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从$I$带光谱特征得到的M矮星光度、半径和$α$ -富集

M dwarf luminosity, radius, and $α$-enrichment from $I$-band spectral features

Ryan C. Terrien, Suvrath Mahadevan, Chad F. Bender, Rohit Deshpande, Paul Robertson

摘要:

尽管M矮星无处不在,而且它们对于系外行星、星系演化和恒星结构的研究越来越重要,但精确测量它们基本恒星性质的方法仍然难以捉摸。现有的测量M矮星光度、质量、半径或成分的技术都是在有限的恒星参数范围内校准的,或者需要昂贵的观测。我们发现,在没有强H $α$发射的M矮星中,$K_S$带亮度($M_K$)、观测到的$I$带钠双重吸收特征强度和[Fe/H]之间存在很强的相关性。我们表明,这种功能的强度,加上[Fe/H]和光谱类型,可以用来获得M矮星$M_K$和半径,而不需要视差。此外,我们发现有希望的证据表明,$I$带钠的双重峰和附近的$I$带钙的三重峰的强度可能共同表明$α$元素富集。使用这些$I$波段的特征只需要中等分辨率的近红外光谱就可以提供关于M矮星周围系外行星的潜在可居住性以及整个银河系M矮星的表面重力和距离的有价值的信息。这种技术具有直接的适用性为目标选择和候选行星主机系统表征的系外行星任务,如\textit{TESS}和\textit{K2}。

英文摘要:

Despite the ubiquity of M dwarfs and their growing importance to studies of exoplanets, Galactic evolution, and stellar structure, methods for precisely measuring their fundamental stellar properties remain elusive. Existing techniques for measuring M dwarf luminosity, mass, radius, or composition are calibrated over a limited range of stellar parameters or require expensive observations. We find a strong correlation between the $K_S$-band luminosity ($M_K$), the observed strength of the $I$-band sodium doublet absorption feature, and [Fe/H] in M dwarfs without strong H$α$ emission. We show that the strength of this feature, coupled with [Fe/H] and spectral type, can be used to derive M dwarf $M_K$ and radius without requiring parallax. Additionally, we find promising evidence that the strengths of the $I$-band sodium doublet and the nearby $I$-band calcium triplet may jointly indicate $α$-element enrichment. The use of these $I$-band features requires only moderate-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy to provide valuable information about the potential habitability of exoplanets around M dwarfs, and surface gravity and distance for M dwarfs throughout the Galaxy. This technique has immediate applicability for both target selection and candidate planet host system characterization for exoplanet missions such as \textit{TESS} and \textit{K2}.

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