Astron. Astrophys. 327, 207-214 (1997)

Biparametric calibrations of stellar mass, radius
and surface gravity using uvby-H photometry

I. Ribas ¹, C. Jordi ¹, J. Torra ¹ and A. Giménez <sup>2

1</sup> Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
² INTA-LAEFF, Apartado 50727, E-28080 Madrid, Spain

Received 14 April 1997 / Accepted 18 June 1997

Abstract

The aim of this study is to construct biparametric calibrations to estimate masses, radii and surface gravities for main-sequence stars using a photometric index related to effective temperature and another related to evolution.

For this purpose, we used a sample of detached double-lined eclipsing binaries with accurate ( 1-2%) determinations of mass and radius and with available Strömgren-Crawford photometry for the individual components of the binary system.

The accuracies obtained, for the predicted dimensions when applied to single stars, are about 5-8% in mass, 10-15% in radius and 0.08-0.10 dex in surface gravity for stars in the main sequence with in the range between 7000 K and 20000 K. Precisions are thus considerably better than those obtained through single-parameter calibrations (using spectral type, or one colour index), and comparable to those derived through model atmospheres and stellar evolutionary models, of much higher complexity.

Key words: stars: fundamental parameters - stars: binaries: eclipsing - stars: early-type - stars: late-type - stars: general

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Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The sample
• 3. Calibrations
  • 3.1. ZAMS relations
  • 3.2. Early region
  • 3.3. Intermediate region
  • 3.4. Late region
• 4. Discussion
• 5. Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References

© European Southern Observatory (ESO) 1997

Online publication: April 8, 1998
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