The promise of Gaia and how it will influence stellar ages

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: The promise of Gaia and how it will influence stellar ages
المؤلفون: Cacciari, Carla
سنة النشر: 2008
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics
الوصف: The Gaia space project, planned for launch in 2011, is one of the ESA cornerstone missions, and will provide astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic data of very high quality for about one billion stars brighter than V=20. This will allow to reach an unprecedented level of information and knowledge on several of the most fundamental astrophysical issues, such as mapping of the Milky Way, stellar physics (classification and parameterization), Galactic kinematics and dynamics, study of the resolved stellar populations in the Local Group, distance scale and age of the Universe, dark matter distribution (potential tracers), reference frame (quasars, astrometry), planet detection, fundamental physics, Solar physics, Solar system science. I will present a description of the instrument and its main characteristics, and discuss a few specific science cases where Gaia data promise to contribute fundamental improvement within the scope of this Symposium.
Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, IAU Symp. 258 on "The Ages of Stars"
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921309032062
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2354
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.0812.2354
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1017/S1743921309032062