Red Clump Stars

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The Galaxy in Context: Structural, Kinematic, and Integrated Properties (2016, background): “Since the work by Paczynski & Stanek (1998), RCGs have been recognized as important distance probes in the Galaxy (see Girardi 2016, in this volume).”
Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18 (2019, background): “This could in fact be a physical feature of the Galactic disc: the RC is a tracer of the young-to-intermediate age population (∼1−4 Gyr; e.g. Girardi 2016), and the star-formation history in the inner disc outside the bar region is still poorly constrained.”
Measuring Radial Orbit Migration in the Galactic Disk (2018, background): “Red clump giants are reliable standard candles, see for example Girardi (2016), with photometric distances precise to within 5%.”
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MONO-ABUNDANCE AND MONO-AGE STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE MILKY WAY DISK (2016, result): “This result is consistent with the expectation that the APOGEE RC-sample peaks in age at 1-4 Gyr (B16, Girardi 2016).”
The Optical to Mid-infrared Extinction Law Based on the APOGEE, Gaia DR2, Pan-STARRS1, SDSS, APASS, 2MASS, and WISE Surveys (2019, background): “They cover the range of spectral types G8III– K2III with effective temperatures of 4500–5300 K (Girardi 2016).”