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Ítem APOGEE Chemical Abundances of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2017-09) Hasselquist, Sten; Shetrone, Matthew; Smith, Verne; Holtzman, Jon; McWilliam, Andrew; Fernández-Trincado J.G.; Beers, Timothy C.; Majewski, Steven R.; Nidever, David L.; Tang, Baitian; Tissera, Patricia B.; Alvar, Emma Fernández; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Almeida, Andres; Anguiano, Borja; Battaglia, Giuseppina; Carigi, Leticia; Delgado Inglada, Gloria; Frinchaboy, Peter; Garcia-Hernández D.A.; Geisler, Doug; Minniti, Dante; Placco, Vinicius M.; Schultheis, Mathias; Sobeck, Jennifer; Villanova, SandroThe Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment provides the opportunity of measuring elemental abundances for C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, K, Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni in vast numbers of stars. We analyze thechemical-abundance patterns of these elements for 158 red giant stars belonging to the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (Sgr). This is the largest sample of Sgr stars with detailed chemical abundances, and it is the first time that C, N, P, K, V, Cr, Co, and Ni have been studied at high resolution in this galaxy. We find that the Sgr stars with [Fe/H] ≈ -0.8 are deficient in all elemental abundance ratios (expressed as [X/Fe]) relative to the Milky Way, suggesting that the Sgr stars observed today were formed from gas that was less enriched by Type II SNe than stars formed in the Milky Way. By examining the relative deficiencies of the hydrostatic (O, Na, Mg, and Al) and explosive (Si, P, K, and Mn) elements, our analysis supports the argument that previous generations of Sgr stars were formed with a top-light initial mass function, one lacking the most massive stars that would normally pollute the interstellar medium with the hydrostatic elements. We use a simple chemical-evolution model, flexCE, to further support our claim and conclude that recent stellar generations of Fornax and the Large Magellanic Cloud could also have formed according to a top-light initial mass function. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..Ítem APOGEE-2 Discovery of a Large Population of Relatively High-metallicity Globular Cluster Debris(American Astronomical Society, 2021-09-10) Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Beers, Timothy C.; Queiroz, Anna. B. A.; Chiappini, Cristina; Minniti, Dante; Barbuy, Beatriz; Majewski, Steven R.; Ortigoza-Urdaneta, Mario; Moni Bidin, Christian; Robin, Annie C.; Moreno, Edmundo; Chaves-Velasquez, Leonardo; Villanova, Sandro; Lane, Richard R.; Pan, Kaike; Bizyaev, DmitryWe report the discovery of a new, chemically distinct population of relatively high-metallicity ([Fe/H] > -0.7) red giant stars with super-solar [N/Fe] (⪆+0.75) identified within the bulge, disk, and halo of the Milky Way. This sample of stars was observed during the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE-2); the spectra of these stars are part of the seventeenth Data Release (DR 17) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We hypothesize that this newly identified population was formed in a variety of progenitors, and is likely made up of either fully or partially destroyed metal-rich globular clusters, which we refer to as globular cluster debris (GCD), identified by their unusual photospheric nitrogen abundances. It is likely that some of the GCD stars were probable members of the Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage accretion event, along with clusters formed in situ. © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.