Current challenges in the physics of white dwarf stars

D Saumon, S Blouin, PE Tremblay - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
White dwarfs are a class of stars with unique physical properties. They present many
challenging problems whose solution requires advanced theories of dense matter, state-of …

Near-field cosmology with extremely metal-poor stars

A Frebel, JE Norris - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The oldest, most metal-poor stars in the Galactic halo and satellite dwarf galaxies present an
opportunity to explore the chemical and physical conditions of the earliest star-forming …

Observational constraints on the origin of the elements-IV. Standard composition of the Sun

E Magg, M Bergemann, A Serenelli, M Bautista… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The chemical composition of the Sun is required in the context of various studies in
astrophysics, among them in the calculation of standard solar models (SSMs) used to …

The GALAH Survey: second data release

S Buder, M Asplund, L Duong, J Kos… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Galactic Archaeology with HERMES (GALAH) survey is a large-scale stellar
spectroscopic survey of the Milky Way, designed to deliver complementary chemical …

Retrieving temperatures and abundances of exoplanet atmospheres with high-resolution cross-correlation spectroscopy

M Brogi, MR Line - The Astronomical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
High-resolution spectroscopy (R≥ 25,000) has recently emerged as one of the leading
methods for detecting atomic and molecular species in the atmospheres of exoplanets …

The PLATO 2.0 mission

H Rauer, C Catala, C Aerts, T Appourchaux… - Experimental …, 2014 - Springer
PLATO 2.0 has recently been selected for ESA's M3 launch opportunity (2022/24). Providing
accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and age) in statistical numbers, it …

A single low-energy, iron-poor supernova as the source of metals in the star SMSS J031300. 36− 670839.3

SC Keller, MS Bessell, A Frebel, AR Casey, M Asplund… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The element abundance ratios of four low-mass stars with extremely low metallicities
(abundances of elements heavier than helium) indicate that the gas out of which the stars …

The chemical make-up of the Sun: A 2020 vision

M Asplund, AM Amarsi, N Grevesse - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The chemical composition of the Sun is a fundamental yardstick in astronomy,
relative to which essentially all cosmic objects are referenced. As such, having accurate …

Accuracy and precision of industrial stellar abundances

P Jofré, U Heiter, C Soubiran - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
There has been an incredibly large investment in obtaining high-resolution stellar spectra for
determining chemical abundances of stars. This information is crucial to answer …

Colloquium: Unusual dynamics of convection in the Sun

J Schumacher, KR Sreenivasan - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
The Sun is our nearest star; it is also the most important star that determines life on Earth. A
large variety of phenomena observed on the Sun's surface, with potential impact on Earth, is …