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A new algorithm for optimizing the wavelength coverage for spectroscopic studies: Spectral Wavelength Optimization Code (SWOC)
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2016) Ruchti, G. R.; Feltzing, S.; Lind, K.; Caffau, E.; Korn, A. J.; Schnurr, O.; Hansen, C. J.; Koch, A.; Sbordone, L.; de Jong, R. S.
The past decade and a half has seen the design and execution of several ground-based spectroscopic surveys, both Galactic and Extragalactic. Additionally, new surveys are being designed that extend the boundaries of current surveys. In this context, many important considerations must be done when designing a spectrograph for the future. Among these is the determination of the optimum wavelength coverage. In this work, we present a new code for determining the wavelength ranges that provide the optimal amount of information to achieve the required science goals for a given survey. In its first mode, it utilizes a user-defined list of spectral features to compute a figure-of-merit for different spectral configurations. The second mode utilizes a set of flux-calibrated spectra, determining the spectral regions that show the largest differences among the spectra. Our algorithm is easily adaptable for any set of science requirements and any spectrograph design. We apply the algorithm to several examples, including 4MOST, showing the method yields important design constraints to the wavelength regions.
Abundance ratios of red giants in low-mass ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies
(2016) Francois, P.; Monaco, L.; Bonifacio, P.; Moni Bidin, C.; Geisler, D.; Sbordone, L.
Context. Low-mass dwarf spheroidal galaxies are key objects for our understanding of the chemical evolution of the pristine Universe and the Local Group of galaxies. Abundance ratios in stars of these objects can be used to better understand their star formation and chemical evolution.
Chemical abundances in the multiple sub-giant branch of 47 Tucanae: insights on its faint sub-giant branch component
(2016) Marino, A. F.; Milone, A. P.; Casagrande, L.; Collet, R.; Dotter, A.; Johnson, C. I.; Lind, K.; Bedin, L. R.; Jerjen, H.; Aparicio, A.; Sbordone, L.
The globular cluster 47 Tuc exhibits a complex sub-giant branch (SGB) with a faint-SGB comprising only about the 10 per cent of the cluster mass and a bright-SGB hosting at least two distinct populations. We present a spectroscopic analysis of 62 SGB stars including 21 faint-SGB stars. We thus provide the first chemical analysis of the intriguing faint-SGB population and compare its abundances with those of the dominant populations. We have inferred abundances of Fe, representative light elements C, N, Na, and Al, alpha elements Mg and Si for individual stars. Oxygen has been obtained by co-adding spectra of stars on different sequences. In addition, we have analysed 12 stars along the two main RGBs of 47 Tuc. Our principal results are (i) star-to-star variations in C/N/Na among RGB and bright-SGB stars; (ii) substantial N and Na enhancements for the minor population corresponding to the faint-SGB; (iii) no high enrichment in C+N+O for faint-SGB stars. Specifically, the C+N+O of the faint-SGB is a factor of 1.1 higher than the bright-SGB, which, considering random (+/- 1.3) plus systematic errors (+/- 0.3), means that their C+N+O is consistent within observational uncertainties. However, a small C+N+O enrichment for the faint-SGB, similar to what predicted on theoretical ground, cannot be excluded. The N and Na enrichment of the faint-SGB qualitatively agrees with this population possibly being He-enhanced, as suggested by theory. The iron abundance of the bright and faint-SGB is the same to a level of similar to 0.10 dex, and no other significant difference for the analysed elements has been detected.
Chemical abundances of giant stars in NGC 5053 and NGC 5634, two globular clusters associated with the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy?
(EDP SCIENCES S A, 2015) Sbordone, L.; Monaco, L.; Moni Bidin, C.; Bonifacio, P.; Villanova, S.; Bellazzini, M.; Ibata, R.; Chiba, M.; Geisler, D.; Caffau, E.; Duffau, S.
Context. The tidal disruption of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr dSph) is producing the most prominent substructure in the Milky Way (MW) halo, the Sagittarius Stream. Aside from field stars, it is suspected that the Sgr dSph has lost a number of globular clusters (GC). Many Galactic GC are thought to have originated in the Sgr dSph. While for some candidates an origin in the Sgr dSph has been confirmed owing to chemical similarities, others exist whose chemical composition has never been investigated.
Chemical abundances of giant stars in the Crater stellar system
(EDP SCIENCES S A, 2015) Bonifacio, P.; Caffau, E.; Zaggia, S.; Francois, P.; Sbordone, L.; Andrievsky, S. M.; Korotin, S. A.
