The GALAH Survey: Neutron-Capture Elemental Abundances for 350,000 Gaia -RVS Spectra and the Chemodynamics of Accreted Structures
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2026
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Abstract
Abstract We present a comprehensive data-driven spectroscopic analysis of 357,415 red giant stars using Gaia DR3 Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) spectra (8460–8700 Å; R ≈ 11, 500), aimed at deriving precise stellar parameters and elemental abundances (collectively referred to as stellar labels). We employ The Cannon, a generative model based on 2747 giants in common with GALAH DR4, adopting GALAH labels (R ≈ 28, 000) for training. The resulting model predicts eleven stellar labels for RVS giants: effective temperature (Teff), surface gravity (log g), projected rotational velocity (vsin i), and abundances of [Fe/H], [Ca/Fe], [Si/Fe], [Ni/Fe], [Ti/Fe], as well as the neutron-capture elements [Zr/Fe], [Ce/Fe], and [Nd/Fe]. Building on these results, we develop a probabilistic framework to chemically identify debris from the Gaia–Sausage–Enceladus (GSE) accretion event. A logistic regression classifier, optimised via Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling and trained on a small reference sample of GSE members and comparison stars, identifies stars with high GSE membership probabilities based solely on their chemical abundances, with the resulting candidates exhibiting distinctive abundance-ratio patterns, including [Ca/Ti], [Ti/Ce], and [Nd/Zr]. Applying independent kinematic constraints yields a robust sample of GSE candidates, demonstrating that the characteristic chemical signatures remain consistent after applying these constraints. This work demonstrates the power of data-driven analysis techniques to extract detailed chemical information from medium-resolution spectra and establishes a framework for tracing Galactic accretion events using chemical abundances.
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| Authors | P. K. Das, Daniel B Zucker, Aldo Mura-Guzmán, Nicholas W. Borsato, Gayandhi M De Silva, Sven Buder, Diane Feuillet, Thomas Nordlander, Melissa Ness, Sarah L. Martell, Janez Kos, J Bland-Hawthorn, Ken C. Freeman, Andrew R. Casey, Geraint F. Lewis, Dennis Stello, Richard de Grijs |
| Journal | monthly notices of the royal astronomical society |
| Year | 2026 |
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10.1093/mnras/stag1142
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