Stellar parameters study with SED fit algo Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Vines J.I.
  2. Jenkins J.S.
  3. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Accurately measuring stellar parameters is a key goal to increase our understanding of the observable Universe. However, current methods are limited by many factors, in particular, the biases and physical assumptions that are the basis for the underlying evolutionary or atmospheric models, those that these methods rely upon. Here, we introduce our code spectrAl eneRgy dIstribution bAyesian moDel averagiNg fittEr (ariadne), which tackles this problem by using Bayesian Model Averaging to incorporate the information from all stellar models to arrive at accurate and precise values. This code uses spectral energy distribution fitting methods, combined with precise Gaia distances, to measure the temperature, logg, [Fe/H], A_V_, and radius of a star. When compared with interferometrically measured radii ariadne produces values in excellent agreement across a wide range of stellar parameters, with a mean fractional difference of only 0.001 +/- 0.070. We currently incorporate six different models, and in some cases we find significant offsets between them, reaching differences of up to 550 K and 0.6 R_{sun}_ in temperature and radius, respectively. For example, such offsets in stellar radius would give rise to a difference in planetary radius of 60 per cent, negating homogeneity when combining results from different models. We also find a trend for stars smaller than 0.4-0.5 R_{sun}_, which shows more work needs to be done to better model these stars, even though the overall extent is within the uncertainties of the interferometric measurements. We advocate for the use of ariadne to provide improved bulk parameters of nearby A to M dwarfs for future studies.

Keywords
  1. a-stars
  2. dwarf-stars
  3. interferometry
  4. photometry
  5. spectroscopy
  6. astronomical-models
  7. effective-temperature
  8. metallicity
  9. stellar-radii
  10. infrared-astronomy
  11. ultraviolet-astronomy
  12. visible-astronomy
  13. millimeter-astronomy
  14. submillimeter-astronomy
  15. stellar-masses
  16. extinction
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2022MNRAS.513.2719V
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/513/2719
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/513/2719
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.75132719

Access

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https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
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IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/513/2719/table3?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/513/2719/table3?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/513/2719/table3?

History

2025-02-25T14:31:05Z
Resource record created
2025-02-25T14:31:05Z
Created
2025-03-07T20:14:37Z
Updated

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