Spectroscopy of New High Proper Motion Stars in the Northern Sky. I. New Nearby Stars, New High Velocity Stars, and an Enhanced Classification Scheme for M Dwarfs

Details Spectroscopy of New High Proper Motion Stars in the Northern Sky. I. New Nearby Stars, New High Velocity Stars, and an Enhanced Classification Scheme for M Dwarfs Spectroscopy of New High Proper Motion Stars in the Northern Sky. I. New Nearby Stars, New High Velocity Stars, and an Enhanced Classification Scheme for M Dwarfs

2002-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209284v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

53 pages, 18 figures, 5 tables, accepted by The Astronomical Journal; this updated version includes radial velocities for the

Scientific paper

10.1086/345972

We define an enhanced spectral classification scheme for M dwarf stars, and use it to derive spectral classification of 104 northern stars with proper motions larger than 0.5"/yr which we discovered in a survey of high proper motion stars at low galactic latitudes. The final tally is as follows: 54 M dwarfs, 25 sdK and sdM subdwarfs, 14 esdK and esdM extreme subdwarfs, and 11 DA and DC white dwarfs. Among the most interesting cases, we find one star to be the coolest subdwarf ever reported (LSR2036+5059, with spectral type sdM7.5), a new M9.0 dwarf only about 6pc distant (LSR1835+3259), and a new M6.5 dwarf only 7pc from the Sun (LSR2124+4003). Spectroscopic distances suggests that 27 of the M dwarfs, 3 of the white dwarfs, and one of the subdwarfs (LSR2036+5059) are within 25pc of the Sun, making them excellent candidates for inclusion in the solar neighborhood census. Estimated sky-projected velocities suggest that most of our subdwarfs and extreme subdwarfs have halo kinematics. We find that several white dwarfs and non metal-poor M dwarfs also have kinematics consistent with the halo, and we briefly discuss their possible origin.

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