2005/09/19 by B. Smalley, Barry Smalley, Smalley, Barry
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0509535
10 pages, 5 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the Workshop "ATLAS 12 and related codes", Trieste, July 11-15, 2005
arxiv created 2005/09/19 · openalex publication_date 2005/09/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A discussion on the determination of effective temperature (Teff) and surface gravity (log g) is presented. The observational requirements for model-independent fundamental parameters are summarized, including an assessment of the accuracy of these values for the Sun and Vega. The use of various model-dependent techniques for determining Teff and log g are outlined, including photometry, flux fitting, and spectral line ratios. A combination of several of these techniques allows for the assessment of the quality of our parameter determinations. While some techniques can give precise parameter determinations, the overall accuracy of the values is significantly less and sometimes difficult to quantify.