro-ph.SR2023

SPLUS J142445.34-254247.1: An R-Process Enhanced, Actinide-Boost, Extremely Metal-Poor star observed with GHOST

Vinicius M. Placco, Felipe Almeida-Fernandes, Erika M. Holmbeck +33

We report on the chemo-dynamical analysis of SPLUS J142445.34-254247.1, an extremely metal-poor halo star enhanced in elements formed by the rapid neutron-capture process. This sta…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

Small-scale stellar haloes: detecting low surface brightness features in the outskirts of Milky Way dwarf satellites

Jaclyn Jensen, Christian R. Hayes, Federico Sestito +5

Dwarf galaxies are valuable laboratories for dynamical studies related to dark matter and galaxy evolution, yet it is currently unknown just how physically extended their stellar c…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

GHOST Commissioning Science Results II: a very metal-poor star witnessing the early Galactic assembly

Federico Sestito, Christian R. Hayes, Kim A. Venn +25

This study focuses on Pristine (hereafter P180956, ), a star selected from the Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS), and followed-up…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 3 cited

GHOST Commissioning Science Results: Identifying a new chemically peculiar star in Reticulum II

Christian R. Hayes, Kim A. Venn, Fletcher Waller +79

The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) is the newest high resolution spectrograph to be developed for a large aperture telescope, recently deployed and commissione…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 32 cited

The Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) V: a chemo-dynamical investigation of the early assembly of the Milky Way with the most metal-poor stars in the bulge

Federico Sestito, Kim A. Venn, Anke Arentsen +13

The investigation of the metal-poor tail in the Galactic bulge provides unique information on the early Milky Way assembly and evolution. A chemo-dynamical analysis of 17 very meta…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 37 cited

The Cosmic Hunt for Members in the Outskirts of Ultra Faint Dwarf Galaxies: Ursa Major I, Coma Berenices, and Boötes I

Fletcher Waller, Kim Venn, Federico Sestito +6

Gaia EDR3 data was used to identify potential members in the outskirts of three ultra faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies; Coma Berenices (> 2Rh), Ursa Major I ( 4Rh), and Boötes I ($…