Stellar-mass black holes in the Hyades star cluster?

S Torniamenti, M Gieles, Z Penoyre… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Astrophysical models of binary-black hole mergers in the universe require a significant
fraction of stellar-mass black holes (BHs) to receive negligible natal kicks to explain the …

The Unified Cluster Catalogue: towards a comprehensive and homogeneous data base of stellar clusters

GI Perren, MS Pera, HD Navone… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We introduce the Unified Cluster Catalogue, the largest catalogue of stellar
clusters currently listing nearly 14 000 objects. In this initial release, it exclusively contains …

Revisiting Galactic disk and spiral arms using open clusters

YC Joshi, S Malhotra - The Astronomical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We use the largest catalog of open clusters in the post-Gaia era to provide an observational
view of the Galactic disk. By compiling physical parameters such as age, distance, and …

The Deeper Studies of IC 2488 and IC 2714

JS Qiu, QF Zhu, XZ Li, XH Xu… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we use two methods, an algorithm of the density-based spatial clustering of
applications with noise combined with the Gaussian mixture model, and the maximum …

Investigating 56 High Galactic Latitude Open Cluster Candidates in Gaia DR3

Y Wu, J Chen, S Zhang, X Wei, F He… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Using Gaia DR3 data, we revisit 56 high Galactic latitude (∣ b∣≥ 30) open cluster (OC)
candidates with poor shapes of color–magnitude diagrams (CMDs), including unclear and …

Theia 456: Tidally Shredding an Open Cluster

KR Tregoning, JJ Andrews, MA Agüeros… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The application of clustering algorithms to the Gaia astrometric catalog has revolutionized
our census of stellar populations in the Milky Way, including the discovery of many new …

Density-based clustering algorithm for galaxy group/cluster identification

HX Ma, TT Takeuchi, S Cooray, Y Zhu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.09855, 2024 - arxiv.org
A direct approach to studying the galaxy-halo connection is the analysis of observed groups
and clusters of galaxies that trace the underlying dark matter halos, making identifying …

BSEC method for unveiling open clusters and its application to Gaia DR3: 83 new clusters

ZM Li, CY Mao - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Open clusters (OCs) are common in the Milky Way, but most of them remain undiscovered.
There are numerous techniques, including some machine-learning algorithms, available for …