Validation of LAMOST Stellar Parameters with the PASTEL Catalog

Abstract

Recently the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) published its first data release (DR1), which is ranked as the largest stellar spectra dataset in the world so far. We combine the PASTEL catalog and SIMBAD radial velocities as a testing standard to validate the DR1 stellar parameters (effective temperature $T_{\mathrm{eff}}$, surface gravity $\log g$, metallicity $[Fe/H]$ and radial velocity $V_{\mathrm{r}}$). Through cross-identification of the DR1 catalogs and the PASTEL catalog, we obtain a preliminary sample of 422 stars. After removal of stellar parameter measurements from problematic spectra and applying effective temperature constraints to the sample, we compare the stellar parameters from DR1 with those from PASTEL and SIMBAD to prove that the DR1 results are reliable in restricted $T_{\mathrm{eff}}$ ranges. We derive standard deviations of 110 K, 0.19 dex, 0.11 dex and 4.91 $\mathrm{km}{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}$ , for $T_{\mathrm{eff}}$, $\log g$, $[Fe/H]$ when $T_{\mathrm{eff}}<8000\mathrm{K}$, and for $V_{\mathrm{r}}$ when $T_{\mathrm{eff}}<10000\mathrm{K}$, respectively. Systematic errors are negligible except for that of $V_{\mathrm{r}}$. Besides, metallicities in DR1 are systematically higher than those in PASTEL, in the range of PASTEL $[Fe/H]<-1.5$.

9 pages, 4 figures

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