Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-10-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
32 pages, 8 eps figures, latex; accepted for PASP
Scientific paper
The slope and zero-point of the unevolved main sequence as a function of metallicity are investigated using a homogeneous catalog of nearby field stars with absolute magnitudes defined with revised Hipparcos parallaxes, Tycho-2 photometry, and precise metallicities from high-dispersion spectroscopy. (B-V)-temperature relations are derived from 1746 stars between [Fe/H] = -0.5 and +0.6 and 372 stars within 0.05 dex of solar abundance; for T_e = 5770 K, the solar color is B-V= 0.652 +/- 0.002 (s.e.m.). From over 500 cool dwarfs between [Fe/H] = -0.5 and +0.5, Delta(B-V)/Delta[Fe/H] at fixed M_V = 0.213 +/- 0.005, with a very weak dependence upon the adopted main sequence slope with B-V at a given [Fe/H]. At Hyades metallicity this translates into Delta M_V/Delta[Fe/H] at fixed B-V = 0.98 +/- 0.02, midway between the range of values empirically derived from smaller and/or less homogeneous samples and model isochrones. From field stars of similar metallicity, the Hyades ([Fe/H] = +0.13) with no reddening has (m-M)_0 = 3.33 +/- 0.02 and M67, with E(B-V) = 0.041, A_V = 3.1E(B-V), and [Fe/H] = 0.00, has (m-M)_0 = 9.71 +/- 0.02 (s.e.m), where the errors quoted refer to internal errors alone. At the extreme end of the age and metallicity scale, with E(B-V) = 0.125 +/- 0.025 and [Fe/H] = +0.39 +/- 0.06, comparison of the fiducial relation for NGC 6791 to 19 field stars with (B-V) above 0.90 and [Fe/H] = +0.25 or higher, adjusted to the metallicity of NGC 6791, leads to (m-M)_0 = 13.07 +/- 0.09, internal and systematic errors included.
Anthony-Twarog Barbara J.
Edgington-Giordano Frederika
Twarog Bruce A.
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