THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DATA RELEASE 7 SPECTROSCOPIC M DWARF CATALOG. II. STATISTICAL PARALLAX ANALYSIS
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Bochanski, John J.; Hawley, Suzanne L.; West, Andrew A.
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We present a statistical parallax analysis of low-mass dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We calculate absolute r-band magnitudes (M[subscript r]) as a function of color and spectral type and investigate changes in M[subscript r] with location in the Milky Way. We find that magnetically active M dwarfs are intrinsically brighter in M[subscript r] than their inactive counterparts at the same color or spectral type. Metallicity, as traced by the proxy ζ, also affects M[subscript r], with metal-poor stars having fainter absolute magnitudes than higher metallicity M dwarfs at the same color or spectral type. Additionally, we measure the velocity ellipsoid and solar reflex motion for each subsample of M dwarfs. We find good agreement between our measured solar peculiar motion and previous results for similar populations, as well as some evidence for differing motions of early and late M-type populations in U and W velocities that cannot be attributed to asymmetric drift. The reflex solar motion and the velocity dispersions both show that younger populations, as traced by magnetic activity and location near the Galactic plane, have experienced less dynamical heating. We introduce a new parameter, the independent position altitude (IPA), to investigate populations as a function of vertical height from the Galactic plane. M dwarfs at all types exhibit an increase in velocity dispersion when analyzed in comparable IPA subgroups.
Date issued
2011-02Department
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchJournal
The Astronomical Journal
Publisher
IOP Publishing
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Bochanski, John J., Suzanne L. Hawley, and Andrew A. West. “THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DATA RELEASE 7 SPECTROSCOPIC M DWARF CATALOG. II. STATISTICAL PARALLAX ANALYSIS.” The Astronomical Journal 141, no. 3 (February 10, 2011): 98. © 2011 The American Astronomical Society
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0004-6256
1538-3881