We train a convolutional neural network, APOGEE Net, to predict Teff, logg, and, for some stars, [Fe/H], based on the APOGEE spectra. This is the first pipeline adapted for these data that is capable of estimating these parameters in a self-consistent manner not only for low mass stars, (such as main sequence dwarfs, pre-main sequence stars, and red giants), but also high mass stars with Teff in excess of 50,000 K, including hot dwarfs and blue supergiants. The catalog of ~650,000 stars presented in this paper allows for a detailed investigation of the star forming history of not just the Milky Way, but also of the Magellanic clouds, as different type of objects tracing different parts of these galaxies can be more cleanly selected through their distinct placement in Teff-logg parameter space than in previous APOGEE catalogs produced through different pipelines.
@article{arxiv.2201.03661,
title = {APOGEE Net: An expanded spectral model of both low mass and high mass stars},
author = {Dani Sprague and Connor Culhane and Marina Kounkel and Richard Olney and K. R. Covey and Brian Hutchinson and Ryan Lingg and Keivan G. Stassun and Carlos G. Román-Zúñiga and Alexandre Roman-Lopes and David Nidever and Rachael L. Beaton and Jura Borissova and Amelia Stutz and Guy S. Stringfellow and Karla Peña Ramírez and Valeria Ramírez-Preciado and Jesús Hernández and Jinyoung Serena Kim and Richard R. Lane},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.03661},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
19 pages, 11 figures. Accepted to AJ. Data are available through https://www.sdss.org/dr17/data_access/value-added-catalogs/?vac_id=apogee-net:-a-unified-spectral-model Code is available through https://github.com/hutchresearch/ApogeeNet2