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A spectroscopic survey of faint, high-Galactic-latitude red clump stars. I. The high resolution sample
Valentini, Marica; Munari, U.
2010In Astronomy and Astrophysics, 522, p. 79
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Keywords :
Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; solar neighborhood
Abstract :
[en] Context. Their high intrinsic brightness and small dispersion in absolute magnitude make red clump (RC) stars a prime tracer of Galactic structure and kinematics. <BR /> Aims: We aim to derive accurate, multi-epoch radial velocities and atmospheric parameters (T[SUB]eff[/SUB], log g, [M/H], V[SUB]rot[/SUB] sin i) of a large sample of carefully selected RC stars, fainter than those present in other spectroscopic surveys and located over a great circle at high Galactic latitudes. <BR /> Methods: We acquired data of the program stars of high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) and high resolution with the Asiago Echelle spectrograph. Radial velocities were obtained by applying cross-correlation and atmospheric parameters via χ^2 fit to a synthetic spectral library. Extensive tests were carried out by re-observing with the same instrument a large number of standard stars taken from a variety of sources in the literature. During these tests, we found that the absolute Tycho V[SUB]T[/SUB] magnitude of local red clump stars is not dependent on metallicity <BR /> Results: A total of 277 red clump stars (101 of them with a second epoch observation) of the extended solar neighborhood and 55 calibration stars were observed and included in an output catalog that contains (in addition to relevant support astrometric and photometric data taken from literature) the main output of our survey: accurate multi-epoch radial velocities (σ(RV)_&sun; ≤ 0.4 km s[SUP]-1[/SUP]), accurate atmospheric parameters (σ(T[SUB]eff[/SUB]) = 68 K, σ(log g) = 0.11 dex, σ([M/H]) = 0.10 dex, σ(V[SUB]rot[/SUB] sin i) = 1.1 km s[SUP]-1[/SUP]), distances, and space velocities (U, V, W).
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Valentini, Marica ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique stellaire théorique et astérosismologie
Munari, U.;  INAF-OAPD - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, via dell'Osservatorio 8, 36012 Asiago (VI), Italy )
Language :
English
Title :
A spectroscopic survey of faint, high-Galactic-latitude red clump stars. I. The high resolution sample
Publication date :
01 November 2010
Journal title :
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN :
0004-6361
eISSN :
1432-0746
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Volume :
522
Pages :
79
Peer reviewed :
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