Bibcode
Tabernero, H. M.; González-Hernández, J. I.; Montes, D.
Bibliographical reference
Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VII, Proceedings of the X Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), held in Valencia, July 9 - 13, 2012, Eds.: J.C. Guirado, L.M. Lara, V. Quilis, and J. Gorgas., pp.673-673
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2013
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Description
We introduce a new automatic code (StePar) for determinig stellar
atmospheric parameters (T_{eff}, log{g}, ξ and [Fe/H]) in an
automated way. StePar employs the 2002 version of the MOOG code (Sneden
1973) and a grid of Kurucz ATLAS9 plane-paralell model atmospheres
(Kurucz 1993). The atmospheric parameters are obtained from the EWs of
263 Fe I and 36 Fe II lines (obtained from Sousa et al. 2008, A&A,
487, 373) iterating until the excitation and ionization equilibrium are
fullfilled. StePar uses a Downhill Simplex method that minimizes a
quadratic form composed by the excitation and ionization equilibrium
conditions. Atmospheric parameters determined by StePar are independent
of the stellar parameters initial-guess for the problem star, therefore
we employ the canonical solar values as initial input. StePar can only
deal with FGK stars from F6 to K4, also it can not work with fast
rotators, veiled spectra, very metal poor stars or Signal to noise ratio
below 30. Optionally StePar can operate with MARCS models (Gustafson et
al. 2008, A&A, 486, 951) instead of Kurucz ATLAS9 models,
additionally Turbospectrum (Alvarez & Plez 1998, A&A, 330, 1109)
can replace the MOOG code and play its role during the parameter
determination. StePar has been used to determine stellar parameters for
some studies (Tabernero et al. 2012, A&A, 547, A13; Wisniewski et
al. 2012, AJ, 143, 107). In addition StePar is being used to obtain
parameters for FGK stars from the GAIA-ESO Survey.