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Precise Effective Temperatures of Solar Analog Stars

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2012-06-06 v1

Abstract

We perform a study of 62 solar analog stars to compute their effective temperatures (Teff) using the Balmer line wing fitting procedure and compare them with Teff values obtained using other commonly employed methods. We use observed H-alpha spectral lines and a fine grid of theoretical LTE model spectra calculated with the best available atomic data and most recent quantum theory. Our spectroscopic data are of very high quality and have been carefully normalized to recover the proper shape of the H-alpha line profile. We obtain Teff values with internal errors of about 25 K. Comparison of our results with those from other methods shows reasonably good agreement. Then, combining Teff values obtained from four independent techniques, we are able to determine final Teff values with errors of about 10 K.

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@article{arxiv.1206.0750,
  title  = {Precise Effective Temperatures of Solar Analog Stars},
  author = {D. Cornejo and I. Ramirez and P. S. Barklem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0750},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, Comparative Magnetic Minima: Charactering proceedings of the IAU Symposium 286 on Comparative Magnetic Minima: Characterizing quiet times in the Sun and Stars, held in Mendoza, Argentina, October 3-7, 2011