The fundamental stellar parameters of FGK stars in the SEEDS survey Norman, OK 73071, USA

Evan A. Rich, John P. Wisniewski, Michael W. McElwain, Jun Hashimoto, Tomoyuki Kudo, Nobuhiko Kusakabe, Yoshiko K. Okamoto, Lyu Abe, Eiji Akiyama, Wolfgang Brandner, Timothy D. Brandt, Phillip Cargile, Joseph C. Carson, Thayne M. Currie, Sebastian Egner, Markus Feldt, Misato Fukagawa, Miwa Goto, Carol A. Grady, Olivier GuyonYutaka Hayano, Masahiko Hayashi, Saeko S. Hayashi, Leslie Hebb, Krzysztof G. Helminiak, Thomas Henning, Klaus W. Hodapp, Miki Ishii, Masanori Iye, Markus Janson, Ryo Kandori, Gillian R. Knapp, Masayuki Kuzuhara, Jungmi Kwon, Taro Matsuo, Satoshi Mayama, Shoken Miyama, Munetake Momose, Jun Ichi Morino, Amaya Moro-Martin, Takao Nakagawa, Tetsuo Nishimura, Daehyeon Oh, Tae Soo Pyo, Joshua Schlieder, Eugene Serabyn, Michael L. Sitko, Takuya Suenaga, Hiroshi Suto, Ryuji Suzuki, Yasuhiro H. Takahashi, Michihiro Takami, Naruhisa Takato, Hiroshi Terada, Christian Thalmann, Daigo Tomono, Edwin L. Turner, Makoto Watanabe, Toru Yamada, Hideki Takami, Tomonori Usuda, Motohide Tamura

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Abstract

Large exoplanet surveys have successfully detected thousands of exoplanets to-date. Utilizing these detections and non-detections to constrain our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems also requires a detailed understanding of the basic properties of their host stars. We have determined the basic stellar properties of F, K and G stars in the Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru (SEEDS) survey from Echelle spectra taken at the Apache Point Observatory's 3.5m telescope. Using ROBOSPECT to extract line equivalent widths and TemperatureGravity microtrubulentVelocity ITerations to calculate the fundamental parameters, we have computed Teff, log(g), vt, [Fe/H], chromospheric activity and the age for our sample. Our methodology was calibrated against previously published results for a portion of our sample. The distribution of [Fe/H] in our sample is consistent with that typical of the Solar neighbourhood. Additionally, we find the ages of most of our sample are < 500 Myr, but note that we cannot determine robust ages from significantly older stars via chromospheric activity age indicators. The futuremeta-analysis of the frequency ofwide stellar and sub-stellar companions imaged via the SEEDS survey will utilize our results to constrain the occurrence of detected comoving companions with the properties of their host stars.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1736-1752
Number of pages17
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume472
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • Planetary systems
  • Stars: abundances
  • Stars: fundamental parameters

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