Issue |
A&A
Volume 650, June 2021
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Article Number | A194 | |
Number of page(s) | 25 | |
Section | Stellar atmospheres | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140751 | |
Published online | 29 June 2021 |
TITANS metal-poor reference stars
I. Accurate effective temperatures and surface gravities for dwarfs and subgiants from 3D non-LTE Hα profiles and Gaia parallaxes★
1
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences,
ul. Bartycka 18,
00-716,
Warsaw,
Poland
e-mail: riano@camk.edu.pl, rianoesc@gmail.com
2
Center of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics at Mackenzie, Engineering School, Mackenzie Presbyterian University,
São Paulo, Brazil
Received:
8
March
2021
Accepted:
27
April
2021
Context. Several large stellar spectroscopic surveys are producing enormous amounts of data that can be used to determine stellar atmospheric parameters and chemical abundances. Nonetheless, the accuracy achieved in the derived astrophysical parameters is still insufficient, mainly because of the paucity of adequate calibrators, particularly in the metal-poor regime ([Fe/H] ≤−1.0).
Aims. Our aim is to increase the number of metal-poor stellar calibrators that have accurate parameters. Here, we introduce the TITANS metal-poor reference stars: a sample of 41 dwarf and subgiant stars with accurate, but model-dependent, parameters.
Methods. Effective temperatures (Teff) were derived by fitting observed Hα profiles with synthetic lines computed using three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic model atmospheres that take local thermodynamic equilibrium departures into account (non-LTE effects). Surface gravities (log g) were computed using evolutionary tracks and parallaxes from Gaia early-data release 3.
Results. The same methods recover the Teff values of the Gaia benchmark stars, which are mostly based on interferometric measurements, with a 1σ dispersion of ±50 K. We assume this to be the accuracy of the Hα profiles computed from 3D non-LTE models for metal-poor dwarfs and subgiants, although this is likely an upper-bound estimate dominated by the uncertainty of the standard Teff values. We achieved an internal precision typically between 30 and 40 K; these errors are dominated by instrumental effects. The final total uncertainty for the Teff values of the TITANS are thus estimated to be of the order of 1%. The typical error for log g is ≤0.04 dex. In addition, we identified a few members of Gaia-Enceladus, of Sequoia, and of the Helmi stream in our sample. These stars can pave the way for the accurate chemical characterisation of these Galactic substructures.
Conclusions. Using the TITANS as a reference, large stellar surveys will be able to improve the internal calibration of their astrophysical parameters. Ultimately, this sample will help users of data from Gaia and large surveys to reach their goal of redefining our understanding of stars, stellar systems, and the Milky Way.
Key words: line: profiles / techniques: spectroscopic / surveys / stars: atmospheres / stars: fundamental parameters / stars: Population II
Tables 1, 2, and 4 are also available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/650/A194
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