Aims. We obtained spectra for two giants of Crater (Crater J113613-105227 and Crater J113615-105244) using X-Shooter at the VLT, with the purpose of determining their radial velocities and metallicities.
Chemical abundances of the metal-poor horizontal-branch stars CS 22186-005 and CS 30344-033
(2014) Caliskan, S.; Caffau, E.; Bonifacio, P.; Christlieb, N.; Monaco, L.; Beers, T. C.; Albayrak, B.; Sbordone, L.
We report on a chemical-abundance analysis of two very metal-poor horizontal-branch stars in the Milky Way halo: CS 22186-005 ([Fe/H]= -2.70) and CS 30344-033 ([Fe/H] = -2.90). The analysis is based on high-resolution spectra obtained at ESO, with the spectrographs HARPS at the 3.6m telescope, and LIVES at the VLT. We adopted one-dimensional, plane-parallel model atmospheres assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium. We derived elemental abundances for 13 elements for CS 22186-005 and 14 elements for CS 30344-033. This study is the first abundance analysis of CS 30344-033. CS 22186-005 has been analyzed previously, but we report here the first measurement of nickel (Ni; Z = 28) for this star, based on twenty-two Nit lines ([Ni/Fe] = 0.21 +/- 0.02); the measurement is significantly-below the mean found for most metal-poor stars. Differences of up to 0.5 dex in [Ni/Fe] ratios were determined by different authors for the same type of stars in the literature, which means that it is not yet possible to conclude that there is a real intrinsic scatter in the [Ni/Fe] ratios. For the other elements for which we obtained estimates, the abundance patterns in these two stars match the Galactic trends defined by giant and turnoff stars well. This confirms the value of horizontal branch stars as tracers of the chemical properties of stellar populations in the Galaxy. Our radial velocities measurements for CS 22186-005 differ from previously published measurements by more than the expected statistical errors. More measurements of the radial velocity of this star are encouraged to confirm or 'refute its radial velocity variability.
Chemical composition of a sample of bright solar-metallicity stars
(WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2015) Caffau, E.; Mott, A.; Steffen, M.; Bonifacio, P.; Strassmeier, K. G.; Gallagher, A.; Faraggiana, R.; Sbordone, L.
We present a detailed analysis of seven young stars observed with the spectrograph SOPHIE at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence for which the chemical composition was incomplete or absent in the literature. For five stars, we derived the stellar parameters and chemical compositions using our automatic pipeline optimized for F, G, and K stars, while for the other two stars with high rotational velocity, we derived the stellar parameters by using other information (parallax), and performed a line-by-line analysis. Chromospheric emission-line fluxes from Ca II are obtained for all targets. The stellar parameters we derive are generally in good agreement with what is available in the literature. We provide a chemical analysis of two of the stars for the first time. The star HIP 80124 shows a strong Li feature at 670.8 nm implying a high lithium abundance. Its chemical pattern is not consistent with it being a solar sibling, as has been suggested. (C) 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Clues on the Galactic evolution of sulphur from star clusters
(2014) Caffau, E.; Monaco, L.; Spite, M.; Bonifacio, P.; Carraro, G.; Ludwig, H. -G.; Villanova, S.; Beletsky, Y.; Sbordone, L.
Context. The abundances of a-elements are a powerful diagnostic of the star formation history and chemical evolution of a galaxy. Sulphur. being moderately volatile, can be reliably measured in the interstellar medium (ISM) of damped Ly-alpha galaxies and extragalactic H-II regions. Measurements in stars of different metallicity in our Galaxy can then be readily compared to the abundances in external galaxies. Such a comparison is not possible for Si or Ca that suffer depletion onto dust in the ISM. Furthermore, studying sulphur is interesting because it probes nucleosynthetic conditions that are very different from those of Oar Mg. In this context measurements in star clusters are a reliable tracers of the Galactic evolution of sulphur.
Detailed abundances in stars belonging to ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies
(2012) François, P.; Monaco, L.; Villanova, S.; Catelan, Márcio; Bonifacio, P.; Bellazzini, M.; Moni Bidin, C.; Marconi, G.; Geisler, D.; Sbordone, L.
We report preliminary results concerning the detailed chemical composition of metal poor stars belonging to close ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (hereafter UfDSphs). The abundances have been determined thanks to spectra obtained with X-Shooter, a high efficiency spectrograph installed on one of the ESO VLT units. The sample of ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal stars have abundance ratios slightly lower to what is measured in field halo star of the same metallicity. We did not find extreme abundances in our Hercules stars as the one found by Koch for his 2 Hercules stars. The synthesis of the neutron capture elements Ba and Sr seems to originate from the same nucleosynthetic process in operation during the early stages of the galactic evolution....
