SpeX NIR survey of 886 nearby M dwarfs Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Terrien R.C.
  2. Mahadevan S.
  3. Deshpande R.
  4. Bender C.F.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a catalog of near-infrared (NIR) spectra and associated measurements for 886 nearby M dwarfs. The spectra were obtained with the NASA-Infrared Telescope Facility SpeX Spectrograph during a two-year observing campaign; they have high signal-to-noise ratios (S/N>100-150), span 0.8-2.4{mu}m, and have R~2000. Our catalog of measured values contains useful T_eff_ and composition-sensitive features, empirical stellar parameter measurements, and kinematic, photometric, and astrometric properties compiled from the literature. We focus on measurements of M dwarf abundances ([Fe/H] and [M/H]), capitalizing on the precision of recently published empirical NIR spectroscopic calibrations. We explore systematic differences between different abundance calibrations, and from other similar M dwarf catalogs. We confirm that the M dwarf abundances we measure show the expected inverse dependence with kinematic-, activity-, and color-based age indicators. Finally, we provide updated [Fe/H] and [M/H] for 16 M dwarf planet hosts. This catalog represents the largest published compilation of NIR spectra and associated parameters for M dwarfs. It provides a rich and uniform resource for nearby M dwarfs, and will be especially valuable for measuring Habitable Zone locations and comparative abundances of the M dwarf planet hosts that will be uncovered by upcoming exoplanet surveys.

Keywords
  1. m-stars
  2. infrared-astronomy
  3. spectroscopy
  4. radial-velocity
  5. line-intensities
  6. metallicity
  7. surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2015ApJS..220...16T
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/220/16
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/220/16
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22200016

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History

2015-12-07T08:17:47Z
Resource record created
2015-12-07T08:17:47Z
Created
2017-12-05T05:09:39Z
Updated

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