The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS) V: properties of volume-limited samples of Galactic evolved stars

I. McDonald; S. Srinivasan; P. Scicluna; O C Jones; A. A. Zijlstra; S. H. J. Wallström; T. Danilovich; J. H. He; J. P. Marshall; J. Th van Loon; R. Wesson; F. Kemper; A. Trejo-Cruz; J. Greaves; T. Dharmawardena; J. Cami; Hyosung Kim; K. E. Kraemer; C J R Clark; H. Shinnaga; C. Haswell; H. Imai; J. G. A. Wouterloot; A. J. Pérez Vidal; G. Rau; the NESS collaboration

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The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS) V: properties of volume-limited samples of Galactic evolved stars

I. McDonald
, S. Srinivasan
, P. Scicluna
, O C Jones
, A. A. Zijlstra
, S. H. J. Wallström
, T. Danilovich
, J. H. He
, J. P. Marshall
, J. Th van Loon
, R. Wesson
, F. Kemper
, A. Trejo-Cruz
, J. Greaves
, T. Dharmawardena
, J. Cami
, Hyosung Kim
, K. E. Kraemer
, C J R Clark
, H. Shinnaga

C. Haswell, H. Imai, J. G. A. Wouterloot, A. J. Pérez Vidal, G. Rau, the NESS collaboration

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We provide a meta-study of the statistical and individual properties of two volume-complete sets of evolved stars in the solar neighbourhood: (1) 852 stars from the Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS), and (2) a partially overlapping set of 507 evolved stars within 300 pc. We also investigate distance determinations to these stars, their luminosity functions and their spatial distribution. Gaia APSIS GSP-PHOT AENEAS temperatures of bright giant stars often appear to be underestimated. Existing literature on asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars undersamples both the most and least extreme nearby dust-producing stars. We reproduce the literature star formation history of the solar neighbourhood, though stellar-evolution models overpredict the number of AGB stars of ages around 500 Myr. The distribution of AGB stars broadly matches the known 300 pc scale height of the Galactic disc and shows concentration in the direction of the Galactic centre. Most dust-producing carbon stars belong to the Galactic thick-disc population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	516-552
Number of pages	37
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
Volume	541
Issue number	1
Early online date	13 Jun 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf978
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2025

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McDonald, I., Srinivasan, S., Scicluna, P., Jones , O. C., Zijlstra, A. A., Wallström, S. H. J., Danilovich, T., He, J. H., Marshall, J. P., van Loon, J. T., Wesson, R., Kemper, F., Trejo-Cruz, A., Greaves, J., Dharmawardena, T., Cami, J., Kim, H., Kraemer, K. E., Clark, C. J. R., ... collaboration, T. NESS. (2025). The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS) V: properties of volume-limited samples of Galactic evolved stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 541(1), 516-552. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf978

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