Determining the Metallicity of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs: Tools for Probing Fundamental Stellar Astrophysics, Tracing Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way and Identifying the Hosts of Extrasolar Planets
Abstract
We present a brief overview of a splinter session on determining the metallicity of low mass dwarfs that was organized as part of the Cool Stars 16 conference. We review contemporary spectroscopic and photometric techniques for estimating metallicity in low mass dwarfs and discuss the importance of measuring accurate metallicities for studies of Galactic and chemical evolution using subdwarfs, creating metallicity benchmarks for brown dwarfs, and searching for extrasolar planets that are orbiting around low mass dwarfs. In addition, we present the current understanding of the effects of metallicity on stellar evolution and atmosphere models and discuss some of the limitations that are important to consider when comparing theoretical models to data.
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© 2011 Astronomical Society of the Pacific. The authors would like to thank the Cool Stars 16 SOC for the opportunity to hold this productive splinter session. BPB gratefully acknowledges the Cool Stars 16 Accommodation Stipend Award, funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute.Attached Files
Published - West_2011p531.pdf
Submitted - 1101.1086v1.pdf
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