Stellar atmosphere parameters with MA χ, a MAssive compression of χ 2 for spectral fitting

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 517, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Jofre P ^a   Panter, B ^b   Hansen, C J ^c   Weiss, A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical; Stars: fundamental parameters; Surveys; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STARS; SURVEYS;

CLASSICAL APPROACH; DATA SETS; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; METALLICITIES; METHODS: STATISTICAL; METHODS:DATA ANALYSIS; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; NEW TOOLS; OPTIMUM SPEED; RESOLUTION SPECTRA; SMALL SAMPLES; SPECTRAL FITTING; SPECTRAL FLUX; STARS:FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; STELLAR PARAMETERS; STELLAR SPECTRA; SURFACE GRAVITY;

DATA COMPRESSION RATIO;

EID: 77955451584     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014013     Document Type: Article

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