SDSS-IV MaStar: theoretical atmospheric parameters for the MaNGA stellar library
Abstract
ABSTRACT We calculate the fundamental stellar parameters effective temperature, surface gravity, and iron abundance – Teff, log g, [Fe/H] – for the final release of the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) Stellar Library (MaStar), containing 59 266 per-visit-spectra for 24 290 unique stars at intermediate resolution (R ∼ 1800) and high S/N (median = 96). We fit theoretical spectra from model atmospheres by both MARCS and BOSZ-ATLAS9 to the observed MaStar spectra, using the full spectral fitting code pPXF. We further employ a Bayesian approach, using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique to map the parameter space and obtain uncertainties. Originally in this paper, we cross match MaStar observations with Gaia photometry, which enable us to set reliable priors and identify outliers according to stellar evolution. In parallel to the parameter determination, we calculate corresponding stellar population models to test the reliability of the parameters for each stellar evolutionary phase. We further assess our procedure by determining parameters for standard stars such as the Sun and Vega and by comparing our parameters with those determined in the literature from high-resolution spectroscopy (APOGEE and SEGUE) and from lower resolution matching template (LAMOST). The comparisons, considering the different methodologies and S/N ofmore »
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- US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Science, Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1834231
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1982561
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Journal Volume: 509 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0035-8711
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; spectroscopic techniques; evolution of stars; stellar content of galaxies; stellar abundances
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Hill, Lewis, Thomas, Daniel, Maraston, Claudia, Yan, Renbin, Neumann, Justus, Lundgren, Andrew, Lazarz, Daniel, Chen, Yan-Ping, Cappellari, Michele, Holtzman, Jon A., Imig, Julie, Cunha, Katia, Stringfellow, Guy, Bizyaev, Dmitry, Law, David R., Stassun, Keivan G., Drory, Niv, Merrifield, Michael, and Beers, Timothy C. SDSS-IV MaStar: theoretical atmospheric parameters for the MaNGA stellar library. United Kingdom: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab3263.
Hill, Lewis, Thomas, Daniel, Maraston, Claudia, Yan, Renbin, Neumann, Justus, Lundgren, Andrew, Lazarz, Daniel, Chen, Yan-Ping, Cappellari, Michele, Holtzman, Jon A., Imig, Julie, Cunha, Katia, Stringfellow, Guy, Bizyaev, Dmitry, Law, David R., Stassun, Keivan G., Drory, Niv, Merrifield, Michael, & Beers, Timothy C. SDSS-IV MaStar: theoretical atmospheric parameters for the MaNGA stellar library. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3263
Hill, Lewis, Thomas, Daniel, Maraston, Claudia, Yan, Renbin, Neumann, Justus, Lundgren, Andrew, Lazarz, Daniel, Chen, Yan-Ping, Cappellari, Michele, Holtzman, Jon A., Imig, Julie, Cunha, Katia, Stringfellow, Guy, Bizyaev, Dmitry, Law, David R., Stassun, Keivan G., Drory, Niv, Merrifield, Michael, and Beers, Timothy C. Fri .
"SDSS-IV MaStar: theoretical atmospheric parameters for the MaNGA stellar library". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3263.
@article{osti_1834231,
title = {SDSS-IV MaStar: theoretical atmospheric parameters for the MaNGA stellar library},
author = {Hill, Lewis and Thomas, Daniel and Maraston, Claudia and Yan, Renbin and Neumann, Justus and Lundgren, Andrew and Lazarz, Daniel and Chen, Yan-Ping and Cappellari, Michele and Holtzman, Jon A. and Imig, Julie and Cunha, Katia and Stringfellow, Guy and Bizyaev, Dmitry and Law, David R. and Stassun, Keivan G. and Drory, Niv and Merrifield, Michael and Beers, Timothy C.},
abstractNote = {ABSTRACT We calculate the fundamental stellar parameters effective temperature, surface gravity, and iron abundance – Teff, log g, [Fe/H] – for the final release of the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA) Stellar Library (MaStar), containing 59 266 per-visit-spectra for 24 290 unique stars at intermediate resolution (R ∼ 1800) and high S/N (median = 96). We fit theoretical spectra from model atmospheres by both MARCS and BOSZ-ATLAS9 to the observed MaStar spectra, using the full spectral fitting code pPXF. We further employ a Bayesian approach, using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique to map the parameter space and obtain uncertainties. Originally in this paper, we cross match MaStar observations with Gaia photometry, which enable us to set reliable priors and identify outliers according to stellar evolution. In parallel to the parameter determination, we calculate corresponding stellar population models to test the reliability of the parameters for each stellar evolutionary phase. We further assess our procedure by determining parameters for standard stars such as the Sun and Vega and by comparing our parameters with those determined in the literature from high-resolution spectroscopy (APOGEE and SEGUE) and from lower resolution matching template (LAMOST). The comparisons, considering the different methodologies and S/N of the literature surveys, are favourable in all cases. Our final parameter catalogue for MaStar cover the following ranges: 2592 ≤ Teff ≤ 32 983 K; −0.7 ≤ log g ≤ 5.4 dex; −2.9 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ 1.0 dex and will be available with the last SDSS-IV Data Release, in 2021 December.},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stab3263},
journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
number = 3,
volume = 509,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Fri Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Fri Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
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