Detailed chemical abundances of distant RR Lyrae stars in the Virgo Stellar Stream
(2016) Duffau, S.; Sbordone, L.; Vivas, A. K.; Hansen, C. J.; Zoccali, M.; Catelan, Márcio; Minniti, D.; Grebel, E. K.
We present the first detailed chemical abundances for distant RR Lyrae stars members of the Virgo Stellar Stream (VSS), derived from X- Shooter medium-resolution spectra. Sixteen elements from carbon to barium have been measured in six VSS RR Lyrae stars, sampling all main nucleosynthetic channels. For the first time we will be able to compare in detail the chemical evolution of the VSS progenitor with those of Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies (LG dSph) as well as the one of the smooth halo....
Galactic evolution of sulphur as traced by globular clusters
(EDP SCIENCES S A, 2015) Kacharov, N.; Koch, A.; Caffau, E.; Sbordone, L.
Context. Sulphur is an important volatile a element, but its role in the Galactic chemical evolution is still uncertain, and more observations constraining the sulphur abundance in stellar photospheres are required.
Iron and s-elements abundance variations in NGC 5286: comparison with 'anomalous' globular clusters and Milky Way satellites
(2015) Marino, A. F.; Milone, A. P.; Karakas, A. I.; Casagrande, L.; Yong, D.; Shingles, L.; Da Costa, G.; Norris, J. E.; Stetson, P. B.; Lind, K.; Asplund, M.; Collet, R.; Jerjen, H.; Sbordone, L.; Aparicio, A.; Cassisi, S.
We present a high-resolution spectroscopic analysis of 62 red giants in the Milky Way globular cluster (GC) NGC 5286. We have determined abundances of representative light proton-capture, a, Fe-peak and neutron-capture element groups, and combined them with photometry of multiple sequences observed along the colour-magnitude diagram. Our principal results are: (i) a broad, bimodal distribution in s-process element abundance ratios, with two main groups, the s-poor and s-rich groups; (ii) substantial star-to-star Fe variations, with the s-rich stars having higher Fe, e.g. <[Fe/H]>(s-rich) - <[Fe/H]>(s-poor) similar to 0.2 dex; and (iii) the presence of O-Na-Al (anti) correlations in both stellar groups. We have defined a new photometric index, c(BVI) = (B - V) -(V - I), to maximize the separation in the colour-magnitude diagram between the two stellar groups with different Fe and s-element content, and this index is not significantly affected by variations in light elements (such as the O-Na anticorrelation). The variations in the overall metallicity present in NGC 5286 add this object to the class of anomalous GCs. Furthermore, the chemical abundance pattern of NGC 5286 resembles that observed in some of the anomalous GCs, e.g. M 22, NGC 1851, M 2, and the more extreme omega Centauri, that also show internal variations in s-elements, and in light elements within stars with different Fe and s-elements content. In view of the common variations in s-elements, we propose the term s-Fe-anomalous GCs to describe this sub-class of objects. The similarities in chemical abundance ratios between these objects strongly suggest similar formation and evolution histories, possibly associated with an origin in tidally disrupted dwarf satellites.
KINEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY OF RECENTLY DISCOVERED RETICULUM 2 AND HOROLOGIUM 1 DWARF GALAXIES
(2015) Koposov, Sergey E.; Casey, Andrew R.; Belokurov, Vasily; Lewis, James R.; Gilmore, Gerard; Worley, Clare; Hourihane, Anna; Randich, S.; Bensby, T.; Bragaglia, A.; Bergemann, M.; Carraro, G.; Costado, M. T.; Flaccomio, E.; Francois, P.; Heiter, U.; Hill, V.; Jofre, P.; Lando, C.; Lanzafame, A. C.; de Laverny, P.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Sbordone, L.; Mikolaitis, S.; Ryde, N.
