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Debate over the planet occurrence rates around intermediate-mass stars has hinged on the accurate determination of masses of evolved stars, and has been exacerbated by a paucity of reliable, directly-measured fundamental properties for…

We present precise photometric estimates of stellar parameters, including effective temperature, metallicity, luminosity classification, distance, and stellar age, for nearly 26 million stars using the methodology developed in the first…

We derive an empirical effective temperature and bolometric luminosity calibration for G and K dwarfs, by applying our own implementation of the InfraRed Flux Method to multi-band photometry. Our study is based on 104 stars for which we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Casagrande , L. Portinari , C. Flynn

Modern spectroscopic surveys combined with Gaia distances are enabling reliable estimates of fundamental parameters for hundreds of Galactic O-type stars and the full range of spectral types and luminosity classes. Here we provide updated,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 G. Holgado , S. Simón-Díaz , A. Herrero

In this paper we present and analyse determinations of effective temperatures of planet-hosting stars using infrared (IR) photometry. One of our goals is the comparison with spectroscopic temperatures to evaluate the presence of systematic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Ribas , E. Solano , E. Masana , A. Gimenez

Large Galactic stellar surveys and new generations of stellar atmosphere models and spectral line formation computations need to be subjected to careful calibration and validation and to benchmark tests. We focus on cool stars and aim at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 U. Heiter , P. Jofré , B. Gustafsson , A. J. Korn , C. Soubiran , F. Thévenin

(Abridged) Low-mass stars have been recognised as promising targets in the search for rocky, small planets with the potential of supporting life. Doppler search programmes using high-resolution spectrographs like HARPS or HARPS-N are…

We use moderate-resolution spectra of nearby late K and M dwarf stars with parallaxes and interferometrically determined radii to refine their effective temperatures, luminosities, and metallicities. We use these revised values to calibrate…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-27 Andrew W. Mann , Eric Gaidos , Megan Ansdell

We present interferometric observations of 7 main-sequence and 3 giant stars with spectral types from B2 to F6 using the PAVO beam combiner at the CHARA array. We have directly determined the angular diameters for these objects with an…

The ratio of the depths of spectral lines is a powerful indicator of the effective temperature. The method based on this analysis is capable of discerning small temperature variations of individual stars. We apply this spectroscopic data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Biazzo , A. Frasca , S. Catalano , E. Marilli

We present the fundamental properties of 87 stars based on angular diameter measurements from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, 36 of which have not been measured previously using interferometry. Our sample consists of 5 dwarfs, 3…

e present 4 very low mass stars radii measured with the VLTI using the 2.2 microns VINCI test instrument. The observations were carried out during the commissioning of the 104-meter-baseline with two 8-meter-telescopes. We measure angular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Segransan , P. Kervella , T. Forveille , D. Queloz

A good knowledge of the angular diameters of stars used to calibrate the observables in stellar interferometry is fundamental. As the available precision for giant stars is worse than the required per cent level, we aim to improve the…

We combine results from interferometry, asteroseismology and spectroscopic analyses to determine accurate fundamental parameters (mass, radius and effective temperature) of 10 bright solar-type stars covering the H-R diagram from spectral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 H. Bruntt

We present angular size measurements of 22 oxygen-rich Mira variable stars. These data are part of a long term observational program using the Infrared Optical Telescope Array (IOTA) to characterize the observable behavior of these stars.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. T. van Belle , R. R. Thompson , M. J. Creech-Eakman

Due to the strong magnetic field and related abnormal surface layers existing in rapidly oscillating Ap stars, systematic errors are likely to be present when determining their effective temperatures, which potentially compromises…

Context. Accurate long-baseline interferometric measurements require careful calibration with reference stars. Small calibrators with high angular diameter accuracy ensure the true visibility uncertainty to be dominated by the measurement…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-24 P. Cruzalebes , A. Jorissen , S. Sacuto , D. Bonneau

The estimation of stellar atmospheric parameters for large-scale samples, particularly metal-poor stars, is a cornerstone of Galactic archaeology. In this work, we optimized a photometric filter design tailored to measuring stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-24 Ruifeng Shi , Yang Huang , Kai Xiao , Chuanjie Zheng , Bowen Zhang , Hongrui Gu , Xinyi Li , Huiling Chen

In a previous publication (Richichi & Percheron 2005) we described a program of observations of candidate calibrator stars at the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), and presented the main results from a statistical point of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 A. Richichi , I. Percheron , J. Davis

The detection of stellar variability often relies on the measurement of selected activity indicators such as coronal emission lines and non-thermal emissions. On the flip side, the effective stellar temperature is normally seen as one of…