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Gaia Data Release 2

Thierry Forveille, Rubina Kotak, Steve Shore and Eline Tolstoy

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833955

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Summary of the contents and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, C. Babusiaux, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, M. Biermann, D. W. Evans, L. Eyer et al. (444 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833051

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Gaia Data Release 2 - The astrometric solution

L. Lindegren, J. Hernández, A. Bombrun, S. Klioner, U. Bastian, M. Ramos-Lerate, A. de Torres, H. Steidelmüller, C. Stephenson, D. Hobbs et al. (80 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832727

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Processing of the photometric data

M. Riello, F. De Angeli, D. W. Evans, G. Busso, N. C. Hambly, M. Davidson, P. W. Burgess, P. Montegriffo, P. J. Osborne, A. Kewley et al. (6 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832712

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Photometric content and validation

D. W. Evans, M. Riello, F. De Angeli, J. M. Carrasco, P. Montegriffo, C. Fabricius, C. Jordi, L. Palaversa, C. Diener, G. Busso et al. (36 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832756

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Gaia Radial Velocity Spectrometer

M. Cropper, D. Katz, P. Sartoretti, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, F. Chassat, P. Charvet, J. Boyadjian, M. Perryman, G. Sarri et al. (33 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832763

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Processing the spectroscopic data

P. Sartoretti, D. Katz, M. Cropper, P. Panuzzo, G. M. Seabroke, Y. Viala, K. Benson, R. Blomme, G. Jasniewicz, A. Jean-Antoine et al. (43 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832836

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Gaia Data Release 2 - The catalogue of radial velocity standard stars

C. Soubiran, G. Jasniewicz, L. Chemin, C. Zurbach, N. Brouillet, P. Panuzzo, P. Sartoretti, D. Katz, J.-F. Le Campion, O. Marchal et al. (32 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832795

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Gaia Data Release 2 - First stellar parameters from Apsis

René Andrae, Morgan Fouesneau, Orlagh Creevey, Christophe Ordenovic, Nicolas Mary, Alexandru Burlacu, Laurence Chaoul, Anne Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, Georges Kordopatis, Andreas Korn et al. (6 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732516

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Using Gaia parallaxes

X. Luri, A. G. A. Brown, L. M. Sarro, F. Arenou, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, A. Castro-Ginard, J. de Bruijne, T. Prusti, C. Babusiaux and H. E. Delgado

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832964

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

Gaia Collaboration, C. Babusiaux, F. van Leeuwen, M. A. Barstow, C. Jordi, A. Vallenari, D. Bossini, A. Bressan, T. Cantat-Gaudin, M. van Leeuwen et al. (443 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832843

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Mapping the Milky Way disc kinematics

Gaia Collaboration, D. Katz, T. Antoja, M. Romero-Gómez, R. Drimmel, C. Reylé, G. M. Seabroke, C. Soubiran, C. Babusiaux, P. Di Matteo et al. (443 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832865

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way

Gaia Collaboration, A. Helmi, F. van Leeuwen, P. J. McMillan, D. Massari, T. Antoja, A. C. Robin, L. Lindegren, U. Bastian, F. Arenou et al. (444 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832698

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Observations of solar system objects

Gaia Collaboration, F. Spoto, P. Tanga, F. Mignard, J. Berthier, B. Carry, A. Cellino, A. Dell’Oro, D. Hestroffer, K. Muinonen et al. (442 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832900

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Gaia Data Release 2 - The celestial reference frame (Gaia-CRF2)

Gaia Collaboration, F. Mignard, S. A. Klioner, L. Lindegren, J. Hernández, U. Bastian, A. Bombrun, D. Hobbs, U. Lammers, D. Michalik et al. (442 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832916

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Calibration and mitigation of electronic offset effects in the data

N. C. Hambly, M. Cropper, S. Boudreault, C. Crowley, R. Kohley, J. H. J. de Bruijne, C. Dolding, C. Fabricius, G. Seabroke, M. Davidson et al. (23 more)