We report on VLT/GIRAFFE spectra of stars in two recently discovered ultra-faint satellites, Reticulum 2 and Horologium 1, obtained as part of the Gaia-ESO Survey. We identify 18 members in Reticulum 2 and five in Horologium 1. We find Reticulum 2 to have a velocity dispersion of 3.22(-0.49)(+1.64) km s(-1) , implying a mass-to-light ratio (M/L) of similar to 500. The mean metallicity of Reticulum 2 is [Fe/H] = -2.46, with an intrinsic dispersion of similar to 0.3 dex and alpha-enhancement of similar to 0.4 dex. We conclude that Reticulum 2 is a dwarf galaxy. We also report on the serendipitous discovery of four stars in a previously unknown stellar substructure near Reticulum 2 with [Fe/H] similar to -2 and V-hel similar to 220 km s(-1), far from the systemic velocity of Reticulum 2. For Horologium 1 we infer a velocity dispersion of sigma (V) = 4.9(-0.9)(+2.8) km s(-1) and a M/L ratio of similar to 600, leading us to conclude that Horologium 1 is also a dwarf galaxy. Horologium 1 is slightly more metal-poor than Reticulum 2 ([Fe/H] = -2.76) and is similarly alpha-enhanced: [alpha/Fe] similar to 0.3 dex with a significant spread of metallicities of 0.17 dex. The line-of-sight velocity of Reticulum 2 is offset by 100 km s(-1) from the prediction of the orbital velocity of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), thus making its association with the Cloud uncertain. However, at the location of Horologium 1, both the backward-integrated orbit of the LMC and its halo are predicted to have radial velocities similar to that of the dwarf. Therefore, it is possible that Horologium 1 is or once was a member of the Magellanic family.
Observational constraints on the optical and near-infrared emission from the neutron star-black hole binary merger candidate S190814bv
(2020) Ackley, K.; Amati, L.; Barbieri, C.; Bauer, F. E.; Benetti, S.; Bernardini, M. G.; Bhirombhakdi, K.; Botticella, M. T.; Branchesi, M.; Brocato, E.; Bruun, S. H.; Bulla, M.; Campana, S.; Cappellaro, E.; Castro-Tirado, A. J.; Chambers, K. C.; Chaty, S.; Chen, T-W; Ciolfi, R.; Coleiro, A.; Copperwheat, C. M.; Covino, S.; Cutter, R.; D'Ammando, F.; D'Avanzo, P.; De Cesare, G.; D'Elia, V; Della Valle, M.; Denneau, L.; De Pasquale, M.; Dhillon, V. S.; Dyer, M. J.; Elias-Rosa, N.; Evans, P. A.; Eyles-Ferris, R. A. J.; Fiore, A.; Fraser, M.; Fruchter, A. S.; Fynbo, J. P. U.; Galbany, L.; Gall, C.; Galloway, D. K.; Getman, F., I; Ghirlanda, G.; Gillanders, J. H.; Gomboc, A.; Gompertz, B. P.; Gonzalez-Fernandez, C.; Gonzalez-Gaitan, S.; Grado, A.; Greco, G.; Gromadzki, M.; Groot, P. J.; Gutierrez, C. P.; Heikkila, T.; Heintz, K. E.; Hjorth, J.; Hu, Y-D; Huber, M. E.; Inserra, C.; Izzo, L.; Japelj, J.; Jerkstrand, A.; Jin, Z. P.; Jonker, P. G.; Kankare, E.; Kann, D. A.; Kennedy, M.; Kim, S.; Klose, S.; Kool, E. C.; Kotak, R.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Lamb, G. P.; Leloudas, G.; Levan, A. J.; Longo, F.; Lowe, T. B.; Lyman, J. D.; Magnier, E.; Maguire, K.; Maiorano, E.; Mandel, I; Mapelli, M.; Mattila, S.; McBrien, O. R.; Melandri, A.; Michalowski, M. J.; Milvang-Jensen, B.; Moran, S.; Nicastro, L.; Nicholl, M.; Guelbenzu, A. Nicuesa; Nuttal, L.; Oates, S. R.; O'Brien, P. T.; Onori, F.; Palazzi, E.; Patricelli, B.; Perego, A.; Torres, M. A. P.; Perley, D. A.; Pian, E.; Pignata, G.; Piranomonte, S.; Poshyachinda, S.; Possenti, A.; Pumo, M. L.; Quirola-Vasquez, J.; Ragosta, F.; Ramsay, G.; Rau, A.; Rest, A.; Reynolds, T. M.; Rosetti, S. S.; Rossi, A.; Rosswog, S.; Sabha, N. B.; Carracedo, A. Sagues; Salafia, O. S.; Salmon, L.; Salvaterra, R.; Savaglio, S.; Sbordone, L.; Schady, P.; Schipani, P.; Schultz, A. S. B.; Schweyer, T.; Smartt, S. J.; Smith, K. W.; Smith, M.; Sollerman, J.; Srivastav, S.; Stanway, E. R.; Starling, R. L. C.; Steeghs, D.; Stratta, G.; Stubbs, C. W.; Tanvir, N. R.; Testa, V; Thrane, E.; Tonry, J. L.; Turatto, M.; Ulaczyk, K.; van der Horst, A. J.; Vergani, S. D.; Walton, N. A.; Watson, D.; Wiersema, K.; Wiik, K.; Wyrzykowski, L.; Yang, S.; Yi, S-X; Young, D. R.
