Stellar Population Astrophysics (SPA) with the TNG. Beyond the iron peak: Galactic evolution of molybdenum, ruthenium and zirconium through open clusters

arXiv:2607.26347 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-07-28 · Read on arXiv

Natalia Alvarez-Baena, Valentina D'Orazi, Christopher Sneden, Athanasios Psaltis, Frédéric Thévenin, Angela Bragaglia, Tamara Mishenina, Shilpa Bijavara Seshashayana, Ricardo Carrera, Laia Casamiquela, Marina Dal Ponte, Henrik Jönsson, Antonino Nunnari, Marco Pignatari

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-07-28

Code: https://github.com/Li-Yangyang/LOTUShttps:

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 74× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Stellar Population Astrophysics — 14× in this paper
• Metallicity — 5× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Neutron-capture elements — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Telescopio Nazionale Galileo — 3× in this paper
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo — 2× in this paper
• Master in Astrophysics and Space Science — 2× in this paper
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Akaike Information Criterion — 1× in this paper
• Asymptotic Giant Branch — 1× in this paper
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• European Space Agency — 1× in this paper
• Galactic Chemical Evolution — 1× in this paper
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Data analysis recipes: Fitting a model to data
• HRMOS: A High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph for the VLT
• Molybdenum in the open cluster stars

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