- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A47
- Title:
- Dwarf stars limb-darkening coefficients
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A47
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar models applied to large stellar surveys of the Milky Way need to be properly tested against a sample of stars with highly reliable fundamental stellar parameters. We have established a program aiming to deliver such a sample of stars. Here we present new fundamental stellar parameters of nine dwarf stars that will be used as benchmark stars for large stellar surveys. One of these stars is the solar-twin 18Sco, which is also one of the Gaia-ESO benchmarks. The goal is to reach a precision of 1% in effective temperatures (Teff). This precision is important for accurate determinations of the full set of fundamental parameters and abundances of stars observed by the surveys. We observed HD131156 (xi Boo), HD146233 (18 Sco), HD152391, HD173701, HD185395 (theta Cyg), HD186408 (16 Cyg A), HD186427 (16 Cyg B), HD190360 and HD207978 (15 Peg) using the high angular resolution optical interferometric instrument PAVO at the CHARA Array. We derived limb-darkening corrections from 3D model atmospheres and determined Teff directly from the Stefan-Boltzmann relation, with an iterative procedure to interpolate over tables of bolometric corrections. Surface gravities were estimated from comparisons to Dartmouth stellar evolution model tracks. We collected spectroscopic observations from the ELODIE spectrograph and estimated metallicities ([Fe/H]) from a 1D non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) abundance analyses of unblended lines of neutral and singly ionized iron. For eight of the nine stars we measure the Teff less than 1%, and for one star better than 2%. We determined the median uncertainties in log g and [Fe/H] as 0.015dex and 0.05dex, respectively. This study presents updated fundamental stellar parameters of nine dwarf stars that can be used as new set of benchmarks. All fundamental stellar parameters were based on consistently combining interferometric observations, 3D limb-darkening modelling and spectroscopic analysis. The next paper in this series will extend our sample to giants in the metal-rich range.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/132/85
- Title:
- Equivalent width of 33 metal-poor RHB
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/132/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have conducted spectrum analyses of 24 field metal-poor ([Fe/H]<-2) red horizontal-branch (RHB) stars identified in the HK objective-prism survey and 6 such stars in the globular cluster M15, based on high-quality spectra (R~40000, S/N~100) obtained with the Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle spectrograph at the Clay 6.5m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. The atmospheric parameters of the RHB stars provide interesting bridges between turnoff stars of similar temperature and red giant branch (RGB) stars of similar gravity, and they permit investigations of abundance trends [X/Fe] versus [Fe/H] in a relatively unexplored region of the temperature-gravity plane. We find that the Teff, logg, vt, and [Fe/H] values determined from our spectra are consistent with expectations from literature spectroscopic studies of other evolved metal-poor stellar classes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/380/578
- Title:
- Equiv. widths of 13 horizontal branch stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/380/578
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-resolution spectra of 13 core helium-burning stars in the thick disk of the Galaxy have been obtained with the SOFIN spectrograph on the Nordic Optical Telescope to investigate abundances of up to 22 chemical elements. Abundances of carbon were studied using the C_2_ Swan (0, 1) band head at 5635.5{AA}. The wavelength interval 7980-8130{AA} with strong CN features was analysed in order to determine nitrogen abundances and 12C/13C isotope ratios. The oxygen abundances were determined from the [O I] line at 6300{AA}. Abundances in the investigated stars suggest that carbon is depleted by about 0.3dex, nitrogen is enhanced by more than 0.4dex and oxygen is unaltered. The 12C/13C ratios are lowered and lie between values 3 and 7 which is in agreement with "cool bottom processing" predictions (Boothroyd & Sackmann, 1999ApJ...510..232B). The C/N ratios in the investigated stars are lowered to values between 0.7 and 1.2 which is less than present day theoretical predictions and call for further studies of stellar mixing processes. Abundance ratios of O, Mg, Eu and other heavy chemical elements to iron in the investigated stars show a pattern characteristic of thick disk stars. The results provide evidence that the thick disk population has a distinct chemical history from the thin disk. The onset of the bulk of SN Ia is suggested to appear at [Fe/H]~-0.6dex.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/603/A57
- Title:
- 51 Eri b SPHERE/IFS spectra & atmosphere models
