Faint M-Dwarfs and the Structure of the Galactic Disk

Reid, I. N. and Gizis, J. E. and Cohen, J. G. and Pahre, M. A. and Hogg, D. W. and Cowie, L. and Hu, E. and Songaila, A. (1997) Faint M-Dwarfs and the Structure of the Galactic Disk. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 109 (735). pp. 559-565. ISSN 0004-6280. doi:10.1086/133914. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190530-081630521

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Abstract

We use broadband photometry and low-resolution spectra of a complete sample of late-K and M dwarfs brighter than I=22 in three fields at high galactic latitude to study issues relating to galactic structure and large scale abundance gradients in the Galaxy. The observed starcounts in each field are a good match to the predictions of models based on deep starcount data in other intermediate-latitude fields, and these models identify the late-type stars as members of the Galactic disk. Abundances for these late type stars are estimated via narrowband indices that measure the strength of the TiO and CaH bands in their spectra. Our results show that the average abundance in the Galactic disk remains close to solar even at heights of more than 2 kpc above the Plane.

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URL	URL Type	Description
https://doi.org/10.1086/133914	DOI	Article
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997PASP..109..559R	ADS	Article
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9701193	arXiv	Discussion Paper

ORCID:

Author	ORCID
Gizis, J. E.	0000-0002-8916-1972
Cohen, J. G.	0000-0002-8039-4673
Hogg, D. W.	0000-0003-2866-9403
Cowie, L.	0000-0002-6319-1575

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© 1997 Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Received 1996 December 21; accepted 1997 January 15. Based partly on observations obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated jointly by the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, partly on data from the 200-in. telescope at Palomar mountain, owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology, and partly on data from the 60-in. telescope at Palomar Mountain which is jointly owned by the California Institute of Technology and the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The Keck Telescope Project was made possible by a generous grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation. The contribution of I.N.R. to this research was supported partially by NSF Grant No. AST-9412463; M.A.P. was supported by NSF Award No. AST-9157412 and the Bressler Foundation; D.W.H. was supported by NSF Award No. AST-9529170.

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
W. M. Keck Foundation	UNSPECIFIED
NSF	AST 9412463
NSF	AST-9157412
Bressler Foundation	UNSPECIFIED
NSF	AST-9529170

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735

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10.1086/133914

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CaltechAUTHORS:20190530-081630521

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I. N. Reid et al 1997 PASP 109 559

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