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APOGEE Data Releases 13 and 14 : Stellar Parameter and Abundance Comparisons with Independent Analyses

Jönsson, Henrik LU orcid ; Prieto, Carlos Allende ; Holtzman, Jon A. LU ; Feuillet, Diane K. LU orcid ; Hawkins, Keith ; Cunha, Katia ; Mészáros, Szabolcs ; Hasselquist, Sten ; Fernández-Trincado, J. G. and Garciá-Hernández, D. A. , et al. (2018) In The Astronomical Journal 156(3).
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Data from the SDSS-IV/Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE-2) have been released as part of SDSS Data Releases 13 (DR13) and 14 (DR14). These include high-resolution H-band spectra, radial velocities, and derived stellar parameters and abundances. DR13, released in 2016 August, contained APOGEE data for roughly 150,000 stars, and DR14, released in 2017 August, added about 110,000 more. Stellar parameters and abundances have been derived with an automated pipeline, the APOGEE Stellar Parameter and Chemical Abundance Pipeline (ASPCAP). We evaluate the performance of this pipeline by comparing the derived stellar parameters and abundances to those inferred from optical spectra and analysis for several hundred... (More)

Data from the SDSS-IV/Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE-2) have been released as part of SDSS Data Releases 13 (DR13) and 14 (DR14). These include high-resolution H-band spectra, radial velocities, and derived stellar parameters and abundances. DR13, released in 2016 August, contained APOGEE data for roughly 150,000 stars, and DR14, released in 2017 August, added about 110,000 more. Stellar parameters and abundances have been derived with an automated pipeline, the APOGEE Stellar Parameter and Chemical Abundance Pipeline (ASPCAP). We evaluate the performance of this pipeline by comparing the derived stellar parameters and abundances to those inferred from optical spectra and analysis for several hundred stars. For most elements-C, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ca, Cr, Mn, Ni-the DR14 ASPCAP analyses have systematic differences with the comparisons samples of less than 0.05 dex (median), and random differences of less than 0.15 dex (standard deviation). These differences are a combination of the uncertainties in both the comparison samples as well as the ASPCAP analysis. Compared to the references, magnesium is the most accurate alpha-element derived by ASPCAP, and shows a very clear thin/thick disk separation, while nickel is the most accurate iron-peak element (besides iron itself).

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  abstract     = {{<p>Data from the SDSS-IV/Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE-2) have been released as part of SDSS Data Releases 13 (DR13) and 14 (DR14). These include high-resolution H-band spectra, radial velocities, and derived stellar parameters and abundances. DR13, released in 2016 August, contained APOGEE data for roughly 150,000 stars, and DR14, released in 2017 August, added about 110,000 more. Stellar parameters and abundances have been derived with an automated pipeline, the APOGEE Stellar Parameter and Chemical Abundance Pipeline (ASPCAP). We evaluate the performance of this pipeline by comparing the derived stellar parameters and abundances to those inferred from optical spectra and analysis for several hundred stars. For most elements-C, Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ca, Cr, Mn, Ni-the DR14 ASPCAP analyses have systematic differences with the comparisons samples of less than 0.05 dex (median), and random differences of less than 0.15 dex (standard deviation). These differences are a combination of the uncertainties in both the comparison samples as well as the ASPCAP analysis. Compared to the references, magnesium is the most accurate alpha-element derived by ASPCAP, and shows a very clear thin/thick disk separation, while nickel is the most accurate iron-peak element (besides iron itself).</p>}},
  author       = {{Jönsson, Henrik and Prieto, Carlos Allende and Holtzman, Jon A. and Feuillet, Diane K. and Hawkins, Keith and Cunha, Katia and Mészáros, Szabolcs and Hasselquist, Sten and Fernández-Trincado, J. G. and Garciá-Hernández, D. A. and Bizyaev, Dmitry and Carrera, Ricardo and Majewski, Steven R. and Pinsonneault, Marc H. and Shetrone, Matthew and Smith, Verne and Sobeck, Jennifer and Souto, Diogo and Stringfellow, Guy S. and Teske, Johanna and Zamora, Olga}},
  issn         = {{0004-6256}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{The Astronomical Journal}},
  title        = {{APOGEE Data Releases 13 and 14 : Stellar Parameter and Abundance Comparisons with Independent Analyses}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aad4f5}},
  doi          = {{10.3847/1538-3881/aad4f5}},
  volume       = {{156}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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