Context. Gravitational wave (GW) astronomy has rapidly reached maturity, becoming a fundamental observing window for modern astrophysics. The coalescences of a few tens of black hole (BH) binaries have been detected, while the number of events possibly including a neutron star (NS) is still limited to a few. On 2019 August 14, the LIGO and Virgo interferometers detected a high-significance event labelled S190814bv. A preliminary analysis of the GW data suggests that the event was likely due to the merger of a compact binary system formed by a BH and a NS.Aims. In this paper, we present our extensive search campaign aimed at uncovering the potential optical and near infrared electromagnetic counterpart of S190814bv. We found no convincing electromagnetic counterpart in our data. We therefore use our non-detection to place limits on the properties of the putative outflows that could have been produced by the binary during and after the merger.Methods. Thanks to the three-detector observation of S190814bv, and given the characteristics of the signal, the LIGO and Virgo Collaborations delivered a relatively narrow localisation in low latency - a 50% (90%) credible area of 5 deg(2) (23 deg(2)) - despite the relatively large distance of 26752 Mpc. ElectromagNetic counterparts of GRAvitational wave sources at the VEry Large Telescope collaboration members carried out an intensive multi-epoch, multi-instrument observational campaign to identify the possible optical and near infrared counterpart of the event. In addition, the ATLAS, GOTO, GRAWITA-VST, Pan-STARRS, and VINROUGE projects also carried out a search on this event. In this paper, we describe the combined observational campaign of these groups.Results. Our observations allow us to place limits on the presence of any counterpart and discuss the implications for the kilonova (KN), which was possibly generated by this NS-BH merger, and for the strategy of future searches. The typical depth of our wide-field observations, which cover most of the projected sky localisation probability (up to 99.8%, depending on the night and filter considered), is r similar to 22 (resp. K similar to 21) in the optical (resp. near infrared). We reach deeper limits in a subset of our galaxy-targeted observations, which cover a total similar to 50% of the galaxy-mass-weighted localisation probability. Altogether, our observations allow us to exclude a KN with large ejecta mass M greater than or similar to 0.1 M-circle dot to a high (> 90%) confidence, and we can exclude much smaller masses in a sub-sample of our observations. This disfavours the tidal disruption of the neutron star during the merger.Conclusions. Despite the sensitive instruments involved in the campaign, given the distance of S190814bv, we could not reach sufficiently deep limits to constrain a KN comparable in luminosity to AT 2017gfo on a large fraction of the localisation probability. This suggests that future (likely common) events at a few hundred megaparsecs will be detected only by large facilities with both a high sensitivity and large field of view. Galaxy-targeted observations can reach the needed depth over a relevant portion of the localisation probability with a smaller investment of resources, but the number of galaxies to be targeted in order to get a fairly complete coverage is large, even in the case of a localisation as good as that of this event.