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/603/A57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 51 Eridani b is an exoplanet around a young (20Myr) nearby (29.4pc) F0-type star, which was recently discovered by direct imaging. It is one of the closest direct imaging planets in angular and physical separation (~0.5", ~13AU) and is well suited for spectroscopic analysis using integral field spectrographs. We aim to refine the atmospheric properties of the known giant planet and to constrain the architecture of the system further by searching for additional companions. We used the extreme adaptive optics instrument SPHERE at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to obtain simultaneous dual-band imaging with IRDIS and integral field spectra with IFS, extending the spectral coverage of the planet to the complete Y- to H-band range and providing additional photometry in the K12-bands (2.11, 2.25 micron). We present the first spectrophotometric measurements in the Y and K bands for the planet and revise its J-band flux to values 40% fainter than previous measurements. Cloudy models with uniform cloud coverage provide a good match to the data. We derive the temperature, radius, surface gravity, metallicity, and cloud sedimentation parameter fsed. We find that the atmosphere is highly super-solar ([Fe/H]~1.0), and the low fsed~1.26 value is indicative of a vertically extended, optically thick cloud cover with small sized particles. The model radius and surface gravity estimates suggest higher planetary masses of M_gravity_=9.1^+4.9^_-3.3_. The evolutionary model only provides a lower mass limit of >2M_jupiter_ (for pure hot-start). The cold-start model cannot explain the luminosity of the planet. The SPHERE and NACO/SAM detection limits probe the 51 Eri system at solar system scales and exclude brown-dwarf companions more massive than 20M_jupiter_ beyond separations of ~2.5AU and giant planets more massive than 2M_jupiter_ beyond 9 au.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/404/661
- Title:
- Fe5270, Fe5335, Mgb and Mg_2_ synthetic indices
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/404/661
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have computed a grid of synthetic spectra in the wavelength range {lambda}{lambda}4600-5600{AA} using revised model atmospheres, for a range of atmospheric parameters and values of [alpha-elements/Fe]=0.0 and +0.4. The Lick indices Fe5270, Fe5335, Mgb and Mg_2_ are measured on the grid spectra, for FWHM=2 to 8.3{AA}. Relations between the indices Fe5270, Fe5335 and Mg_2_ and stellar parameters effective temperature T_eff_, logg, [Fe/H] and [alpha/Fe], valid in the range 4000K>=T_eff_>=7000K, are presented. These fitting functions are given for FWHM=3.5 and 8.3{AA}. The indices were also measured for a list of 97 reference stars with well-known stellar parameters observed at ESO and OHP, and these are compared to the computed indices. Finally, a comparison of the indices measured on the observed spectra and those derived from the fitting functions based on synthetic spectra is presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/604/A129
- Title:
- Formation of MW halo and its dwarf satellites
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/604/A129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a homogeneous set of accurate atmospheric parameters for a complete sample of very and extremely metal-poor stars in the dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) Sculptor, Ursa Minor, Sextans, Fornax, Bootes I, Ursa Major II, and Leo IV. We also deliver a Milky Way (MW) comparison sample of giant stars covering the -4<[Fe/H]<-1.7 metallicity range. We show that, in the [Fe/H]=>-3.7 regime, the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) calculations with non-spectroscopic effective temperature (Teff) and surface gravity (log g) based on the photometric methods and known distance provide consistent abundances of the FeI and FeII lines. This justifies the FeI/FeII ionisation equilibrium method to determine log g for the MW halo giants with unknown distance. The atmospheric parameters of the dSphs and MW stars were checked with independent methods. In the [Fe/H]>-3.5 regime, the TiI/TiII ionisation equilibrium is fulfilled in the NLTE calculations. In the logg-Teff plane, all the stars sit on the giant branch of the evolutionary tracks corresponding to [Fe/H]=-2 to -4, in line with their metallicities. For some of the most metal-poor stars of our sample, we hardly achieve consistent NLTE abundances from the two ionisation stages for both iron and titanium. We suggest that this is a consequence of the uncertainty in the Teff-colour relation at those metallicities. The results of these work provide the base for a detailed abundance analysis presented in a companion paper.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/AstBu/74.62
- Title:
- Fundamental parameters of CP stars
- Short Name:
