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M-矮星金属丰度:近红外高分辨率光谱研究

M-dwarf metallicities - A high-resolution spectroscopic study in the near infrared

Anna Önehag, Ulrike Heiter, Bengt Gustafsson, Nikolai Piskunov, Bertrand Plez, Ansgar Reiners

摘要:

M矮星的金属丰度([Fe/H])的相对较大的分布表明,各种方法还没有达到一致。强分子特征的存在,以及相应分子的不完整谱线列表使得M矮星的金属丰度测定变得困难。此外,微弱的M矮星需要长时间的曝光,才能获得足够的信噪比,以进行详细的光谱丰度分析。我们对在红外J波段观测到的8颗单M矮星和3颗宽双星系统的样品进行了高分辨率(R~ 50,000)光谱研究。没有大分子的贡献,允许一个精确的连续放置。我们得到的最佳拟合合成光谱的基础上观察到的光谱的金属丰度。为了验证所应用的大气模型的准确性和测试我们的合成光谱方法,观测和分析了三个具有K矮星主星和M矮星伴星的双星系统以及单个M矮星。我们获得了一个很好的协议之间的金属丰度推导出的初级和次级的我们的测试双星,从而确认我们的方法的可靠性分析M矮星。我们的金属丰度与先前的某些测定结果吻合得很好,但与其他测定结果有偏差。我们的结论是,在J波段的光谱丰度分析是一个可靠的方法建立的金属丰度标度的M矮星。我们建议将其应用于覆盖较低和较高金属丰度的较大样品。该方法的进一步前景包括单个元素的丰度测定。

英文摘要:

The relativley large spread in the derived metallicities ([Fe/H]) of M dwarfs shows that various approaches have not yet converged to consistency. The presence of strong molecular features, and incomplete line lists for the corresponding molecules have made metallicity determinations of M dwarfs difficult. Furthermore, the faint M dwarfs require long exposure times for a signal-to-noise ratio sufficient for a detailed spectroscopic abundance analysis. We present a high-resolution (R~50,000) spectroscopic study of a sample of eight single M dwarfs and three wide-binary systems observed in the infrared J-band. The absence of large molecular contributions allow for a precise continuum placement. We derive metallicities based on the best fit synthetic spectra to the observed spectra. To verify the accuracy of the applied atmospheric models and test our synthetic spectrum approach, three binary systems with a K-dwarf primary and an M-dwarf companion were observed and analysed along with the single M dwarfs. We obtain a good agreement between the metallicities derived for the primaries and secondaries of our test binaries and thereby confirm the reliability of our method of analysing M dwarfs. Our metallicities agree well with certain earlier determinations, and deviate from others. We conclude that spectroscopic abundance analysis in the J band is a reliable method for establishing the metallicity scale for M dwarfs. We recommend its application to a larger sample covering lower as well as higher metallicities. Further prospects of the method include abundance determinations for individual elements.

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