The SDSS-III APOGEE experiment is obtaining high-resolution near-IR spectra to provide measurements of stellar parameters and chemical abundances for stars in...
Chemical Cartography with SDSS-III APOGEE: DR12 Results
The SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) spectrograph provides an unprecedented view of the Milky Way disk, due in part to...
Chemical clues on the formation of planetary systems
Theoretical studies suggest that C/O and Mg/Si are the most important elemental ratios in determining the mineralogy of terrestrial planets. The C/O ratio...
Chemical Composition and Temperature Fluctuations in M17
We present echelle spectroscopy in the 3500 to 10300 Angstroms range for two positions of the galactic H ii region M17. The data have been obtained using the 2...
Chemical composition of secondary stars in LMXBs: implications on the progenitors of black holes and neutron stars
Recent studies of chemical abundances of secondary stars in low mass X-ray binaries have opened a new window to obtain information on the progenitors of black...
Chemical composition of stellar populations in ω Centauri
We derive abundances of Fe, Na, O, α and s-elements from GIRAFFE@VLT spectra for more than 200 red giant stars in the Milky Way satellite ω Centauri. Our...
Chemical compositions of stars in the light of non-LTE spectral line formation: the evolution of carbon and oxygen in the Galaxy
Non-LTE effects affect the formation of many spectral features in the spectra of late-type stars. This thesis investigates the effect on carbon and oxygen...