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Implementation, data products, open cluster survey, science, and legacy
(2022) Randich, S.; Gilmore, G.; Magrini, L.; Sacco, G. G.; Jackson, R. J.; Jeffries, R. D.; Worley, C. C.; Hourihane, A.; Gonneau, A.; Vazquez, C. Viscasillas; Franciosini, E.; Lewis, J. R.; Alfaro, E. J.; Allende Prieto, C.; Bensby, T.; Blomme, R.; Bragaglia, A.; Flaccomio, E.; Francois, P.; Irwin, M. J.; Koposov, S. E.; Korn, A. J.; Lanzafame, A. C.; Pancino, E.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Smiljanic, R.; Van Eck, S.; Zwitter, T.; Asplund, M.; Bonifacio, P.; Feltzing, S.; Binney, J.; Drew, J.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Micela, G.; Negueruela, I; Prusti, T.; Rix, H-W; Vallenari, A.; Bayo, A.; Bergemann, M.; Biazzo, K.; Carraro, G.; Casey, A. R.; Damiani, F.; Frasca, A.; Heiter, U.; Hill, V; Jofre, P.; de Laverny, P.; Lind, K.; Marconi, G.; Martayan, C.; Masseron, T.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Sbordone, L.; Sousa, S. G.; Zaggia, S.; Adibekyan, V; Bonito, R.; Caffau, E.; Daflon, S.; Feuillet, D. K.; Gebran, M.; Gonzalez Hernandez, J., I; Guiglion, G.; Herrero, A.; Lobel, A.; Maiz Apellaniz, J.; Merle, T.; Mikolaitis, S.; Montes, D.; Morel, T.; Soubiran, C.; Spina, L.; Tabernero, H. M.; Tautvaisiene, G.; Traven, G.; Valentini, M.; Van der Swaelmen, M.; Villanova, S.; Wright, N. J.; Abbas, U.; Borsen-Koch, V. Aguirre; Alves, J.; Balaguer-Nunez, L.; Barklem, P. S.; Barrado, D.; Berlanas, S. R.; Binks, A. S.; Bressan, A.; Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R.; Casagrande, L.; Casamiquela, L.; Collins, R. S.; D'Orazi, V; Dantas, M. L. L.; Debattista, V. P.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Di Marcantonio, P.; Drazdauskas, A.; Evans, N. W.; Famaey, B.; Franchini, M.; Fremat, Y.; Friel, E. D.; Fu, X.; Geisler, D.; Gerhard, O.; Solares, E. A. Gonzalez; Grebel, E. K.; Gutierrez Albarran, M. L.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Held, E., V; Jimenez-Esteban, F.; Jonsson, H.; Jordi, C.; Khachaturyants, T.; Kordopatis, G.; Kos, J.; Lagarde, N.; Mahy, L.; Mapelli, M.; Marfil, E.; Martell, S. L.; Messina, S.; Miglio, A.; Minchev, I; Moitinho, A.; Montalban, J.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; Morossi, C.; Mowlavi, N.; Mucciarelli, A.; Murphy, D. N. A.; Nardetto, N.; Ortolani, S.; Paletou, F.; Palous, J.; Paunzen, E.; Pickering, J. C.; Quirrenbach, A.; Fiorentin, P. Re; Read, J., I; Romano, D.; Ryde, N.; Sanna, N.; Santos, W.; Seabroke, G. M.; Spagna, A.; Steinmetz, M.; Stonkute, E.; Sutorius, E.; Thevenin, F.; Tosi, M.; Tsantaki, M.; Vink, J. S.; Wright, N.; Wyse, R. F. G.; Zoccali, M.; Zorec, J.; Zucker, D. B.; Walton, N. A.
Context. In the last 15 years different ground-based spectroscopic surveys have been started (and completed) with the general aim of delivering stellar parameters and elemental abundances for large samples of Galactic stars, complementing Gaia astrometry. Among those surveys, the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey, the only one performed on a 8m class telescope, was designed to target 100 000 stars using FLAMES on the ESO VLT (both Giraffe and UVES spectrographs), covering all the Milky Way populations, with a special focus on open star clusters.
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey: Motivation, implementation, GIRAFFE data processing, analysis, and final data products☆
(2022) Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Worley, C. C.; Hourihane, A.; Gonneau, A.; Sacco, G. G.; Lewis, J. R.; Magrini, L.; Francois, P.; Jeffries, R. D.; Koposov, S. E.; Bragaglia, A.; Alfaro, E. J.; Allende Prieto, C.; Blomme, R.; Korn, A. J.; Lanzafame, A. C.; Pancino, E.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Smiljanic, R.; Van Eck, S.; Zwitter, T.; Bensby, T.; Flaccomio, E.; Irwin, M. J.; Franciosini, E.; Morbidelli, L.; Damiani, F.; Bonito, R.; Friel, E. D.; Vink, J. S.; Prisinzano, L.; Abbas, U.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Held, E., V; Jordi, C.; Paunzen, E.; Spagna, A.; Jackson, R. J.; Maiz Apellaniz, J.; Asplund, M.; Bonifacio, P.; Feltzing, S.; Binney, J.; Drew, J.