@misc { , title = {Galactic archaeology and minimum spanning trees}, abstract = {Chemical tagging of stellar debris from disrupted open clusters and associations underpins the science cases for next-generation multi-object spectroscopic surveys. As part of the Galactic Archaeology project TraCD (Tracking Cluster Debris), a preliminary attempt at reconstructing the birth clouds of now phase-mixed thin disk debris is undertaken using a parametric minimum spanning tree (MST) approach. Empirically-motivated chemical abundance pattern uncertainties (for a 10-dimensional chemistry-space) are applied to NBODY6-realised stellar associations dissolved into a background sea of field stars, all evolving in a Milky Way potential. We demonstrate that significant population reconstruction degeneracies appear when the abundance uncertainties approach 0.1 dex and the parameterised MST approach is employed; more sophisticated methodologies will be required to ameliorate these degeneracies.}, isbn = {9781583818985}, journal = {Multi-object spectroscopy in the next decade}, pages = {79-83}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Astronomical Society of the Pacific}, url = {https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/449219}, volume = {507}, keyword = {Specialist Research - Other, Galactic archaeology, Stellar debris}, year = {2024}, author = {MacFarlane, Ben A. and Gibson, Brad K. and Flynn, Chris M. L.} editor = {Skillen, I. and Balcells, M. and Trager, S.C.} }