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most citedGaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

8.6k citations · 13k across the 36 of their papers we have counts for

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37 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Gaia method paper: an algorithm to detect flare events in Gaia time-series

E. Distefano, A. C. Lanzafame, A. F. Lanza +14

The third Gaia data release (GDR3) includes the gdr3_rotmod catalogue of 474026 stars with variability that is attributed to magnetic activity analogous to that observed in the Sun…

astro-ph.GA2023

Metal-poor stars with disc-like orbits. Traces of the Galactic Disc at very early epochs?

M. Bellazzini, D. Massari, E. Ceccarelli +5

We use photometric metallicity estimates for about 700000 stars in the surroundings of the Sun, with very accurate distances and 3-D motions measures from Gaia DR3, to explore the…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

Gaia Focused Product Release: Asteroid orbital solution. Properties and assessment

Gaia Collaboration, P. David, F. Mignard +2

Context. We report the exploitation of a sample of epoch astrometry for 157 000 asteroids, the same object in the Gaia Data Release 3, extended over the time coverage planned for t…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 7 cited

Gaia Focused Product Release: A catalogue of sources around quasars to search for strongly lensed quasars

Gaia Collaboration, A. Krone-Martins, C. Ducourant +398

Context. Strongly lensed quasars are fundamental sources for cosmology. The Gaia space mission covers the entire sky with the unprecedented resolution of " in the optical, ma…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 19 cited

Photometric metallicity for 694233 Galactic giant stars from Gaia DR3 synthetic Stromgren photometry. Metallicity distribution functions of halo sub-structures

Bellazzini M., Massari D., De Angeli F. +4

We use the calibrations by Calamida et al. and by Hilker et al., and the standardised synthetic photometry in the v, b, and y Stromgren passbands from Gaia DR3 BP/RP spectra, to ob…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 54 cited

Gaia Data Release 3: Gaia scan-angle dependent signals and spurious periods

B. Holl, C. Fabricius, J. Portell +23

Context: Gaia DR3 time series data may contain spurious signals related to the time-dependent scan angle. Aims: We aim to explain the origin of scan-angle dependent signals and how…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 143 cited

Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the variability processing and analysis

L. Eyer, M. Audard, B. Holl +55

Context. Gaia has been in operations since 2014. The third Gaia data release expands from the early data release (EDR3) in 2020 by providing 34 months of multi-epoch observations t…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 181 cited

Gaia Data Release 3: External calibration of BP/RP low-resolution spectroscopic data

P. Montegriffo, F. De Angeli, R. Andrae +46

Context. Gaia Data Release 3 contains astrometry and photometry results for about 1.8 billion sources based on observations collected by the European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia satell…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 219 cited

Gaia Data Release 3: Processing and validation of BP/RP low-resolution spectral data

F. De Angeli, M. Weiler, P. Montegriffo +51

(Abridged) Blue (BP) and Red (RP) Photometer low-resolution spectral data is one of the exciting new products in Gaia Data Release 3 (Gaia DR3). We calibrate about 65 billion indiv…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 30 cited

Gaia Data Release 3: The Gaia Andromeda Photometric Survey

D. W. Evans, L. Eyer, G. Busso +14

Context. As part of Gaia Data Release 3 (Gaia DR3), epoch photometry has been released for 1.2 million sources centred on M31. This is a taster for Gaia Data Release 4 where all th…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 35 cited

Gaia Data Release 3. Rotational modulation and patterns of colour variations in solar-like variables

E. Distefano, A. C. Lanzafame, E. Brugaletta +15

The Gaia third Data Release (DR3) presents a catalogue of 474\,026 stars with variability induced by magnetic activity. For each star, the catalogue provides a list of about 70 par…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 115 cited

Internal calibration of Gaia BP/RP low-resolution spectra

J. M. Carrasco, M. Weiler, C. Jordi +6

The full third Gaia data release will provide the calibrated spectra obtained with the blue and red Gaia slit-less spectrophotometers. The main challenge when facing Gaia spectral…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 134 cited

Gaia Photometric Science Alerts

S. T. Hodgkin, D. L. Harrison, E. Breedt +108

Since July 2014, the Gaia mission has been engaged in a high-spatial-resolution, time-resolved, precise, accurate astrometric, and photometric survey of the entire sky. Aims: We pr…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 13 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

Gaia Collaboration, X. Luri, L. Chemin +417

We compare the Gaia DR2 and Gaia EDR3 performances in the study of the Magellanic Clouds and show the clear improvements in precision and accuracy in the new release. We also show…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 99 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Galactic anticentre

Gaia Collaboration, T. Antoja, P. McMillan +417

We aim to demonstrate the scientific potential of the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) for the study of the Milky Way structure and evolution. We used astrometric positions, proper…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 64 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: Modelling and calibration of Gaia's point and line spread functions

N. Rowell, M. Davidson, L. Lindegren +18

Context: The unprecedented astrometric precision of the Gaia mission relies on accurate estimates of the locations of sources in the Gaia data stream. This is ultimately performed…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 340 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: The Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

Gaia Collaboration, R. L. Smart, L. M. Sarro +420

We produce a clean and well-characterised catalogue of objects within 100\,pc of the Sun from the \G\ Early Data Release 3. We characterise the catalogue through comparisons to the…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 112 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: Acceleration of the solar system from Gaia astrometry

Gaia Collaboration, S. A. Klioner, F. Mignard +414

Context. Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3) provides accurate astrometry for about 1.6 million compact (QSO-like) extragalactic sources, 1.2 million of which have the best-quali…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 806 cited

Gaia Early Data Release 3: Photometric content and validation

M. Riello, F. De Angeli, D. W. Evans +39

Gaia Early Data Release 3 contains astrometry and photometry results for about 1.8 billion sources based on observations collected by the ESA Gaia satellite during the first 34 mon…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 8.6k cited

Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +4

We present the second Gaia data release, Gaia DR2, consisting of astrometry, photometry, radial velocities, and information on astrophysical parameters and variability, for sources…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 6 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Specific characterisation and validation of all-sky Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars

G. Clementini, V. Ripepi, R. Molinaro +21

The Gaia second Data Release (DR2) presents a first mapping of full-sky RR Lyrae stars and Cepheids observed by the spacecraft during the initial 22 months of science operations. T…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

Gaia Data Release 2. Short-timescale variability processing and analysis

M. Roelens, L. Eyer, N. Mowlavi +13

The Gaia DR2 sample of short-timescale variable candidates results from the investigation of the first 22 months of Gaia photometry for a subsample of sources at the Gaia faint end…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 38 cited

Gaia Data Release 2. Calibration and mitigation of electronic offset effects in the data

N. C. Hambly, M. Cropper, S. Boudreault +30

The European Space Agency Gaia satellite was launched into orbit around L2 in December 2013. This ambitious mission has strict requirements on residual systematic errors resulting…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 423 cited

Gaia Data Release 2: Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics

Gaia Collaboration, D. Katz, T. Antoja +12

To illustrate the potential of GDR2, we provide a first look at the kinematics of the Milky Way disc, within a radius of several kiloparsecs around the Sun. We benefit for the firs…