The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Thomas Bensby. Profile photo.

Thomas Bensby

Senior lecturer

Thomas Bensby. Profile photo.

The Gaia -ESO Survey : Lithium measurements and new curves of growth

Author

  • E. Franciosini
  • S. Randich
  • P. De Laverny
  • K. Biazzo
  • D. K. Feuillet
  • A. Frasca
  • K. Lind
  • L. Prisinzano
  • G. Tautvaišiene
  • A. C. Lanzafame
  • R. Smiljanic
  • A. Gonneau
  • L. Magrini
  • E. Pancino
  • G. Guiglion
  • G. G. Sacco
  • N. Sanna
  • G. Gilmore
  • P. Bonifacio
  • R. D. Jeffries
  • G. Micela
  • T. Prusti
  • E. J. Alfaro
  • T. Bensby
  • A. Bragaglia
  • P. François
  • A. J. Korn
  • S. Van Eck
  • A. Bayo
  • M. Bergemann
  • G. Carraro
  • U. Heiter
  • A. Hourihane
  • P. Jofré
  • J. Lewis
  • C. Martayan
  • L. Monaco
  • L. Morbidelli
  • C. C. Worley
  • S. Zaggia
Show all

Summary, in English

Context. The Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) is a large public spectroscopic survey that was carried out using the multi-object FLAMES spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope. The survey provides accurate radial velocities, stellar parameters, and elemental abundances for ~115 000 stars in all Milky Way components. Aims. In this paper, we describe the method adopted in the final data release to derive lithium equivalent widths (EWs) and abundances. Methods. Lithium EWs were measured using two different approaches for FGK and M-type stars, to account for the intrinsic differences in the spectra. For FGK stars, we fitted the lithium line using Gaussian components, while direct integration over a predefined interval was adopted for M-type stars. Care was taken to ensure continuity between the two regimes. Abundances were derived using a new set of homogeneous curves of growth that were derived specifically for GES, and which were measured on a synthetic spectral grid consistently with the way the EWs were measured. The derived abundances were validated by comparison with those measured by other analysis groups using different methods. Results. Lithium EWs were measured for ~40 000 stars, and abundances could be derived for ~38 000 of them. The vast majority of the measures (80%) have been obtained for stars in open cluster fields. The remaining objects are stars in globular clusters, or field stars in the Milky Way disc, bulge, and halo. Conclusions. The GES dataset of homogeneous lithium abundances described here will be valuable for our understanding of several processes, from stellar evolution and internal mixing in stars at different evolutionary stages to Galactic evolution.

Department/s

  • Lund Observatory - Has been reorganised

Publishing year

2022-12

Language

English

Publication/Series

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume

668

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Keywords

  • Methods: data analysis
  • Stars: abundances
  • Stars: late-type
  • Surveys

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0004-6361