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Lennart Lindegren

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GAIA: AGB stars as tracers of star formation histories in the Galaxy and beyond

Author

  • Arunas Kucinskas
  • Lennart Lindegren
  • Toshihiko Tanabé
  • Vladas Vansevicius

Editor

  • Y. Nakada
  • M. Honma
  • M. Seki

Summary, in English

We discuss the tracing of star formation histories with ESAs spaceastrometry mission GAIA, emphasizing the advantages of AGB stars for thepurpose. GAIAs microarcsecond-level astrometry, multi-band photometryand spectroscopy will provide individual distances, motions,T<SUB>eff</SUB>, log g and [M/H for vast numbers of AGB stars in theGalaxy and beyond. Reliable ages of AGB stars can be determined todistances of 200 kpc in a wide range of ages and metallicities,allowing star formation histories to be studied in a diversity ofastrophysical environments.

Department/s

  • Lund Observatory - Has been reorganised

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

39-42

Publication/Series

In: Mass-losing pulsating stars and their circumstellar matter. Workshop, May 13-16, 2002, Sendai, Japan, edited by Y. Nakada, M. Honma and M. Seki. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Vol. 283, Dordrecht

Volume

283

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Keywords

  • Star Formation: Galaxy
  • Stars: AGB

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 1402011628