Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002a%26a...390.1033v&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.390, p.1033-1048 (2002)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stars: General, Infrared: Stars, Atlases
Scientific paper
We present an atlas of near-infrared spectra (2.36 mu m-4.1 mu m) of ~ 300 stars at moderate resolution (lambda /delta lambda ~ 1500-2000). The spectra were recorded using the Short-Wavelength Spectrometer aboard the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO-SWS). The bulk of the observations were performed during a dedicated observation campaign after the liquid helium depletion of the ISO satellite, the so-called post-helium programme. This programme was aimed at extending the MK-classification to the near-infrared. Therefore the programme covers a large range of spectral types and luminosity classes. The 2.36 mu m-4.05 mu m region is a valuable spectral probe for both hot and cool stars. H I lines (Bracket, Pfund and Humphreys series), He I and He II lines, atomic lines and molecular lines (CO, H2O, NH, OH, SiO, HCN, C2H2, ...) are sensitive to temperature, gravity and/or the nature of the outer layers of the stellar atmosphere (outflows, hot circumstellar discs, etc.). Another objective of the programme was to construct a homogeneous dataset of near-infrared stellar spectra that can be used for population synthesis studies of galaxies. At near-infrared wavelengths these objects emit the integrated light of all stars in the system. In this paper we present the dataset of post-helium spectra completed with observations obtained during the nominal operations of the ISO-SWS. We discuss the calibration of the SWS data obtained after the liquid helium boil-off and the data reduction. We also give a first qualitative overview of how the spectral features in this wavelength range change with spectral type. The dataset is scrutinised in two papers on the quantitative classification of near-infrared spectra of early-type stars ({Lenorzer} et al. \cite{lenorzer:2002a}) and late-type stars (Vandenbussche et al., in prep). Based on observations with ISO, an ESA project with instruments funded by ESA Members States (especially the PI countries France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) and with the participation of ISAS and NASA. The full atlas is available in electronic form at www.edpsciences.org Table 1 is only available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?/A+A/390/1033
Beintema Douwe
de Graauw Th.
Decin Leen
Feuchtgruber Helmut
Heras Ana
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