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832716

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Rotational modulation in late-type dwarfs

A. C. Lanzafame, E. Distefano, S. Messina, I. Pagano, A. F. Lanza, L. Eyer, L. P. Guy, L. Rimoldini, I. Lecoeur-Taibi, B. Holl et al. (5 more)

Published online: 17 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833334

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Catalogue validation

F. Arenou, X. Luri, C. Babusiaux, C. Fabricius, A. Helmi, T. Muraveva, A. C. Robin, F. Spoto, A. Vallenari, T. Antoja et al. (28 more)

Published online: 20 August 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833234

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Summary of the variability processing and analysis results

B. Holl, M. Audard, K. Nienartowicz, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, O. Marchal, N. Mowlavi, G. Clementini, J. De Ridder, D. W. Evans, L. P. Guy et al. (53 more)

Published online: 11 October 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832892

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Gaia Data Release 2 - The first Gaia catalogue of long-period variable candidates

N. Mowlavi, I. Lecoeur-Taïbi, T. Lebzelter, L. Rimoldini, D. Lorenz, M. Audard, J. De Ridder, L. Eyer, L. P. Guy, B. Holl et al. (6 more)

Published online: 11 October 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833366

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Validating the classification of RR Lyrae and Cepheid variables with the Kepler and K2 missions

László Molnár, Emese Plachy, Áron L. Juhász and Lorenzo Rimoldini

Published online: 07 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833514

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Short-timescale variability processing and analysis

M. Roelens, L. Eyer, N. Mowlavi, L. Rimoldini, I. Lecoeur-Taïbi, K. Nienartowicz, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, O. Marchal, M. Audard, L. Guy et al. (6 more)

Published online: 17 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833357

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Cross-match with external catalogues: algorithms and results

P. M. Marrese, S. Marinoni, M. Fabrizio and G. Altavilla

Published online: 23 January 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834142

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Specific characterisation and validation of all-sky Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars

G. Clementini, V. Ripepi, R. Molinaro, A. Garofalo, T. Muraveva, L. Rimoldini, L. P. Guy, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, K. Nienartowicz, O. Marchal et al. (14 more)

Published online: 28 January 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833374

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Properties and validation of the radial velocities

D. Katz, P. Sartoretti, M. Cropper, P. Panuzzo, G. M. Seabroke, Y. Viala, K. Benson, R. Blomme, G. Jasniewicz, A. Jean-Antoine et al. (45 more)

Published online: 21 February 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833273

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Gaia Data Release 2 - Variable stars in the colour-absolute magnitude diagram

Gaia Collaboration, L. Eyer, L. Rimoldini, M. Audard, R. I. Anderson, K. Nienartowicz, F. Glass, O. Marchal, M. Grenon, N. Mowlavi et al. (446 more)

Published online: 13 March 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833304

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Gaia Data Release 2 - All-sky classification of high-amplitude pulsating stars

L. Rimoldini, B. Holl, M. Audard, N. Mowlavi, K. Nienartowicz, D. W. Evans, L. P. Guy, I. Lecoeur-Taïbi, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, O. Marchal et al. (16 more)

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834616

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Erratum

Gaia Data Release 2 - Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way (Corrigendum)

Gaia Collaboration, A. Helmi, F. van Leeuwen, P. J. McMillan, D. Massari, T. Antoja, A. C. Robin, L. Lindegren, U. Bastian, F. Arenou et al. (444 more)

Published online: 15 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832698e

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Erratum

Gaia Data Release 2 - The kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way (Corrigendum)

Gaia Collaboration, A. Helmi, F. van Leeuwen, P. J. McMillan, D. Massari, T. Antoja, A. C. Robin, L. Lindegren, U. Bastian, F. Arenou et al. (444 more)

Published online: 20 October 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039217