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| Paper: |
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 |
| Volume: |
448, 16th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun |
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531 |
| Authors: |
West, A. A.; Bochanski, J. J.; Bowler, B. P.; Dotter, A.; Johnson, J. A.; Lépine, S.; Rojas-Ayala, B.; Schweitzer, A. |
| 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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