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Reassessing the low-$α$ massive sequence stars in Gaia RVS
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A solar energy research paper on Reassessing the low-$α$ massive sequence stars in Gaia RVS.
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Recently, a chemically depleted young massive stellar population was identified using the spectroscopic catalogue of Gaia DR3. To explain its characteristics, a recent enhanced star formation event, via a third infall occurring within the last 2 Gyr, has been evoked. In this paper we reassess the low alpha sequence of massive stars identified in the Gaia spectroscopic catalog and investigate their presence in other Milky Way spectroscopic survey catalogs. We select massive sequence stars and RGB stars from the Gaia DR3 catalogue using the same filtering strategy adopted in previous chemical cartography studies. These samples are then cross matched with APOGEE DR17, GALAH DR4, and Gaia CNN to enable a detailed comparison of stellar parameters and alpha abundances. Stellar masses are estimated by projecting their atmospheric parameters and infrared magnitudes onto PARSEC isochrones. For the massive star sample, we find large discrepancies in stellar parameters and calcium abundances between Gaia DR3 and the three external surveys. The external catalogues do not show a low ca sequence but rather resemble those of thin disc RGB stars. Other alpha elements (si in APOGEE and GALAH, and mg in GALAH) also do not show depleted values. In APOGEE, however, massive sequence stars with metallicities above -0.5 dex display lower mg abundances. We attribute this to APOGEE's use of macroturbulence velocities calibrated solely on metallicity. Our analysis does not show any evidence for alpha element depletion in massive sequence stars. Alpha abundances of massive sequence stars derived from the Gaia RVS spectra should therefore be used with caution. Nevertheless, the previously proposed three infall chemical evolution models remain plausible: even without a chemically depleted young massive population, scenarios involving only mild dilution could still account for recent star formation episodes.
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