Stellar Loci. V. Photometric Metallicities of 27 Million FGK Stars Based on Gaia Early Data Release 3
Shuai Xu
We combine LAMOST DR7 spectroscopic data and Gaia EDR3 photometric data to construct high-quality giant (0.7 <(BP−RP)< 1.4) and dwarf (0.5 <(BP−RP)< 1.5) samples in the high Galactic latitude region, with precise corrections for magnitude-dependent systematic errors in the Gaia photometry and careful reddening corrections using empirically determined color- and reddening-dependent coefficients. We use the two samples to build metallicity-dependent stellar loci of Gaia colors for giants and dwarfs, respectively. For a given (BP−RP) color, a one dex change in [Fe/H] results in about a 5 mmag change in (BP−G) color for solar-type stars. These relations are used to determine metallicity estimates from EDR3 colors. Despite the weak sensitivity, the exquisite data quality of these colors enables a typical precision of about δ,[Fe/H] = 0.2 dex. Our method is valid for FGK stars with G≤16, [Fe/H] ≥−2.5, and E(B−V)≤0.5. Stars with fainter G magnitudes, lower metallicities, or larger reddening suffer from higher metallicity uncertainties. With the enormous data volume of Gaia, we have measured metallicity estimates for about 27 million stars with 10 < G≤16 across almost the entire sky, including over 6 million giants and 20 million dwarfs, which can be used for a number of studies. These include investigations of Galactic formation and evolution, the identification of candidate stars for subsequent high-resolution spectroscopic follow-up, the identification of wide binaries, and to obtain metallicity estimates of stars for asteroseismology and exoplanet research.
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Paper Title:
Stellar Loci. V. Photometric Metallicities of 27 Million FGK Stars Based on Gaia Early Data Release 3
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Bibcode:
2022ApJS..258...44X
DOI:
10.3847/1538-4365/ac3df6
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DOI:
10.12149/101161
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ivo://China-VO/paperdata/101161
Publication Date:
2022-02-18
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Shuai Xu et al. 2022. Stellar Loci. V. Photometric Metallicities of 27 Million FGK Stars Based on Gaia Early Data Release 3. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.12149/101161
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