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Melissa K. Ness
astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SRastro-ph.IMastro-ph.EPastro-ph.COastro-ph.HEcs.LGstat.AP
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How Quickly Did the Giants Form? Constraining the Formation Timescales of Massive Quiescent Galaxies at Cosmic Noon Using Chemical Evolution Modelling
with Patrick N. O'Connor, J. Trevor Mendel, Sven Buder, Claudia del P. Lagos +1
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Preprints & journals
153 papers in the corpus · 2012–2026ACACIAS II: element abundances for 39 stars in the dwarf galaxy Sculptor2610.21028v1 · Anell Cornejo-C'ardenas, Sven Buder, Melissa K. Ness et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Barium and europium abundances from the Gaia-ESO Survey using The Cannon2610.07487v1 · Pradosh Barun Das, Francesca Primas, Gayandhi De Silva et al.2026 · 0 citationsAstronomy & Astrophysics, 713, A148 (2026)
Stellar ages from [C/N] in giant stars: applicability and limitations2609.21928v1 · Giada Casali, Luca Casagrande, Fiorenzo Vincenzo et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Twentieth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First All-Sky BOSS Spectra, eROSITA-SDSS-V Mapper Coordinated Observations, and a Preview of the Local Volume Mapper2607.26149v1 · Mojgan Aghakhanloo, David Aguilar, James Aird et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
HARPS Abundances with Korg I: 22 Element Abundances for 426 Red Giant Stars2607.21001v1 · Sarah E. Aquilina, Melissa Ness, Adam J. Wheeler et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The GALAH Survey: Neutron-Capture Elemental Abundances for 350,000 Gaia-RVS spectra and the Chemodynamics of Accreted Structures2606.04567v2 · Pradosh Barun Das, Daniel B. Zucker, Aldo Mura-Guzm'an et al.2026 · 0 citationsMon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 550, 1-24 (2026)
Milky Way Mapper decoded abundances -- II: From patterns to paths2605.21735v1 · Melissa K. Ness, Sarah Aquilina, Jennifer Mead et al.2026 · 2 citationsarXiv
Milky Way Mapper decoded abundances -- I. Shared disc enrichment patterns2605.20487v1 · Melissa K. Ness, Sarah Aquilina, Jennifer Mead et al.2026 · 3 citationsarXiv
Ripples of Stellar Enrichment (RoSE) - simulating element production and mixing in a Milky Way-mass galactic disc star-by-star2603.29242v2 · Chuhan Zhang, Mark R. Krumholz, Melissa K. Ness et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
A Path to an All-Sky Survey with Roman2602.21280v1 · Jiwon Jesse Han, Anirudh Chiti, Kai-Feng Chen et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The chemodynamical memory of a major merger in a NIHAO-UHD Milky Way analogue -- II. Were Splash stars heated or already born hot?2510.20233v2 · Sven Buder, Tobias Buck, 'Asa Sk'ulad'ottir et al.2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
The chemodynamical memory of a major merger in a NIHAO-UHD Milky Way analogue -- I. A golden thread through time and space2510.11284v2 · Sven Buder, Tobias Buck, 'Asa Sk'ulad'ottir et al.2025 · 2 citationsMon Not R Astron Soc (2026)
A Galactic Perspective on the (Unremarkable) Relative Refractory Depletion Observed in the Sun2509.03577v2 · Rayna Rampalli, James W. Johnson, Melissa K. Ness et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Optical Spectroscopy Reveals Hidden Neutron-capture Elemental Abundance Differences among APOGEE-identified Chemical Doppelgängers2508.16717v1 · Catherine Manea, Melissa Ness, Keith Hawkins et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Metallicity fluctuation statistics in the interstellar medium and young stars -- II. Elemental cross-correlations and the structure of chemical abundance space2507.14572v2 · Mark R. Krumholz, Yuan-Sen Ting, Zefeng Li et al.2025 · 5 citationsOpen Journal of Astrophysics, vol. 8, 26 November 2025