Ítem APOGEE-2S Discovery of Light- And Heavy-element Abundance Correlations in the Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6380(American Astronomical Society, 2021-09-01) Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Beers, Timothy C.; Barbuy, Beatriz; Mészáros, Szabolcs; Minniti, Dante; Smith, Verne V.; Cunha, Katia; Villanova, Sandro; Geisler, Doug; Majewski, Steven R.; Carigi, Leticia; Tang, Baitian; Moni Bidin, Christian; Vieira, KatherineWe derive abundance ratios for nine stars in the relatively high-metallicity bulge globular cluster NGC 6380. We find a mean cluster metallicity between [Fe/H] = -0.80 and -0.73, with no clear evidence for a variation in iron abundances beyond the observational errors. Stars with strongly enhanced [N/Fe] abundance ratios populate the cluster and are anticorrelated with [C/Fe], trends that are considered a signal of the multiple-population phenomenon in this cluster. We detect an apparent intrinsic star-to-star spread (⪆0.27 dex) in the slow neutron-capture process element (s-element) Ce ii. Moreover, the [Ce/Fe] abundance ratio exhibits a likely correlation with [N/Fe], and a somewhat weaker correlation with [Al/Fe]. If confirmed, NGC 6380 could be the first high-metallicity globular cluster where a N-Ce correlation is detected. Furthermore, this correlation suggests that Ce may also be an element involved in the multiple-population phenomenon. Currently, a consensus interpretation for the origin of the this apparent N-Ce correlation in high-metallicity clusters is lacking. We tentatively suggest that it could be reproduced by different channels - low-mass asymptotic giant branch stars in the high-metallicity regime or fast-rotating massive stars ("spinstars"), due to the rotational mixing. It may also be the cumulative effect of several pollution events including the occurrence of peculiar stars. Our findings should guide stellar nucleosynthesis models, in order to understand the reasons for its apparent exclusivity in relatively high-metallicity globular clusters. © 2021. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.Ítem Final Targeting Strategy for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2S Survey(American Astronomical Society, 2021-12-01) Santana, Felipe A.; Beaton, Rachael L.; Covey, Kevin R.; O'Connell, Julia E.; Longa-Peña, Penélope; Cohen, Roger; Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Hayes, Christian R.; Zasowski, Gail; Sobeck, Jennifer S.; Majewski, Steven R.; Chojnowski, S. D.; De Lee, Nathan; Oelkers, Ryan J.; Stringfellow, Guy S.; Almeida, Andrés; Anguiano, Borja; Donor, John; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Hasselquist, Sten; Johnson, Jennifer A.; Kollmeier, Juna A.; Nidever, David L.; Price-Whelan, Adrian M.; Rojas-Arriagada, Álvaro; Schultheis, Mathias; Shetrone, Matthew; Simon, Joshua D.; Aerts, Conny; Borissova, Jura; Drout, María R.; Geisler, Doug; Law, C. Y.; Medina, Nicolas; Minniti, Dante; Monachesi, Antonela; Muñoz, Ricardo R.; Poleski, Radosław; Roman-Lopes, Alexandre; Schlaufman, Kevin C.; Stutz, Amelia M.; Teske, Johanna; Tkachenko, Andrew; Van Saders, Jennifer L.; Weinberger, Alycia J.; Zoccali, ManuelaAPOGEE is a high-resolution (R ∼ 22,000), near-infrared, multi-epoch, spectroscopic survey of the Milky Way. The second generation of the APOGEE project, APOGEE-2, includes an expansion of the survey to the Southern Hemisphere called APOGEE-2S. This expansion enabled APOGEE to perform a fully panoramic mapping of all of the main regions of the Milky Way; in particular, by operating in the H band, APOGEE is uniquely able to probe the dust-hidden inner regions of the Milky Way that are best accessed from the Southern Hemisphere. In this paper we present the targeting strategy of APOGEE-2S, with special attention to documenting modifications to the original, previously published plan. The motivation for these changes is explained as well as an assessment of their effectiveness in achieving their intended scientific objective. In anticipation of this being the last paper detailing APOGEE targeting, we present an accounting of all such information complete through the end of the APOGEE-2S project; this includes several main survey programs dedicated to exploration of major stellar populations and regions of the Milky Way, as well as a full list of programs contributing to the APOGEE database through allocations of observing time by the Chilean National Time Allocation Committee and the Carnegie Institution for Science. This work was presented along with a companion article, Beaton et al. (2021), presenting the final target selection strategy adopted for APOGEE-2 in the Northern Hemisphere.