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We present a library of near-infrared (1.1-2.45 microns) medium-resolution (R~1500-2000) integral field spectra of 15 young M6-L0 dwarfs, composed of companions with known ages and of isolated objects. We use it to (re)derive the NIR…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Bonnefoy , G. Chauvin , A. -M. Lagrange , P. Rojo , F. Allard , C. Pinte , C. Dumas , D. Homeier

We combine optical, near-infrared and mid-infrared spectra and photometry to construct expanded spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for 145 field age (\textgreater 500 Myr) and 53 young (lower age estimate \textless 500 Myr) ultracool…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Joseph C. Filippazzo , Emily L. Rice , Jacqueline Faherty , Kelle L. Cruz , Mollie M. Van Gordon , Dagny L. Looper

We present the first spectroscopic metallicities of three M dwarfs with known or candidate planetary mass companions. We have analyzed high resolution, high signal-to-noise spectra of these stars which we obtained at McDonald Observatory.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jacob L. Bean , G. Fritz Benedict , Michael Endl

Stellar parameters for large samples of stars play a crucial role in constraining the nature of stars and stellar populations in the Galaxy. An increasing number of medium-band photometric surveys are presently used in estimating stellar…

This paper reports updated results on our systematic mining of the DENIS database for nearby very cool M-dwarfs (M6V-M8V, 2.0<I-J<3.0, photometric distance within 30 pc), We calibrate the DENIS (M_I, I-J) colour-luminosity relationship from…

We have conducted a spectroscopic survey of over 1300 bright (V < 17.5), hydrogen-rich white dwarfs based largely on the last published version of the McCook & Sion catalog. The complete results from our survey, including the spectroscopic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Alexandros Gianninas , Pierre Bergeron , Maria Teresa Ruiz

With the purpose of assessing classic spectroscopic methods on high-resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio spectra in the near-infrared wavelength region, we selected a sample of 65 F-, G-, and K-type stars observed with CARMENES, the…

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

We used the updated [Fe/H] abundances of 168 F-G type dwarfs and calibrated them to a third order polynomial in terms of reduced ultraviolet excess, $\delta_{0.41}$ defined with $ugr$ data in the SDSS. We estimated the $M_g$ absolute…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-04 S. Tuncel Guctekin , S. Bilir , S. Karaali , O. Plevne , S. Ak , T. Ak , Z. F. Bostanci

High-precision stellar mass and radius measured directly from binaries can effectively calibrate the stellar models. However, such a database containing full spectral types and large range of metallicity is still not fully established. A…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-11 Jianping Xiong , Chao Liu , Jiao Li , Jiadong Li , Bo Zhang , Xiaodian Chen , Changqing Luo , Zihuang Cao , Yongheng Zhao

M dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the Galaxy and serve as key targets for stellar and exoplanetary studies. It is particularly challenging to determine their metallicities because their spectra are complex. For this reason, several…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-23 C. Duque-Arribas , H. M. Tabernero , D. Montes , J. A. Caballero , E. Galceran

We present new metallicity measurements for 298 individual red giant branch stars in eight of the least luminous dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) in the Milky Way (MW) system. Our technique is based on medium resolution Keck/DEIMOS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-28 Evan N. Kirby , Joshua D. Simon , Marla Geha , Puragra Guhathakurta , Anna Frebel

We undertake a critical and comprehensive comparison of the radial velocities and the main stellar atmospheric parameters for stars in common between the latest data releases from the APOGEE and the LAMOST surveys. There is a total of…

Line depth ratios measured on high resolution (R=42000), high S/N echelle spectra are used for the determination of precise effective temperatures of 181 F,G,K Main Sequence stars with about solar metallicity (-0.5 < [Fe/H] < +0.5). A set…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. V. Kovtyukh , C. Soubiran , S. I. Belik , N. I. Gorlova

Aims. The derivation of spectroscopic parameters for M dwarf stars is very important in the fields of stellar and exoplanet characterization. The goal of this work is the creation of an automatic computational tool, able to derive quickly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 A. Antoniadis-Karnavas , S. G. Sousa , E. Delgado-Mena , N. C. Santos , G. D. C. Teixeira , V. Neves

We present a database of 908 spectra of 709 stars obtained with the ELODIE spectrograph at Observatoire de Haute-Provence. 52 orders of the echelle spectra have been carefully fitted together to provide continuous, high-resolution spectra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Philippe Prugniel , Caroline Soubiran

We have identified several tens of extremely metal-poor star candidates from SDSS and LAMOST, which we follow-up with the 4.2m WHT telescope to confirm their metallicity.We follow a robust two-step methodology. We first analyze the SDSS and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-06 D. S. Aguado , J. I. González Hernández , C. Allende Prieto , R. Rebolo

Aims: Obtaining accurate derivations of stellar atmospheric parameters is crucial in the fields of stellar and exoplanet characterization. We present the upgraded version of our computational tool ODUSSEAS with a new reference scale applied…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-07 A. Antoniadis-Karnavas , S. G. Sousa , E. Delgado-Mena , N. C. Santos , D. T. Andreasen

We have shown that data-driven models are effective for inferring physical attributes of stars (labels; Teff, logg, [M/H]) from spectra, even when the signal-to-noise ratio is low. Here we explore whether this is possible when the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-11 Andrew R. Casey , David W. Hogg , Melissa Ness , Hans-Walter Rix , Anna Q Y Ho , Gerry Gilmore

Stellar models applied to large stellar surveys of the Milky Way need to be properly tested against a sample of stars with highly reliable fundamental stellar parameters. We have established a program aiming to deliver such a sample. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 I. Karovicova , T. R. White , T. Nordlander , L. Casagrande , M. Ireland , D. Huber