The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS. II. Stellar Metallicity

Date

2008

Authors

Ivezic, Zeljko
Sesar, Branimir
Juric, Mario
Bond, Nicholas
Dalcanton, Julianne
Rockosi, Constance
Yanny, Brian
Newberg, Heidi Jo
Beers, Timothy C
Allende Prieto, C

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IOP Publishing

Abstract

Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ∼60,000 F- and G-type main-sequence stars (0.2 < g - r < 0.6), we develop polynomial models for estimating these parameters from the SDSS u - g and g - r colors. These photometric

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Keywords: Galaxy: Halo; Galaxy: Kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: Stellar content; Galaxy: Structure; Methods: Data analysis; Stars: Statistics

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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2037-12-31