Ítem Homogeneous analysis of globular clusters from the APOGEE survey with the BACCHUS code – II. The Southern clusters and overview(Oxford University Press, 2020-02) Szabolcs, Meszaros; Masseron, Thomas; García-Hernandez, D. A.; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Beers, Timothy C.; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Chojnowski, Drew; Cohen, Roger E.; Cunha, Katia; Dell’Agli, Flavia; Ebelke, Garrett; Fernandez-Trincado, Jose G.; Frinchaboy, Peter; Geisler, Doug; Hasselquist, Sten; Hearty, Fred; Holtzman, Jon; Johnson, Jennifer; Lane, Richard R; Lacerna, Ivan; Longa-Pena, Penelope; Majewski, Steven R.; Martell, Sarah L; Minniti, Dante; Nataf, David; Nidever, David L.; Pan, Kaike; Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Shetrone, Matthew; Smith, Verne V.; . Sobeck, Jennifer S; Stringfellow, Guy S.; Szigeti, Laszlo; Tang, Baitian; Wilson, John C.; Zamora, OlgaWe investigate the Fe, C, N, O, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Ce, and Nd abundances of 2283 red giant stars in 31 globular clusters from high-resolution spectra observed in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere by the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2 survey. This unprecedented homogeneous data set, largest to date, allows us to discuss the intrinsic Fe spread, the shape, and statistics of Al-Mg and N-C anti-correlations as a function of cluster mass, luminosity, age, and metallicity for all 31 clusters. We find that the Fe spread does not depend on these parameters within our uncertainties including cluster metallicity, contradicting earlier observations. We do not confirm the metallicity variations previously observed in M22 and NGC 1851. Some clusters show a bimodal Al distribution, while others exhibit a continuous distribution as has been previously reported in the literature. We confirm more than two populations in ω Cen and NGC 6752, and find new ones in M79. We discuss the scatter of Al by implementing a correction to the standard chemical evolution of Al in the Milky Way. After correction, its dependence on cluster mass is increased suggesting that the extent of Al enrichment as a function of mass was suppressed before the correction. We observe a turnover in the Mg-Al anticorrelation at very low Mg in ω Cen, similar to the pattern previously reported in M15 and M92. ω Cen may also have a weak K-Mg anticorrelation, and if confirmed, it would be only the third cluster known to show such a patternÍtem Stellar and Planetary Characterization of the Ross 128 Exoplanetary System from APOGEE Spectra(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2018-06) Souto, Diogo; Unterborn, Cayman T.; Smith, Verne V.; Cunha, Katia; Teske, Johanna; Covey, Kevin; Rojas-Ayala, Bárbara; García-Hernández D.A.; Stassun, Keivank, I.; Zamora, Olga; Masseron, Thomas; Johnson J.A.; Majewski, Steven R.; Jönsson, Henrik; Gilhool, Steven; Blake, Cullen; Santana, FelipeThe first detailed chemical abundance analysis of the M-dwarf (M4.0) exoplanet-hosting star Ross 128 is presented here, based upon near-infrared (1.5-1.7 μm), high-resolution (R ∼ 22,500) spectra from the SDSS Apache Point Galactic Evolution Experiment survey. We determined precise atmospheric parameters T eff = 3231 ±100 K, log g = 4.96 ±0.11 dex and chemical abundances of eight elements (C, O, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, and Fe), finding Ross 128 to have near solar metallicity ([Fe/H] = +0.03 ± 0.09 dex). The derived results were obtained via spectral synthesis (1D LTE) adopting both MARCS and PHOENIX model atmospheres; stellar parameters and chemical abundances derived from the different adopted models do not show significant offsets. Mass-radius modeling of Ross 128b indicates that it lies below the pure-rock composition curve, suggesting that it contains a mixture of rock and iron, with the relative amounts of each set by the ratio of Fe/Mg. If Ross 128b formed with a subsolar Si abundance, and assuming the planet's composition matches that of the host star, it likely has a larger core size relative to the Earth despite this producing a planet with a Si/Mg abundance ratio ∼34% greater than the Sun. The derived planetary parameters - insolation flux (S Earth = 1.79 ±0.26) and equilibrium temperature (T eq = 294 ±10 K) - support previous findings that Ross 128b is a temperate exoplanet in the inner edge of the habitable zone. © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.