Understanding Physical Properties of Young M-dwarfs: NIR spectroscopic studies

Abstract

We present here medium resolution (λ/Δλ\sim1200) H- and K-band spectra of M type dwarf stars covering the wavelength range 1.50 - 1.80 μm and 1.95 - 2.45 μm. The sample includes 53 dwarf stars (M0V-M7V) from new observations using the TIFR Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Imager (TIRSPEC) instrument on the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT). Using interferometrically-measured effective temperature (T_{eff}), radius and luminosity of nearby bright calibrator stars, we have created new empirical relationships among those fundamental parameters and spectral indices. The equivalent widths of H-band spectral features like Mg (1.57 μm), Al (1.67 μm) and Mg (1.71 μm), and the H_{2}O-H index are found to be good indicators of T_{eff}, radius and luminosity and we establish the linear functions using these features relating to those stellar parameters. The root mean squared error (RMSE) of our best fits are 102K, 0.027R_{\sun} and 0.12dex respectively. Using spectral type standards along with known parallaxes, we calibrate both H and K-band H_{2}O indices as a tracer of spectral type and absolute K_{s} magnitude. Metallicities of M-dwarf samples are estimated using the K-band calibration relationships. The mass of M-dwarfs could be determined using the luminosity (L/L_{\sun}) and we establish a new empirical relation for this. We also compare and contrast our results with other similar work from the literature.

arXiv comment19 pages, 12 figures, accepted on February 08, 2020 for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)

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