TY - GEN
T1 - Preliminary evaluation of the Kepler input catalog extinction model using stellar temperatures
AU - Zasowski, Gail
AU - An, Deokkeun
AU - Pinsonneault, Marc
N1 - Funding Information:
GZ has been supported by an NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship under Award No. AST-1203017, and DA has been supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea to the Center for Galaxy Evolution Research (No. 2010-0027910).
Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Kepler Input Catalog (KIC) provides reddening estimates for its stars, based on the assumption of a simple exponential dusty screen. This project focuses on evaluating and improving these reddening estimates for the KIC’s giant stars, for which extinction is a much more significant concern than for the nearby dwarf stars. We aim to improve the calibration (and thus consistency) amongst various photometric and spectroscopic temperatures of stars in the Kepler field by removing systematics due to incorrect extinction assumptions. The revised extinction estimates may then be used to derive improved stellar and planetary properties. We plan to eventually use the large number of KIC stars as probes into the structure and properties of the Galactic ISM.
AB - The Kepler Input Catalog (KIC) provides reddening estimates for its stars, based on the assumption of a simple exponential dusty screen. This project focuses on evaluating and improving these reddening estimates for the KIC’s giant stars, for which extinction is a much more significant concern than for the nearby dwarf stars. We aim to improve the calibration (and thus consistency) amongst various photometric and spectroscopic temperatures of stars in the Kepler field by removing systematics due to incorrect extinction assumptions. The revised extinction estimates may then be used to derive improved stellar and planetary properties. We plan to eventually use the large number of KIC stars as probes into the structure and properties of the Galactic ISM.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-10993-0_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-10993-0_9
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84969245722
SN - 9783319109923
T3 - Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
SP - 83
EP - 91
BT - Asteroseismology of Stellar Populations in the Milky Way
A2 - Miglio, Andrea
A2 - Girardi, Léo
A2 - Eggenberger, Patrick
A2 - Montalban, Josefina
PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers
T2 - Asteroseismology of Stellar Populations in the Milky Way Workshop, 2013
Y2 - 22 July 2013 through 26 July 2013
ER -