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Micela, G.; Negueruela, I; Prusti, T.; Rix, H-W; Vallenari, A.; Bergemann, M.; Casey, A. R.; de Laverny, P.; Frasca, A.; Hill, V; Lind, K.; Sbordone, L.; Sousa, S. G.; Adibekyan, V; Caffau, E.; Daflon, S.; Feuillet, D. K.; Gebran, M.; Gonzalez Hernandez, J., I; Guiglion, G.; Herrero, A.; Lobel, A.; Montes, D.; Morel, T.; Ruchti, G.; Soubiran, C.; Tabernero, H. M.; Tautvaisiene, G.; Traven, G.; Valentini, M.; Van der Swaelmen, M.; Villanova, S.; Vazquez, C. Viscasillas; Bayo, A.; Biazzo, K.; Carraro, G.; Edvardsson, B.; Heiter, U.; Jofre, P.; Marconi, G.; Martayan, C.; Masseron, T.; Monaco, L.; Walton, N. A.; Zaggia, S.; Borsen-Koch, V. Aguirre; Alves, J.; Balaguer-Nunez, L.; Barklem, P. S.; Barrado, D.; Bellazzini, M.; Berlanas, S. R.; Binks, A. S.; Bressan, A.; Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R.; Casagrande, L.; Casamiquela, L.; Collins, R. S.; D'Orazi, V; Dantas, M. L. L.; Debattista, V. P.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Di Marcantonio, P.; Drazdauskas, A.; Evans, N. W.; Famaey, B.; Franchini, M.; Fremat, Y.; Fu, X.; Geisler, D.; Gerhard, O.; Solares, E. A. Gonzalez; Grebel, E. K.; Gutierrez Albarran, M. L.; Jimenez-Esteban, F.; Jonsson, H.; Khachaturyants, T.; Kordopatis, G.; Kos, J.; Lagarde, N.; Ludwig, H-G; Mahy, L.; Mapelli, M.; Marfil, E.; Martell, S. L.; Messina, S.; Miglio, A.; Minchev, I; Moitinho, A.; Montalban, J.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; Morossi, C.; Mowlavi, N.; Mucciarelli, A.; Murphy, D. N. A.; Nardetto, N.; Ortolani, S.; Paletou, F.; Palous, J.; Pickering, J. C.; Quirrenbach, A.; Fiorentin, P. Re; Read, J., I; Romano, D.; Ryde, N.; Sanna, N.; Santos, W.; Seabroke, G. M.; Spina, L.; Steinmetz, M.; Stonkute, E.; Sutorius, E.; Thevenin, F.; Tosi, M.; Tsantaki, M.; Wright, N.; Wyse, R. F. G.; Zoccali, M.; Zorec, J.; Zucker, D. B.
Context. The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey is an ambitious project designed to obtain astrophysical parameters and elemental abundances for 100 000 stars, including large representative samples of the stellar populations in the Galaxy, and a well-defined sample of 60 (plus 20 archive) open clusters. We provide internally consistent results calibrated on benchmark stars and star clusters, extending across a very wide range of abundances and ages. This provides a legacy data set of intrinsic value, and equally a large wide-ranging dataset that is of value for the homogenisation of other and future stellar surveys and Gaia's astrophysical parameters. Aims. This article provides an overview of the survey methodology, the scientific aims, and the implementation, including a description of the data processing for the GIRAFFE spectra. A companion paper introduces the survey results. Methods. Gaia-ESO aspires to quantify both random and systematic contributions to measurement uncertainties. Thus, all available spectroscopic analysis techniques are utilised, each spectrum being analysed by up to several different analysis pipelines, with considerable effort being made to homogenise and calibrate the resulting parameters. We describe here the sequence of activities up to delivery of processed data products to the ESO Science Archive Facility for open use. Results. The Gaia-ESO Survey obtained 202 000 spectra of 115 000 stars using 340 allocated VLT nights between December 2011 and January 2018 from GIRAFFE and UVES. Conclusions. The full consistently reduced final data set of spectra was released through the ESO Science Archive Facility in late 2020, with the full astrophysical parameters sets following in 2022. A companion article reviews the survey implementation, scientific highlights, the open cluster survey, and data products.
The Gaia-ESO Survey: A lithium-rotation connection at 5 Myr?
(2016) Bouvier, J.; Lanzafame, A. C.; Venuti, L.; Klutsch, A.; Jeffries, R.; Frasca, A.; Moraux, E.; Biazzo, K.; Messina, S.; Micela, G.; Randich, S.; Stauffer, J.; Cody, A. M.; Flaccomio, E.; Gilmore, G.; Bayo, A.; Bensby, T.; Bragaglia, A.; Carraro, G.; Casey, A.; Costado, M. T.; Damiani, F.; Delgado Mena, E.; Donati, P.; Franciosini, E.; Hourihane, A.; Koposov, S.; Lardo, C.; Lewis, J.; Magrini, L.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Sacco, G.; Sbordone, L.; Sousa, S. G.; Vallenari, A.; Worley, C. C.; Zaggia, S.; Zwitter, T.