Sloan Digital Sky Survey-V: Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy2507.06989v1 · Juna A. Kollmeier, Hans-Walter Rix, Conny Aerts et al.2025 · 60 citationsarXiv
The Nineteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey2507.07093v2 · Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Mojgan Aghakhanloo, James Aird et al.2025 · 19 citationsarXiv
Probing Binary Architectures of Lithium-Rich Giants in GALAH with COSMIC and Stellar Models2507.05359v1 · Maryum Sayeed, Selina Yang, Giulia Cinquegrana et al.2025 · 4 citationsarXiv
Disentangling Metallicity Effects in Hot Jupiter Occurrence Across Galactic Birth Radius and Phase-Space Density2506.16511v1 · Rayna Rampalli, Melissa K. Ness, Elisabeth R. Newton et al.2025 · 2 citationsarXiv
SDSS-V Milky Way Mapper (MWM): ASPCAP Stellar Parameters and Abundances in SDSS-V Data Release 192506.07845v2 · Szabolcs M'esz'aros, Paula Jofr'e, Jennifer A. Johnson et al.2025 · 20 citationsarXiv
Hydrostatic and explosive -element chemical abundances of Milky Way globular clusters, halo substructures, and satellite galaxies2506.08079v3 · Danny Horta, Melissa K. Ness2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Optical spectroscopic signatures of the red giant evolutionary state2506.02889v1 · Ella Xi Wang, Melissa Ness, Thomas Nordlander et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Four Elements to Rule Them All: Abundances are Rigidly Coupled in the Milky Way Disk2504.18532v1 · Jennifer Mead, Rebeca De La Garza, Melissa Ness2025 · 8 citationsarXiv
C3PO IV: co-natal stars depleted in refractories are magnetically more active -- possible imprints of planets2503.10339v1 · Jie Yu, Yuan-Sen Ting, Luca Casagrande et al.2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
Turbulent gas-rich discs at high redshift: origin of thick stellar discs through 3D 'baryon sloshing'2502.01895v2 · Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Thor Tepper-Garcia, Oscar Agertz et al.2025 · 10 citationsarXiv
: A generative, multi-output, latent-variable model for astronomical data with noisy labels2502.01745v2 · Danny Horta, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, David W. Hogg et al.2025 · 6 citationsarXiv
A Data-Driven M Dwarf Model and Detailed Abundances for $\sim$17,000 M Dwarfs in SDSS-V2501.14955v1 · Aida Behmard, Melissa K. Ness, Andrew R. Casey et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Exoplanet Occurrence Rate with Age for FGK Stars in Kepler2501.13809v1 · Maryum Sayeed, Ruth Angus, Travis Berger et al.2025 · 5 citationsarXiv
The Multiband Imaging Survey for High-Alpha PlanetS (MISHAPS) I: Preliminary Constraints on the Occurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters in 47 Tucanae2412.09705v2 · Alison L. Crisp (1, Jonas Kluter, Marz L. Newman et al.2024 · 0 citationsAJ 170 104 (2025)
The GALAH Survey: Stellar parameters and abundances for 800,000 Gaia RVS spectra using GALAH DR4 and The Cannon2410.12272v2 · Pradosh Barun Das, Daniel B. Zucker, Gayandhi M. De Silva et al.2024 · 8 citationsMNRAS 538, 605-621 (2025)
Evidence of Truly Young high- Dwarf Stars2410.02962v1 · Yuxi Lu, Isabel L. Colman, Maryum Sayeed et al.2024 · 7 citationsarXiv
