Examinando por Autor "Moni Bidin, Christian"

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    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, Dmitry
    We 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.
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    The enigmatic globular cluster UKS 1 obscured by the bulge: H -band discovery of nitrogen-enhanced stars
    (EDP Sciences, 2020-11-01) Fernández-Trincado, José G.; Minniti, Dante; Beers, Timothy C.; Villanova, Sandro; Geisler, Doug; Souza, Stefano O.; Smith, Leigh C.; Placco, Vinicius M.; Vieira, Katherine; Pérez-Villegas, Angeles; Barbuy, Beatriz; Alves-Brito, Alan; Moni Bidin, Christian; Alonso-García, Javier; Tang, Baitian; Palma, Tali
    The presence of nitrogen-enriched stars in globular clusters provides key evidence for multiple stellar populations (MPs), as has been demonstrated with globular cluster spectroscopic data towards the bulge, disk, and halo. In this work, we employ the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue (VIRAC) and the DR16 SDSS-IV release of the APOGEE survey to provide the first detailed spectroscopic study of the bulge globular cluster UKS 1. Based on these data, a sample of six selected cluster members was studied. We find the mean metallicity of UKS 1 to be [Fe/H] = -0.98 ± 0.11, considerably more metal-poor than previously reported, and a negligible metallicity scatter, typical of that observed by APOGEE in other Galactic globular clusters. In addition, we find a mean radial velocity of 66.1 ± 12.9 km s-1, which is in good agreement with literature values, within 1σ. By selecting stars in the VIRAC catalogue towards UKS 1, we also measure a mean proper motion of (μαcos(δ), μδ) = (-2.77 ± 0.23, -2.43 ± 0.16) mas yr-1. We find strong evidence for the presence of MPs in UKS 1, since four out of the six giants analysed in this work have strong enrichment in nitrogen ([N/Fe] - +0.95) accompanied by lower carbon abundances ([C/Fe] -0.2). Overall, the light- (C, N), α- (O, Mg, Si, Ca, Ti), Fe-peak (Fe, Ni), Odd-Z (Al, K), and the s-process (Ce, Nd, Yb) elemental abundances of our member candidates are consistent with those observed in globular clusters at similar metallicity. Furthermore, the overall star-to-star abundance scatter of elements exhibiting the multiple-population phenomenon in UKS 1 is typical of that found in other global clusters (GCs), and larger than the typical errors of some [X/Fe] abundances. Results from statistical isochrone fits in the VVV colour-magnitude diagrams indicate an age of 13.10-1.29+0.93 Gyr, suggesting that UKS 1 is a fossil relic in the Galactic bulge.
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    The Gaia Parallax Discrepancy for the Cluster Pismis 19 and Separating δ Scutis from Cepheids
    (Institute of Physics, 2025-04) Majaess, Daniel; Bonatto, Charles J.; Turner, David G.; Saito, Roberto K.; Minniti, Dante; Moni Bidin, Christian; González-Díaz, Danilo; Alonso-Garcia, Javier; Bono, Giuseppe; Braga, Vittorio F.; Navarro, Maria G.; Carraro, Giovanni; Gomez, Matias
    Pre-Gaia distances for the open cluster Pismis 19 disagree with Gaia parallaxes. A Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) JKs red clump distance was therefore established for Pismis 19 (2.90 ± 0.15 kpc), which reaffirms that zero-point corrections for Gaia are required. OGLE GD-CEP-1864 is confirmed as a member of Pismis 19 on the basis of DR3 proper motions and its 2MASS+Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea color-magnitude position near the tip of the turnoff. That 0.3 day variable star is likely a δ Scuti rather than a classical Cepheid. The case revealed a pertinent criterion to segregate those two populations in tandem with the break in the Wesenheit Leavitt Law (≃0.5 day). Just shortward of that period discontinuity are δ Scutis, whereas beyond the break lie first overtone classical Cepheids mostly observed beyond the first crossing of the instability strip. © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.