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We analysed red giant branch stars in 16 Galactic globular clusters, computing their atmospheric parameters both from the photometry and from excitation and ionisation balances. The spectroscopic parameters are lower than the photometric…

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Stars with accurate and precise effective temperature (T$_{\rm eff}$) measurements are needed to test stellar atmosphere models and calibrate empirical methods to determine T$_{\rm eff}$. There are few standard stars currently available to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-14 N. J. Miller , P. F. L. Maxted , B. Smalley

We establish an empirical effective temperature calibration of main sequence, luminosity class V to III B-type stars for the Delta a photometric system which was originally developed to detect magnetic chemically peculiar objects of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Paunzen , A. Schnell , H. M. Maitzen

Temperature, surface gravity, and metallicitity are basic stellar atmospheric parameters necessary to characterize a star. We aim to improve the description of the spectroscopic temperatures especially for the cooler stars where the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Tsantaki , S. G. Sousa , V. Zh. Adibekyan , N. C. Santos , A. Mortier , G. Israelian

A method for determining the effective temperature Teff of G- and K-type giants and supergiants is proposed. The method is based on the use of two photometric indices free from the interstellar absorption influence: the Q index in the UBV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-23 L. S. Lyubimkov , D. B. Poklad

The derivation of the effective temperature of a star is a critical first step in a detailed spectroscopic analysis. Spectroscopic methods suffer from systematic errors related to model simplifications. Photometric methods may be more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Julián Muñoz Bermejo , Andrés Asensio Ramos , Carlos Allende Prieto

We present a comprehensive analysis of different techniques available for the spectroscopic analysis of FGK stars, and provide a recommended methodology which efficiently estimates accurate stellar atmospheric parameters for large samples…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Gregory R. Ruchti , Maria Bergemann , Aldo Serenelli , Luca Casagrande , Karin Lind

We use moderate-resolution optical spectrophotometry and the new MARCS stellar atmosphere models to determine the effective temperatures of 74 Galactic red supergiants. From these we find a new effective temperature scale that is…

We combine results from interferometry, asteroseismology and spectroscopy to determine accurate fundamental parameters of 23 bright solar-type stars, from spectral type F5 to K2 and luminosity classes III to V. For some stars we can use…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 H. Bruntt , T. R. Bedding , P. -O. Quirion , G. Lo Curto , F. Carrier , B. Smalley , T. H. Dall , T. Arentoft , M. Bazot , R. P. Butler

We present infrared spectral energy distributions of 23 late-type T and Y dwarfs obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope. The spectral energy distributions consist of NIRSpec PRISM and MIRI LRS spectra covering the $\sim$1--12 $\mu$m…

We have investigated the relevant trend of the bolometric correction (BC) at the cool-temperature regime of red giant stars and its possible dependence on stellar metallicity. Our analysis relies on a wide sample of optical-infrared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Buzzoni , L. Patelli , M. Bellazzini , F. Fusi Pecci , E. Oliva

We provide three statistical model prescriptions for the bolometric corrections appropriate for B-type stars as a function of: 1) T_eff, 2) T_eff, log g, and 3) T_eff, log g, [M/H]. These statistical models have been calculated for 27…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 May G. Pedersen , Ana Escorza , Peter I. Papics , Conny Aerts

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

Context. Reliable metallicity values for M dwarfs are important for studies of the chemical evolution and advancement of planet formation theory in low-mass environments. Historically the determination of stellar parameters of low-mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 Sara Lindgren , Ulrike Heiter

Aperture photometry from our own observations and the literature is presented for the 12\um\ Galaxies in the near infrared J, H and K bands and, in some cases, in the L band. These data are corrected to ``total'' near--infrared magnitudes,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Luigi Spinoglio , Matthew A. Malkan , Brian Rush , Luis Carrasco , Else Recillas-Cruz

Observations of 48 red-clump stars were obtained in the H band with the PIONIER instrument installed at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. Limb-darkened angular diameters were measured by fitting radial intensity profile I(r) to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 A. Gallenne , G. Pietrzyński , D. Graczyk , N. Nardetto , A. Mérand , P. Kervella , W. Gieren , S. Villanova , R. E. Mennickent , B. Pilecki

We present bolometric fluxes and angular diameters for over 1.6 million stars in the {\it Tycho-2} catalog, determined using previously-determined empirical color-temperature and color-flux relations. We vet these relations via full fits to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 Daniel J. Stevens , Keivan G. Stassun , B. Scott Gaudi

We present a spectroscopic and photometric calibration to derive effective temperatures $T_{\mathrm{eff}}$ and metallicities [Fe/H] for M dwarfs, based on a Principal Component Analysis of 147 spectral indices measured off moderate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 E. Costa-Almeida , G. F. Porto de Mello , R. E. Giribaldi , D. Lorenzo Oliveira , M. L. Ubaldo-Melo

We present new calibrations of stellar parameters of O stars at solar metallicity taking non-LTE, wind, and line-blanketing effects into account. Gravities and absolute visual magnitudes are derived from results of recent spectroscopic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-29 F. Martins , D. Schaerer , D. J. Hillier

We measured the angular diameters of 44 stars with the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, obtaining uncertainties on the limb darkened diameter of 2% or less for all but four stars. We then used our diameters with Gaia or Hipparcos…