The GALAH Survey: Data Release 42409.19858v2 · S. Buder, J. Kos, E. X. Wang et al.2024 · 91 citationsarXiv
Strong Chemical Tagging in FIRE: Intra and Inter-Cluster Chemical Homogeneity in Open Clusters in Milky Way-like Galaxy Simulations2408.02228v1 · Binod Bhattarai, Sarah R. Loebman, Melissa K. Ness et al.2024 · 8 citationsarXiv
A Data-driven Spectral Model of Main Sequence Stars in Gaia DR32407.19016v2 · Isabel Angelo, Megan Bedell, Erik Petigura et al.2024 · 5 citationsThe Astrophysical Journal, Volume 974, Number 1 (2024)
ACACIAS I: Element abundance labels for 192 stars in the dwarf galaxy NGC 68222407.17661v1 · Melissa K. Ness, J. Trevor Mendel, Sven Buder et al.2024 · 3 citationsarXiv
The Extremely Metal Rich Knot of Stars at the Heart of the Galaxy2406.01706v1 · Hans-Walter Rix, Vedant Chandra, Gail Zasowski et al.2024 · 21 citationsarXiv
Stellar Mergers or Truly Young? Intermediate-Age Stars on Highly-Radial Orbits in the Milky Way's Stellar Halo2403.09777v2 · Danny Horta, Yuxi (Lucy) Lu, Melissa K. Ness et al.2024 · 14 citationsarXiv
Measuring Dwarf Galaxy Intrinsic Abundance Scatter with Mid-resolution Spectroscopic Surveys: Calibrating APOGEE Abundance Errors2403.04833v2 · Jennifer Mead, Melissa Ness, Eric Andersson et al.2024 · 8 citations2024 ApJ 974 186
The Sun Remains Relatively Refractory Depleted: Elemental Abundances for 17,412 Gaia RVS Solar Analogs and 50 Planet Hosts2402.16954v1 · Rayna Rampalli, Melissa K. Ness, Graham H. Edwards et al.2024 · 14 citationsarXiv
3D NLTE Lithium abundances for late-type stars in GALAH DR32402.02669v1 · Ella Xi Wang, Thomas Nordlander, Sven Buder et al.2024 · 25 citationsarXiv
Orbital Torus Imaging: Acceleration, density, and dark matter in the Galactic disk measured with element abundance gradients2312.07664v4 · Danny Horta, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, David W. Hogg et al.2023 · 24 citationsarXiv
Chemical Doppelgangers in GALAH DR3: the Distinguishing Power of Neutron-Capture Elements Among Milky Way Disk Stars2310.15257v1 · Catherine Manea, Keith Hawkins, Melissa K. Ness et al.2023 · 19 citationsarXiv
Chemical Cartography of the Sagittarius Stream with Gaia2307.08730v1 · Emily C. Cunningham, Jason A. S. Hunt, Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al.2023 · 24 citationsarXiv
KPM: A Flexible and Data-Driven K-Process Model for Nucleosynthesis2307.05691v2 · Emily J. Griffith, David W. Hogg, Julianne J. Dalcanton et al.2023 · 15 citationsarXiv
Data-driven Discovery of Diffuse Interstellar Bands with APOGEE Spectra2307.05706v2 · Kevin A. McKinnon, Melissa K. Ness, Constance M. Rockosi et al.2023 · 5 citationsarXiv
The individual abundance distributions of disc stars across birth radii in GALAH2307.04724v1 · Kaile Wang, Andreia Carrillo, Melissa K. Ness et al.2023 · 11 citationsarXiv
Asteroseismology with the Roman Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey2307.03237v1 · Daniel Huber, Marc Pinsonneault, Paul Beck et al.2023 · 1 citationarXiv
NANCY: Next-generation All-sky Near-infrared Community surveY2306.11784v1 · Jiwon Jesse Han, Arjun Dey, Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al.2023 · 2 citationsarXiv
Many Roads Lead to Lithium: Formation Pathways For Lithium-Rich Red Giants2306.03323v2 · Maryum Sayeed, Melissa K. Ness, Benjamin T. Montet et al.2023 · 22 citationsarXiv
Korg: a modern 1D LTE spectral synthesis package2211.00029v1 · Adam J. Wheeler, Matthew W. Abruzzo, Andrew R. Casey et al.2022 · 32 citationsarXiv
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