Context. The evolution of lithium abundance in cool dwarfs provides a unique probe of nonstandard processes in stellar evolution.
The Gaia-ESO Survey: Stellar content and elemental abundances in the massive cluster NGC 6705
(2014) Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Vallenari, A.; Zaggia, S.; Bragaglia, A.; Sordo, R.; Drew, J. E.; Eisloeffel, J.; Farnhill, H. J.; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Greimel, R.; Irwin, M. J.; Kupcu-Yoldas, A.; Jordi, C.; Blomme, R.; Sampedro, L.; Costado, M. T.; Alfaro, E.; Smiljanic, R.; Magrini, L.; Donati, P.; Friel, E. D.; Jacobson, H.; Abbas, U.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Spagna, A.; Vecchiato, A.; Balaguer-Nunez, L.; Lardo, C.; Tosi, M.; Pancino, E.; Klutsch, A.; Tautvaisiene, G.; Drazdauskas, A.; Puzeras, E.; Jimenez-Esteban, F.; Maiorca, E.; Geisler, D.; Roman, I. San; Villanova, S.; Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Bensby, T.; Flaccomio, E.; Lanzafame, A.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Damiani, F.; Hourihane, A.; Jofre, P.; de Laverny, P.; Masseron, T.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Sacco, G. G.; Sbordone, L.; Worley, C. C.
Context. Chemically inhomogeneous populations are observed in most globular clusters, but not in open clusters. Cluster mass seems to play a key role in the existence of multiple populations.
The Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars
(2014) Smiljanic, R.; Korn, A. J.; Bergemann, M.; Frasca, A.; Magrini, L.; Masseron, T.; Pancino, E.; Ruchti, G.; San Roman, I.; Sbordone, L.; Sousa, S. G.; Tabernero, H.; Tautvaisiene, G.; Valentini, M.; Weber, M.; Worley, C. C.; Adibekyan, V. Zh.; Allende Prieto, C.; Barisevicius, G.; Biazzo, K.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Bonifacio, P.; Bragaglia, A.; Caffau, E.; Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Chorniy, Y.; de Laverny, P.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Donati, P.; Duffau, S.; Franciosini, E.; Friel, E.; Geisler, D.; Gonzalez Hernandez, J. I.; Gruyters, P.; Guiglion, G.; Hansen, C. J.; Heiter, U.; Hill, V.; Jacobson, H. R.; Jofre, P.; Jonsson, H.; Lanzafame, A. C.; Lardo, C.; Ludwig, H. -G.; Maiorca, E.; Mikolaitis, S.; Montes, D.; Morel, T.; Mucciarelli, A.; Munoz, C.; Nordlander, T.; Pasquini, L.; Puzeras, E.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Ryde, N.; Sacco, G.; Santos, N. C.; Serenelli, A. M.; Sordo, R.; Soubiran, C.; Spina, L.; Steffen, M.; Vallenari, A.; Van Eck, S.; Villanova, S.; Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Asplund, M.; Binney, J.; Drew, J.; Feltzing, S.; Ferguson, A.; Jeffries, R.; Micela, G.; Negueruela, I.; Prusti, T.; Rix, H-W.; Alfaro, E.; Babusiaux, C.; Bensby, T.; Blomme, R.; Flaccomio, E.; Francois, P.; Irwin, M.; Koposov, S.; Walton, N.; Bayo, A.; Carraro, G.; Costado, M. T.; Damiani, F.; Edvardsson, B.; Hourihane, A.; Jackson, R.; Lewis, J.; Lind, K.; Marconi, G.; Martayan, C.; Monaco, L.; Morbidelli, L.; Prisinzano, L.; Zaggia, S.
Context. The ongoing Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey is using FLAMES at the VLT to obtain high-quality medium-resolution Giraffe spectra for about 10(5) stars and high-resolution UVES spectra for about 5000 stars. With UVES, the Survey has already observed 1447 FGK-type stars.
The chemical composition of red giants in 47 Tucanae I. Fundamental parameters and chemical abundance patterns
(2014) Thygesen, A. O.; Sbordone, L.; Andrievsky, S.; Korotin, S.; Yong, D.; Zaggia, S.; Ludwig, H. -G.; Collet, R.; Asplund, M.; Ventura, P.; D'Antona, F.; Melendez, J.; D'Ercole, A.
Context. The study of chemical abundance patterns in globular clusters is key importance to constraining the different candidates for intracluster pollution of light elements.

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