M. Gebran

Gaia Data Release 1 - Principles of the photometric calibration of the G band

Context. Gaia is an ESA cornerstone mission launched on 19 December 2013 aiming to obtain the most complete and precise 3D map of our Galaxy by observing more than one billion sources. This paper is part of a series of documents explaining the data processing and its results for Gaia Data Release 1, focussing on the G band photometry. Aims. This paper describes the calibration model of the Gaia photometric passband for Gaia Data Release 1. Methods. The overall principle of splitting the process into internal and external calibrations is outlined. In the internal calibration, a self-consistent photometric system is generated. Then, the external calibration provides the link to the absolute photometric flux scales. Results. The Gaia photometric calibration pipeline explained here was applied to the first data release with good results. Details are given of the various calibration elements including the mathematical formulation of the models used and of the extraction and preparation of the required input parameters (e.g. colour terms). The external calibration in this first release provides the absolute zero point and photometric transformations from the Gaia G passband to other common photometric systems. Conclusions. This paper describes the photometric calibration implemented for the first Gaia data release and the instrumental effects taken into account. For this first release no aperture losses, radiation damage, and other second-order effects have not yet been implemented in the calibration.

Normal A0−A1 stars with low rotational velocities - I. Abundance determination and classification

Context. The study of rotational velocity distributions for normal stars requires an accurate spectral characterization of the objects in order to avoid polluting the results with undetected binary or peculiar stars. This piece of information is a key issue in the understanding of the link between rotation and the presence of chemical peculiarities. Aims. A sample of 47 low v sini A0‐A1 stars (v sini < 65km s 1 ), initially selected as main-sequence normal stars, are investigated with high-resolution and high signal-to-noise spectroscopic data. The aim is to detect spectroscopic binaries and chemically peculiar stars, and eventually establish a list of confirmed normal stars. Methods. A detailed abundance analysis and spectral synthesis is performed to derive abundances for 14 chemical species. A hierarchical classification, taking measurement errors into account, is applied to the abundance space and splits the sample into two di erent groups, identified as the chemically peculiar stars and the normal stars. Results. We show that about one third of the sample is actually composed of spectroscopic binaries (12 double-lined and five singlelined spectroscopic binaries). The hierarchical classification breaks down the remaining sample into 13 chemically peculiar stars (or uncertain) and 17 normal stars.

The Rotation-Activity Correlations in K and M dwarfs. I. Stellar parameters, compilations of

Reliable determination of Rotation-Activity Correlation (RACs) depends on precise measurements of the following stellar parameters:

v\sin i

T_{eff}

and

, parallax, radius, metallicity, and rotational speed

P/\sin i

v\sin i

for a large sample of late-K and M dwarfs

. In this paper, our goal is to focus on the determination of these parameters for a sample of K and M dwarfs. In a future paper (Paper II), we will combine our rotational data with activity data in order to construct RACs. Here, we report on a determination of effective temperatures based on the (R-I)

Principal component analysis-based inversion of effective temperatures for late-type stars

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Four new HgMn stars: HD 18104, HD 30085, HD 32867, and HD 53588

color from the calibrations of Mann et al. (2015) and Kenyon \& Hartmann (1995) for four samples of late-K, dM2, dM3 and dM4 stars. We also determine stellar parameters (

HR 8844: A New Transition Object between the Am Stars and the HgMn Stars?

T_{eff}