CoSHA: Code for Stellar properties Heuristic Assignment -- for the MaStar stellar library

Abstract

We introduce \cosha{}: a Code for Stellar properties Heuristic Assignment. In order to estimate the stellar properties, \cosha{} implements a Gradient Tree Boosting algorithm to label each star across the parameter space ($T_{\mathrm{eff}}$, $\log g$, $[\mathrm{Fe}/\mathrm{H}]$, and $[\alpha /\mathrm{Fe}]$). We use \cosha{} to estimate these stellar atmospheric parameters of $22$k unique stars in the MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar). To quantify the reliability of our approach, we run both internal tests using the Göttingen Stellar Library (GSL, a theoretical library) and the first data release of MaStar, and external tests by comparing the resulting distributions in the parameter space with the APOGEE estimates of the same properties. In summary, our parameter estimates span in the ranges: $T_{\mathrm{eff}}=[2900,12000]$K, $\log g=[-0.5,5.6]$, $[\mathrm{Fe}/\mathrm{H}]=[-3.74,0.81]$, $[\alpha /\mathrm{Fe}]=[-0.22,1.17]$. {We report internal (external) uncertainties of the properties of ${\sigma }_{T_{\mathrm{eff}}}\sim 43(240)$K, ${\sigma }_{\log g}\sim 0.2(0.4)$, ${\sigma }_{[\mathrm{Fe}/\mathrm{H}]}\sim 0.16(0.24)$, ${\sigma }_{[\alpha /\mathrm{Fe}]}\sim 0.09(0.08)$.} These uncertainties are comparable to those of other methods with similar objectives. Despite the fact that \cosha{} is not aware of the spatial distribution of these physical properties in the Milky Way, we are able to recover the main trends known in the literature. The catalog of physical properties for MaStar can be accessed in \url{http://ifs.astroscu.unam.mx/MaStar}.

25 pages, 12 figures, published in ApJS

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