High-precision effective temperatures of 215 FGK giants from line-depth ratios

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006mnras.371..879k&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 371, Issue 2, pp. 879-884.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Fundamental Parameters

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We present precise effective temperatures (Teff) of 215 FGK giants determined using the method of line-depth ratios. For each star, we have measured the line depths and equivalent widths of a large number of spectral lines of low and high excitation potentials and established ~100 relations between Teff and their ratios. Starting with an initial value Teff, the relations are then self-calibrated by an iterative process. Our final estimates have been compared with very accurate (1 per cent) published temperatures and show a good agreement. Using our calibrations, we derive precise temperatures for 215 giants with near-solar metallicity, from high-resolution (R = 42000) and high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N = 100-250) echelle spectra, obtained with the ELODIE spectrometer at the Observatoire de Haute Provence (OHP). The range of application of the method is 3500-5700K (G0III-K4III). The internal error for a single calibration is less than 95K, while the combination of all 100 calibrations reduces the uncertainty to only 5-20K (1σ). A big advantage of the line ratio method is its independence of interstellar reddening, and its modest sensitivity to spectral resolution, abundance, macroturbulence and other factors.

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