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M dwarfs are an important source of information when studying and probing the lower end of the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram, down to the hydrogen-burning limit. Being the most numerous and oldest stars in the galaxy, they carry…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-21 A. S. Rajpurohit , F. Allard , G. D. C. Teixeira , D. Homeier , S. Rajpurohit , O. Mousis

We present here quantitative diagnostic tools for cool giants that employ low-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy in the $K$-band for stellar population studies. In this study, a total of 260 cool giants (177 stars observed with X-shooter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-06 Supriyo Ghosh , D. K. Ojha , J. P. Ninan

We determine the radii and masses of 293 nearby, bright M dwarfs of the CARMENES survey. This is the first time that such a large and homogeneous high-resolution (R>80 000) spectroscopic survey has been used to derive these fundamental…

The present study of spectra of twelve metal-rich cool dwarf stars, carefully selected in order to cover a range of temperatures (~4400 - 6000 K), is a follow up on Feltzing & Gustafsson (1998, A&AS 129, 237) with the aim to understand the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Thoren , S. Feltzing

We present a metallicity analysis of 83 late-type giants within the central 1 pc of the Milky Way. K-band spectroscopy of these stars were obtained with the medium-spectral resolution integral-field spectrograph NIFS on Gemini North using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-20 Tuan Do , Wolfgang Kerzendorf , Nathan Winsor , Morten Støstad , Mark R. Morris , Jessica R. Lu , Andrea M. Ghez

We explored here the near-infrared $H$-band atmospheric window aiming to provide quantitative diagnostic tools for deriving stellar parameters, for instance, effective temperature ($T_{eff}$) and metallicity ([$Fe/H$]), of cool giants…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-02 Supriyo Ghosh , J. P. Ninan , D. K. Ojha

We use HST/STIS optical spectroscopy of ten M dwarfs in five closely separated binary systems to test models of M dwarf structure and evolution. Individual dynamical masses ranging from 0.083 to 0.405 Mo for all stars are known from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Serge B. Dieterich , Andrew Simler , Todd J. Henry , Wei-Chun Jao

Spectroscopic parameters (effective temperature, metallicity, etc) were determined for a large sample of ~100 red giants in the Kepler field, for which mass, radius, and evolutionary status had already been asteroseismologically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-03 Y. Takeda , A. Tajitsu , B. Sato , Y. -J. Liu , Y. -Q. Chen , G. Zhao

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

Reliable determination of Rotation-Activity Correlation (RAC's) depends on precise measurements of the following stellar parameters: $T_{eff}$, parallax, radius, metallicity, and rotational speed $v\sin i$. In this paper, our goal is to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 E. R. Houdebine , D. J. Mullan , F. Paletou , M. Gebran

We derive basic stellar parameters (angular diameters, effective temperatures, metallicities) and interstellar reddening for all beta Cephei stars observed during the IUE satellite mission, including those belonging to three open clusters.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Niemczura , J. Daszynska-Daszkiewicz

We present a detailed spectroscopic study of 93 solar-type stars that are targets of the NASA/Kepler mission and provide detailed chemical composition of each target. We find that the overall metallicity is well-represented by Fe lines.…

This work presents the determination of the effective temperature, gravity, metallicity, mass, luminosity and age of 27 young early-type stars, most of them in the age range 1-10 Myr, and three -suspected- hot companions of post-T Tauri…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin Montesinos , Carlos Eiroa , Alcione Mora , Bruno Merin

The research focuses on determining the metallicity ([Fe/H]) predicted in the solar twin stars by using various regression modeling techniques which are, Random Forest, Linear Regression, Decision Tree, Support Vector, and Gradient…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-10 Sathwik Narkedimilli , Satvik Raghav , Sujith Makam , Prasanth Ayitapu , Aswath Babu H

We estimated iron and metallicity gradients in the radial and vertical directions with the F and G type dwarfs taken from the RAVE DR4 database. The sample defined by the constraints Zmax<=825 pc and ep<=0.10 consists of stars with metal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-18 O. Plevne , T. Ak , S. Karaali , S. Bilir , S. Ak , Z. F. Bostanci

We have performed a differential, line-by-line, chemical abundance analysis, ultimately relative to the Sun, of nine very metal-poor main sequence halo stars, near [Fe/H]=$-$2 dex. Our abundances range from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 Erin O'Malley , Andrew McWilliam , Brian Chaboyer , Ian Thompson

M-dwarfs are emerging in the literature as promising targets for detecting low-mass, Earth-like planets. An important step in this process is to determine the stellar parameters of the M-dwarf host star as accurately as possible. Different…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 I. Bozhinova , Ch. Helling , A. Scholz

The cool temperatures of M dwarf atmospheres enable complex molecular chemistry, making robust characterization of M dwarf compositions a long-standing challenge. Recent modifications to spectral synthesis pipelines have enabled more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-28 Aida Behmard , Melissa K. Ness , Andrew R. Casey , Ruth Angus , Katia Cunha , Diogo Souto , Yuxi , Lu , Jennifer A. Johnson

Context: A radial velocity survey of about 380 G and K giant stars is ongoing at Lick observatory. For each star we have a high signal to noise ratio template spectrum, which we use to determine spectroscopic stellar parameters. Aim: The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Hekker , J. Meléndez