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astro-ph.SR2012★ 141 cited

Chemical Abundances in Field Red Giants from High-Resolution H-Band Spectra using the APOGEE Spectral Linelist

Verne V. Smith, Katia Cunha, Matthew D. Shetrone +8

High-resolution H-band spectra of five bright field K, M, and MS giants, obtained from the archives of the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 419 cited

The Milky Way's circular velocity curve between 4 and 14 kpc from APOGEE data

Jo Bovy, Carlos Allende Prieto, Timothy C. Beers +30

We measure the Milky Way's rotation curve over the Galactocentric range 4 kpc <~ R <~ 14 kpc from the first year of data from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experi…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 1.5k cited

The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

III Collaboration, Christopher P. Ahn, Rachael Alexandroff +224

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) presents the first spectroscopic data from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS). This ninth data release (DR9) of the SDSS…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 68 cited

The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment: First Detection of High Velocity Milky Way Bar Stars

David L. Nidever, Gail Zasowski, Steven R. Majewski +33

Commissioning observations with the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III, have produced radial velocities (RVs)…

astro-ph.GA2012★ 82 cited

Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars: Substructure in the Local Halo as Seen in the Grid Giant Star Survey Including Extended Tidal Debris from Omega Centauri

Steven R. Majewski, David L. Nidever, Verne V. Smith +5

We present the latitude-normalized radial velocity (vb) distribution of 3318 subsolar metallicity, V<13.5 stars from the Grid Giant Star Survey (GGSS) in Southern Hemisphere fields…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 35 cited

The barium isotopic fractions in five metal-poor stars

A. J. Gallagher, S. G. Ryan, A. Hosford +3

We provide measurements of the Ba isotopic fractions for five metal-poor stars derived with an LTE analysis using 1D model stellar atmospheres. We use high resolution (R\equivλ/Δλ=…