Identifying M supergiants with Gaia
(2005) Symposium - The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia 576. p.619-622- Abstract
- As a group of stars having high luminosity and thus being able to be detected to great distances, massive M supergiants are extremely helpful to the study of the kinematics of the Milky Way. They are also partly responsible for the creation of post iron-group elements through the weak s-process of nucleosynthesis. As there are relatively few classified M supergiants, owing to their rapid pace of evolution, the identification of additional such stars will serve to significantly increase the sample that can be studied, which offers the promise of a higher fidelity in charting the regions of recent star formation in our Galaxy as well as a fuller description of trends that may be detected amongst their chemical compositions. We discuss the... (More)
- As a group of stars having high luminosity and thus being able to be detected to great distances, massive M supergiants are extremely helpful to the study of the kinematics of the Milky Way. They are also partly responsible for the creation of post iron-group elements through the weak s-process of nucleosynthesis. As there are relatively few classified M supergiants, owing to their rapid pace of evolution, the identification of additional such stars will serve to significantly increase the sample that can be studied, which offers the promise of a higher fidelity in charting the regions of recent star formation in our Galaxy as well as a fuller description of trends that may be detected amongst their chemical compositions. We discuss the identification of M supergiants using the instrumentation onboard the Gaia satellite, emphasizing the nature of the photometric system that will best serve to classify M stars. (Less)
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- author
- Wahlgren, Glenn LU ; Lundqvist, Martin LU and Kucinskas, Arunas
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- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Gaia, Supergiants, Nucleosynthesis, M stars
- host publication
- European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
- volume
- 576
- pages
- 619 - 622
- publisher
- European Space Agency
- conference name
- Symposium - The Three-Dimensional Universe with Gaia
- conference location
- Paris, France
- conference dates
- 2004-10-04 - 2004-10-07
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- wos:000229610000121
- scopus:23744496027
- ISSN
- 1609-042X
- 0379-6566
- language
- English
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- yes
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- f1cf1c53-1065-410c-aaf0-a7afd7df0f89 (old id 615848)
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- http://www.rssd.esa.int/SA/GAIA/docs/Gaia_2004_Proceedings/Gaia_2004_Proceedings_619.pdf
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abstract = {{As a group of stars having high luminosity and thus being able to be detected to great distances, massive M supergiants are extremely helpful to the study of the kinematics of the Milky Way. They are also partly responsible for the creation of post iron-group elements through the weak s-process of nucleosynthesis. As there are relatively few classified M supergiants, owing to their rapid pace of evolution, the identification of additional such stars will serve to significantly increase the sample that can be studied, which offers the promise of a higher fidelity in charting the regions of recent star formation in our Galaxy as well as a fuller description of trends that may be detected amongst their chemical compositions. We discuss the identification of M supergiants using the instrumentation onboard the Gaia satellite, emphasizing the nature of the photometric system that will best serve to classify M stars.}},
author = {{Wahlgren, Glenn and Lundqvist, Martin and Kucinskas, Arunas}},
booktitle = {{European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP}},
issn = {{1609-042X}},
keywords = {{Gaia; Supergiants; Nucleosynthesis; M stars}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{619--622}},
publisher = {{European Space Agency}},
title = {{Identifying M supergiants with Gaia}},
url = {{http://www.rssd.esa.int/SA/GAIA/docs/Gaia_2004_Proceedings/Gaia_2004_Proceedings_619.pdf}},
volume = {{576}},
year = {{2005}},
}