Ítem Stellar Characterization and Radius Inflation of Hyades M-dwarf Stars from the APOGEE Survey(Institute of Physics, 2023-07-01) Wanderley, Fábio; Cunha, Katia; Souto, Diogo; Smith, Verne V.; Cao, Lyra; Pinsonneault, Marc; Allende Prieto, C.; Covey, Kevin; Masseron, Thomas; Pascucci, Ilaria; Stassun, Keivan G.; Terrien, Ryan; Bergsten, Galen J.; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Jönsson, Henrik; Hasselquist, Sten; Holtzman, Jon A.; Lane, Richard R.; Mahadevan, Suvrath; Majewski, Steven R.; Minniti, Dante; Pan, Kaike; Serna, Javier; Sobeck, Jennifer; Stringfellow, Guy S.We present a spectroscopic analysis of a sample of 48 M-dwarf stars (0.2 M ⊙ < M < 0.6 M ⊙) from the Hyades open cluster using high-resolution H-band spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey/Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey. Our methodology adopts spectrum synthesis with LTE MARCS model atmospheres, along with the APOGEE Data Release 17 line list, to determine effective temperatures, surface gravities, metallicities, and projected rotational velocities. The median metallicity obtained for the Hyades M dwarfs is [M/H] = 0.09 ± 0.03 dex, indicating a small internal uncertainty and good agreement with optical results for Hyades red giants. Overall, the median radii are larger than predicted by stellar models by 1.6% ± 2.3% and 2.4% ± 2.3%, relative to a MIST and DARTMOUTH isochrone, respectively. We emphasize, however, that these isochrones are different, and the fractional radius inflation for the fully and partially convective regimes have distinct behaviors depending on the isochrone. Using a MIST isochrone there is no evidence of radius inflation for the fully convective stars, while for the partially convective M dwarfs the radii are inflated by 2.7% ± 2.1%, which is in agreement with predictions from models that include magnetic fields. For the partially convective stars, rapid rotators present on average higher inflation levels than slow rotators. The comparison with SPOTS isochrone models indicates that the derived M-dwarf radii can be explained by accounting for stellar spots in the photosphere of the stars, with 76% of the studied M dwarfs having up to 20% spot coverage, and the most inflated stars with ∼20%-40% spot coverage.Ítem The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. IV. Abundances for 128 Open Clusters Using SDSS/APOGEE DR16(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020-05) Donor, John; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Cunha, Katia; O'connell, Julia E.; Prieto, Carlos Allende; Almeida, Andrés; Anders, Friedrich; Beaton, Rachael; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Brownstein, Joel R.; Carrera, Ricardo; Chiappini, Cristina; Cohen, Roger; García-Hernández D. A.; Geisler, Doug; Hasselquist, Sten; Jönsson, Henrik; Lane, Richard R.; Majewski, Steven R.; Minniti, Dante; Bidin, Christian Moni; Pan, Kaike; Roman-Lopes, Alexandre; Sobeck, Jennifer S.; Zasowski, GailThe Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping (OCCAM) survey aims to constrain key Galactic dynamical and chemical evolution parameters by the construction of a large, comprehensive, uniform, infrared-based spectroscopic data set of hundreds of open clusters. This fourth contribution from the OCCAM survey presents analysis using Sloan Digital Sky Survey/APOGEE DR16 of a sample of 128 open clusters, 71 of which we designate to be "high quality" based on the appearance of their color-magnitude diagram. We find the APOGEE DR16 derived [Fe/H] abundances to be in good agreement with previous high-resolution spectroscopic open cluster abundance studies. Using the high-quality sample, we measure Galactic abundance gradients in 16 elements, and find evolution of some of the [X/Fe] gradients as a function of age. We find an overall Galactic [Fe/H] versus R GC gradient of -0.068 ± 0.001 dex kpc-1 over the range of 6 < R GC < 13.9 kpc; however, we note that this result is sensitive to the distance catalog used, varying as much as 15%. We formally derive the location of a break in the [Fe/H] abundance gradient as a free parameter in the gradient fit for the first time. We also measure significant Galactic gradients in O, Mg, S, Ca, Mn, Cr, Cu, Na, Al, and K, some of which are measured for the first time. Our large sample allows us to examine four well-populated age bins in order to explore the time evolution of gradients for a large number of elements and comment on possible implications for Galactic chemical evolution and radial migration.