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The GAIA-ESO Survey: The Contribution from CAUP

S. G. Sousa, V. Zh. Adibekyan, I. M. Brandão, M. S. Cunha, D. F. M. Folha, J. F. Gameiro, M. Montalto, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, G. Pace, N. C. Santos

Abstract.
Gaia-ESO is a large public spectroscopic survey, targeting more that 100000 stars, systematically covering all major components of our galaxy, from halo to star forming regions, providing the first homogeneous overview of the distributions of kinematics and elemental abundances. This will substancially increase the knowledge of Galactic and stellar evolution. With the Gaia astrometry the survey will quantify the formation history and evolution of young, mature and ancient Galactic populations.
With well-defined samples, we will survey the bulge, thick and thin discs and halo components, and open star clusters of all ages and masses. Here we present the work structure focusing on the CAUP's envolvement within the Gaia-ESO survey.

XXI Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofisica
Coimbra, Portugal
September 2011

Type: Oral comunication

Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences

Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) is a new but long anticipated research infrastructure with a national dimension. It embodies a bold but feasible vision for the development of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Sciences in Portugal, taking full advantage and fully realizing the potential created by the national membership of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). IA resulted from the merging the two most prominent research units in the field in Portugal: the Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto (CAUP) and the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Lisbon (CAAUL). It currently hosts more than two-thirds of all active researchers working in Space Sciences in Portugal, and is responsible for an even greater fraction of the national productivity in international ISI journals in the area of Space Sciences. This is the scientific area with the highest relative impact factor (1.65 times above the international average) and the field with the highest average number of citations per article for Portugal.

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