Stellar parameters through high precision parallaxes

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Jul 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008iaus..248..500j&link_type=abstract

A Giant Step: from Milli- to Micro-arcsecond Astrometry, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Vol

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Stars: Fundamental Parameters, Stars: Distances, Stars: Variables, Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, Techniques: Photometric, Space Vehicles

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Before Hipparcos, the determination of absolute luminosity was usually done through calibrations based on a few stellar parallaxes measured at the highest precision. The Hipparcos mission meant a giant step on the knowledge of luminosities and fine structure of the HR diagram. The Gaia mission will go an enormous step further. Besides luminosities, Gaia will allow us to derive other stellar parameters like temperature and extinction, gravity, chemical composition, age and mass by the combination of astrometric and spectrometric data. Through simulations during the mission preparation, it has been shown that the astrometric parallax information is essential to deal with the degeneracy between gravity and chemical composition ([Fe/H] and [α/Fe]), that cannot be treated using only spectrophotometry. We show the expected HR diagram for the Gaia domain and the accuracies of stellar parameters.

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