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A new extensive grid of synthetic Str{\"o}mgren colors and bolometric corrections is presented for F-M type dwarf and giant stars having 3000K $\leq$ T$_{\rm{eff}}$ $\leq$ 8000K, 0.0 $\leq$ log $g$ $\leq$ 5.0, and -3.0 $\leq$ [Fe/H] $\leq$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 James L. Clem , D. A. VandenBerg , F. Grundahl , R. A. Bell

The study of stellar parameters of planet-hosting stars, such as metallicity and chemical abundances, help us to understand the theory of planet formation and stellar evolution. Here, we present a catalogue of accurate stellar atmospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-11 S. Alves , L. Benamati , N. C. Santos , V. Zh. Adibekyan , S. G. Sousa , G. Israelian , J. R. De Medeiros , C. Lovis , S. Udry

We present stellar parameters and metallicities for 29 planet-host stars, as well as for a large volume-limited sample of 53 stars not known to be orbited by any planetary-mass companion. These stars add to the results presented in our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. C. Santos , G. Israelian , M. Mayor , J. P. Bento , P. C. Almeida , S. G. Sousa , A. Ecuvillon

The entire evolution of the Milky Way, including its mass-assembly and star-formation history, is imprinted onto the chemo-dynamical distribution function of its member stars, f(x, v, [X/H]), in the multi-dimensional phase space spanned by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Kohei Hattori , Yuzuru Yoshii , Timothy C. Beers , Daniela Carollo , Young Sun Lee

There is growing evidence that M-dwarf stars suffer radius inflation when compared to theoretical models, suggesting that models are missing some key physics required to completely describe stars at effective temperatures $(T_{\rm SED})$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Sam Morrell , Tim Naylor

We performed extensive tests of the accuracy of atmospheric parameter determination for FGK stars based on the spectrum fitting procedure Spectroscopy Made Easy (SME). Our stellar sample consists of 13 objects, including the Sun, in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 T. Ryabchikova , N. Piskunov , Yu. Pakhomov , V. Tsymbal , A. Titarenko , T. Sitnova , S. Alexeeva , L. Fossati , L. Mashonkina

Host star metallicities have been used to infer observational constraints on planet formation throughout the history of the exoplanet field. The giant planet metallicity correlation has now been widely accepted, but questions remain as to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Lars A. Buchhave , David W. Latham

The current classification system of M stars on the main sequence distinguishes three metallicity classes (dwarfs - dM, subdwarfs - sdM, and extreme subdwarfs - esdM). The spectroscopic definition of these classes is based on the relative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sebastien Lepine , R. Michael Rich , Michael M. Shara

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 report results that show that the straightforwardly star cluster metallicities obtained from Str\"omgren $vby$ photometry is age-dependent and need to be corrected for further use. This outcome arises from the comparison of [Fe/H] values…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Andrés E. Piatti

Elemental abundances of Sun-like stars are crucial for understanding the detailed properties of their planets. However, measuring elemental abundances in M stars is challenging due to their faintness and pervasive molecular features in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Haiyang S. Wang , Sascha P. Quanz , Suvrath Mahadevan , Morgan Deal

We report on 13 new high-precision measurements of stellar diameters for low-mass dwarfs obtained by means of near-infrared long-baseline interferometry with PIONIER at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. Together with accurate…

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 analyze the optical and UV spectra of an additional sample of 20 Magellanic Cloud O stars, and draw conclusions from the complete sample of 40 stars. We find (1) The SMC O3-7 dwarfs are about 4000 K cooler than their Galactic…

We develop a method to estimate photometric metallicities by simultaneously fitting the dereddened colors u-g, g-r, r-i and i-z from the SDSS with those predicted by the metallicity-dependent stellar loci. The method is tested with a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Haibo Yuan , Xiaowei Liu , Maosheng Xiang , Yang Huang , Bingqiu Chen

We investigate radial metallicity gradients for a sample of dwarf stars from the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) Data Release 3 (DR3). We select a total of approximately 17000 F-type and G-type dwarfs using selection of colour, log g, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 B. Coskunoglu , S. Ak , S. Bilir , S. Karaali , O. Onal , E. Yaz , G. Gilmore , G. M. Seabroke

We present metallicity and photometric parallax calibrations for the F and G type dwarfs with photometric, astrometric and spectroscopic data. The sample consists of 168 dwarf stars covering the colour, iron abundance and absolute magnitude…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-15 S. Tuncel Guctekin , S. Bilir , S. Karaali , S. Ak , T. Ak , Z. F. Bostanci

We present an empirical calibration of the physical parameters of A, F and early G-type stars of luminosity class V. We have used a statistical approach based on a sample of about 15 000 stars having both uvby-Str\"omgren photomerty (Hauck…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-14 Giannina Dalle Mese , Omar López-Cruz , William J. Schuster , Carlos Chavarría , J. Gabriel García

Metallicity is one of the crucial factors that determine stellar evolution. To characterize the properties of stellar populations one needs to know the fraction of stars forming at different metallicities. Knowing how this fraction evolves…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-29 Martyna Chruslinska , Gijs Nelemans