Barry Smalley b.smalley@keele.ac.uk
The Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems (HoSTS) – II. The influence of the line list on stellar parameters
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Abstract
The use of high-resolution, high signal-to-noise stellar spectra is essential in order to determine the most accurate and precise stellar atmospheric parameters via spectroscopy. This is particularly important for determining the fundamental parameters of exoplanets, which directly depend on the stellar properties. However, different techniques can be implemented when analysing these spectra which will influence the results. These include performing an abundance analysis relative to the solar values in order to negate uncertainties in atomic data, and fixing the surface gravity (log?g) to an external value such as those from asteroseismology. The choice of lines used will also influence the results. In this paper, we investigate differential analysis and fixing log?g for a set of FGK stars that already have accurate fundamental parameters known from external methods. We find that a differential line list gives slightly more accurate parameters compared to a laboratory line list; however, the laboratory line list still gives robust parameters. We also find that fixing the log?g does not improve the spectroscopic parameters. We investigate the effects of line selection on the stellar parameters and find that the choice of lines used can have a significant effect on the parameters. In particular, removal of certain low excitation potential lines can change the Teff by up to 50 K. For future HoSTS papers we will use the differential line list with a solar microturbulence value of 1 km s-1, and we will not fix the log?g to an external value.
Citation
Smalley. (2017). The Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems (HoSTS) – II. The influence of the line list on stellar parameters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4850 -4862. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1180
Acceptance Date | May 11, 2017 |
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Publication Date | Aug 21, 2017 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 4850 -4862 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1180 |
Keywords | stars, abundances, fundamental parameters |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1180 |
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