- J/other/AstBu/74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The paper presents the results of determination of fundamental parameters (effective temperature, surface gravity, luminosity, mass, radius, rotation velocity, and radial velocity) for 146 stars observed at the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the Main Stellar Spectrograph during 2009-2011; 124 of the stars are magnetic or potentially magnetic objects. We obtained and analyzed at least 500 pairs of circularly-polarized-emission spectra. Various methods and approaches were used in estimating the fundamental parameters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/440/305
- Title:
- Fundamental parameters of fast-rotating B stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/440/305
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we develop a calculation code to account for the effects carried by fast rotation on the observed spectra of early-type stars. Stars are assumed to be in rigid rotation, and the grid of plane-parallel model atmospheres used to represent the gravitational darkening are calculated by means of a non-LTE approach. Attention is paid to the relation between the apparent and parent non-rotating counterpart stellar fundamental parameters and apparent, and true Vsini parameters as a function of the rotation rate Omega/Omega_c_, stellar mass, and inclination angle. It is shown that omitting of gravitational darkening in the analysis of chemical abundances of CNO elements can produce systematic overestimation or underestimation, depending on the lines used, rotational rate, and inclination angle.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/874/L31
- Title:
- Giant planet bulk and atmosphere metallicities
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/874/L31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Atmospheric characterization through spectroscopic analysis, an essential tool of modern exoplanet science, can benefit significantly from the context provided by the interior structure models. In particular, the planet's bulk metallicity, Zp, places an upper limit on the potential atmospheric metallicity. Here we construct interior structure models to derive Zp and atmospheric metallicity upper limits for 403 known transiting giant exoplanets. These limits are low enough that they can usefully inform atmosphere models. Additionally, we argue that comparing Zp to the observed atmospheric metallicity gives a useful measure of how well mixed metals are within the planet. This represents a new avenue for learning about planetary interiors. To aid in the future characterization of new planet discoveries we derive analytic prior predictions of atmosphere metallicity as a function of planet mass, and evaluate the effectiveness of our approach on Jupiter and Saturn. We include log-linear fits for approximating the metallicities of planets not in our catalog.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A48
- Title:
- 7 giants/subgiants limb-darkening coefficients
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A48
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Large spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way need to be calibrated against a sample of benchmark stars to ensure the reliable determination of atmospheric parameters. Here we present new fundamental stellar parameters of seven giant and subgiant stars that will serve as benchmark stars for large surveys. The aim is to reach a precision of 1% in the effective temperature. This precision is essential for accurate determinations of the full set of fundamental parameters and abundances of stars observed by the stellar surveys. We observed HD121370 (eta Boo), HD161797 (mu Her), HD175955, HD182736, HD185351, HD188512 (beta Aql), and HD189349 using the high angular resolution optical interferometric instrument PAVO at the CHARA Array. The limb-darkening corrections were determined from 3D model atmospheres based on the STAGGER grid. The Teff were determined directly from the Stefan-Boltzmann relation, with an iterative procedure to interpolate over tables of bolometric corrections. We estimated surface gravities from comparisons to Dartmouth stellar evolution model tracks. The spectroscopic observations were collected from the ELODIE and FIES spectrographs. We estimated metallicities ([Fe/H]) from a 1D non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) abundance analysis of unblended lines of neutral and singly ionised iron. For six of the seven stars we measure Teff to better than 1%. For one star, HD189349, the uncertainty in Teff is 2% due to an uncertain bolometric flux. We do not recommend this star as a benchmark until this measurement can be improved. Median uncertainties for all stars in logg and [Fe/H]} are 0.034dex and 0.07dex, respectively. This study presents updated fundamental stellar parameters of seven giant and subgiant stars that can be used as a new set of benchmarks. All the fundamental stellar parameters were based on consistently combining interferometric observations, 3D limb-darkening modelling and spectroscopic analysis. This paper in this series follows our previous papers including dwarf stars and stars in the metal-poor range.