Ítem The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. VI. Galactic Chemical Gradient Analysis from APOGEE DR17(American Astronomical Society, 2022-09-01) Myers, Natalie; Donor, John; Spoo, Taylor; Frinchaboy, Peter M.; Cunha, Katia; Price Whelan, Adrian M.; Majewski, Steven R.; Beaton, Rachael L.; Zasowski, Gail; O'connell, Julia; Ray, Amy E.; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Chiappini, Cristina; García Hernández, D.A.; Geisler, Doug; Jönsson, Henrik; Lane, Richard R.; Longa Peña, Penélope; Minchev, Ivan; Minniti, Dante; Nitschelm, Christian; Roman Lopes, A.The goal of the Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping (OCCAM) survey is to constrain key Galactic dynamic and chemical evolution parameters by the construction and analysis of a large, comprehensive, uniform data set of infrared spectra for stars in hundreds of open clusters. This sixth contribution from the OCCAM survey presents analysis of SDSS/APOGEE Data Release 17 (DR17) results for a sample of stars in 150 open clusters, 94 of which we designate to be "high-quality"based on the appearance of their color-magnitude diagram. We find the APOGEE DR17-derived [Fe/H] values to be in good agreement with those from previous high-resolution spectroscopic open cluster abundance studies. Using a subset of the high-quality sample, the Galactic abundance gradients were measured for 16 chemical elements, including [Fe/H], for both Galactocentric radius (R GC) and guiding center radius (R guide). We find an overall Galactic [Fe/H] versus R GC gradient of -0.073 ± 0.002 dex kpc-1 over the range of 6 > R GC < 11.5 kpc, and a similar gradient is found for [Fe/H] versus R guide. Significant Galactic abundance gradients are also noted for O, Mg, S, Ca, Mn, Na, Al, K, and Ce. Our large sample additionally allows us to explore the evolution of the gradients in four age bins for the remaining 15 elements. © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.Ítem The origin of accreted stellar halo populations in the milky way using apogee, gaia, and the eagle simulations(Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019-01-21) Mackereth, J. Ted; Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Pfeffer, Joel; Hayes, Christian R.; Bovy, Jo; Anguiano, Borja; Prieto, Carlos Allende; Hasselquist, Sten; Holtzman, Jon; Johnson, Jennifer A.; Majewski, Steven R.; O’Connell, Robert; Shetrone, Matthew; Tissera, Patricia B.; Fernandez-Trincado, J. G.Kinematics of halo stars. We show that ∼2/3 of nearby halo stars have high orbital eccentricities (e 0.8), and abundance patterns typical of massive Milky Way dwarf galaxy satellites today, characterized by relatively low [Fe/H], [Mg/Fe], [Al/Fe], and [Ni/Fe]. The trend followed by high-e stars in the [Mg/Fe]-[Fe/H] plane shows a change of slope at [Fe/H] ∼ -1.3, which is also typical of stellar populations from relatively massive dwarf galaxies. Low-e stars exhibit no such change of slope within the observed [Fe/H] range and show slightly higher abundances of Mg, Al, and Ni. Unlike their low-e counterparts, high-e stars show slightly retrograde motion, make higher vertical excursions, and reach larger apocentre radii. By comparing the position in [Mg/Fe]-[Fe/H] space of high-e stars with those of accreted galaxies from the EAGLE suite of cosmological simulations, we constrain the mass of the accreted satellite to be in the range 108.5≲ M ≲ 109M⊙ We show that the median orbital eccentricities of debris are largely unchanged since merger time, implying that this accretion event likely happened at z≲1.5. The exact nature of the low-e population is unclear, but we hypothesize that it is a combination of in situ star formation, high-|z| disc stars, lower mass accretion events, and contamination by the low-e tail of the high-e population. Finally, our results imply that the accretion history of the Milky Way was quite unusual.