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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Membership probabilities for stars in 63 open and 7 globular clusters from 3D kinematics

Authors :
Maria Bergemann
Emanuele Tognelli
A. Hourihane
E. Pancino
Grazina Tautvaisiene
Giovanni Carraro
Laura Magrini
L. Prisinzano
P. G. Prada Moroni
G. G. Sacco
Angela Bragaglia
Nicholas J. Wright
Thomas Bensby
Rodolfo Smiljanic
Sofia Randich
C. C. Worley
L. Morbidelli
Paula Jofre
Simone Zaggia
Anais Gonneau
Jack Lewis
E. Franciosini
Scilla Degl'Innocenti
G. F. Gilmore
R. J. Jackson
M. L. Gutiérrez Albarrán
F. M. Jiménez-Esteban
R. D. Jeffries
D. Montes
Gilmore, Gerard [0000-0003-4632-0213]
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Source :
E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM, instname
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Spectroscopy from the final internal data release of the Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) has been combined with Gaia EDR3 to assign membership probabilities to targets observed towards 63 Galactic open clusters and 7 globular clusters. The membership probabilities are based chiefly on maximum likelihood modelling of the 3D kinematics of the targets, separating them into cluster and field populations. From 43211 observed targets, 13985 are identified as highly probable cluster members ($P>0.9$), with an average membership probability of 0.993. The addition of GES radial velocities successfully drives down the fraction of false positives and we achieve better levels of discrimination in most clusters over the use of astrometric data alone, especially those at larger distances. Since the membership selection is almost purely kinematic, the union of this catalogue with GES and Gaia is ideal for investigating the photometric and chemical properties of clusters as a function of stellar mass, age and Galactic position.<br />Accepted version for publication in MNRAS. 16 pages + 38 pages of Appendices

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13652966
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM, instname
Accession number :
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