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J/A+A/282/899    Teff and angular diameters from IRFM    (Blackwell+ 1994)
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Stellar effective temperatures and angular diameters determined by the infrared
flux method (IRFM): revisions using improved Kurucz LTE stellar atmospheres
     Blackwell D.E., Lynas-Gray A.E.
    <Astron. Astrophys. 282, 899 (1994)>
    =1994A&A...282..899B
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ADC_Keywords: Effective temperatures ; Stars, diameters ; Photometry, infrared
Keywords: stars: fundamental parameters - stars: atmospheres


File Summary:
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 FileName    Lrecl    Records    Explanations
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ReadMe          80          .    This file
table1.dat      41         72    Values of Log R as a function of temperature,
                                  wavelength and surface gravity
table2.dat      17          4    Effect on determined effective temperatures of
                                  using Kurucz (1992) model atmospheres instead
                                  of MARCS atmospheres
table3.dat      40         18    Effect on determined temperatures at J, K, L
                                  for a change in surface gravity
table4.dat      43          6    Effect of A(V) on effective temperatures
table5.dat      35          5    Effect of a one per cent decrease in flux at
                                  J, K, L wavelengths on temperatures
table6.dat      75         80    Parameters of selected stars
table7.dat      43          6    Effect of A(V) on the integrated flux
table8.dat      52          3    Coefficients A,B,C in the relation
                                  temperature = A+B*(V-K)+C*(V-K)**2
table9.dat      30         48    Comparison between determined temperatures and
                                  calculated temperatures for stars which as not
                                  been detected as spectroscopic binaries
table10.dat     30         32    Comparison between determined temperatures and
                                  calculated temperatures for known
                                  spectroscopic binaries
table11.dat     34         19    Comparison of IRFM effective temperatures with
                                  'adopted' temperatures of Bell and Gustafsson
table12.dat     47          3    Relation between temperatures determined by
                                  Ridgway et al. and present IRFM temperatures
table13.dat     43          6    Effect of A(V) on angular diameters
table14.dat     54          3    Comparison between angular diameters determined
                                  by Michelson interferometry and
                                  present IRFM determinations
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  3  F3.1  [cm/s2]  log.g    Surface gravity
   6-  9  I4     K       Teff     Effective temperature
  15- 20  F6.4   ---     LogR1    Ratio of integrated flux to
                                   monochromatic flux lambda 1.2467 um
  24- 29  F6.4   ---     LogR2    Ratio of integrated flux to
                                   monochromatic flux lambda 2.2135 um
  34- 39  F6.4   ---     LogR3    Ratio of integrated flux to
                                   monochromatic flux lambda 3.7825 um
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  4  I4     K       Teff     Effective temperature
   7-  9  I3     K       TcJ      Temperature change for use of filter J
  12- 13  I2     K       TcK      Temperature change for use of filter K
  16- 17  I2     K       TcL      Temperature change for use of filter L
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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       1  A1     ---     Filter   Filter used
   4-  7  I4     K       Teff     Effective temperature
  18- 20  I3     K       Tc2      Temperature change for log g=2
  28- 30  I3     K       Tc3      Temperature change for log g=3
  38- 40  I3     K       Tc4      Temperature change for log g=4
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table7.dat
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table13.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  4  I4     K       Teff     Effective temperature
  14- 19  F6.4   ---     CF5      Correction factors for A(V)=0.05m
  22- 27  F6.4   ---     CF10     Correction factors for A(V)=0.10m
  30- 35  F6.4   ---     CF15     Correction factors for A(V)=0.15m
  38- 43  F6.4   ---     CF20     Correction factors for A(V)=0.20m
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   5-  8  I4     K       Teff     Effective temperature
  17- 18  I2     K       TcJ      Temperature change at J wavelength
  26- 27  I2     K       TcK      Temperature change at K wavelength
  34- 35  I2     K       TcL      Temperature change at L wavelength
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  4  I4     ---     BS       BS (Bright Star catalogue) number
       5  A1     ---     n_BS     When *, known spectroscopic binary
   8- 15  A8     ---     SpType   Spectral class
  16- 19  F4.2   mag     A(V)     Interstellar extinction
  22- 25  F4.2   mag     V        Visual magnitude
  28- 31  F4.2   mag     B-V      B-V color
  34- 37  F4.2   mag     V-K      V-K color
  40- 42  F3.1 [cm/s2]   log.g    []? Surface gravity
  45- 49  F5.2   ---     Fe/H     []? Metallicity
  52- 60  E9.3 10-9W/m2  FT       Total flux
  63- 66  I4     K       Teff     Effective temperature
  69- 73  F5.3   mas     D        Angular diameter
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table8.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   6- 15  A10    ---     Type     Kind of star
  20- 23  I4     ---     A        Coefficient A
  29- 33  I5     ---     B        Coefficient B
  40- 44  F5.1   ---     C        Coefficient C
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Note:  Temperature = A + B(V-K) + C(V-K)^2
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table9.dat
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table10.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  4  I4     ---     BS       BS (Bright Star catalogue) number
   8- 11  I4     K       Tm       Measured temperature
  15- 18  I4     K       Tc       Calculated temperature (1)
  21- 26  F6.2   %       R        Residual (measured - calculated temperature)
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Note (1):
       For table9.dat, temperature = 8906 - 2625*(V-K) + 363.2*(V-K)^2
                   where V-K has been corrected for interstellar extinction.
                   The stars have not been detected to be spectroscopic binaries
       For table10.dat, temperature = 8825 - 2548*(V-K) + 343.9*(V-K)^2,
                    where V-K has been corrected for interstellar extinction.
                    The stars are known spectroscopic binaries
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table11.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  4  I4     ---     BS        BS (Bright Star catalogue) number
   8- 11  I4     K       Tbg       Adopted temperature of Bell & Gustafsson (1)
  15- 18  I4     K       Tirfm     IRFM (Infrared Flux Method) effective
                                    temperature
  24- 28  F5.2   %       Tirfm-Tbg Temperature differences Tirfm - Tbg
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Note (1): Bell R.A., Gustafsson B., 1989MNRAS.236..653B
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table12.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   4-  7  F4.2   mag     V-K      V-K color
  12- 15  I4     K       Tirfm    IRFM effective temperature
  22- 25  I4     K       Tr       Adopted temperature of Ridgway et al. (1)
  34- 36  I3     K       Tirfm-Tr Temperature differences Tirfm - Tr
  45- 47  F3.1   %       DT/T     Temperature differences Tirfm - Tr percent
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Note (1): Ridgway S.T. et al., 1980ApJ...235..126R
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table14.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  4  I4     ---     BS       BS (Bright Star catalogue) number
  12- 15  F4.2   ---     ADi      IRFM angular diameter
  26- 29  F4.2   ---     ADm      Michelson interferometry angular diameter (1)
  44- 48  F5.2   %       ADi-ADm  Angular diameter difference IRFM-Michelson
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Note (1):  Mozurkewich D. et al., 1991AJ....101.2207M
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(End)                                           Patricia Bauer [CDS] 14-Mar-1994

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