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Broadband UBVRCIC photometry of horizontal-branch and metal-poor candidates from the HK and Hamburg/ESO surveys. I.

Beers, Timothy C. ; Flynn, Chris ; Rossi, Silvia ; Sommer-Larsen, Jesper ; Wilhelm, Ronald ; Marsteller, Brian ; Lee, Young Sun ; De Lee, Nathan ; Krugler, Julie and Deliyannis, Constantine P. , et al. (2007) In The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 168(1). p.128-139
Abstract
We report broadband UBV and/or BVRCIC CCD photometry for a total of 1857 stars in the thick-disk and halo populations of the Galaxy. The majority of our targets were selected as candidate field horizontal-branch or other A-type stars (FHB/ A, N = 576), or candidate low-metallicity stars (N = 1221), from the HK and Hamburg/ESO objective-prism surveys. Similar data for a small number of additional stars from other samples are also reported. These data are being used for several purposes. In the case of the FHB/ A candidates they are used to accurately separate the lower gravity FHB stars from various higher gravity A-type stars, a subsample that includes the so-called blue metal poor stars, halo and thick-disk blue stragglers, main-sequence... (More)
We report broadband UBV and/or BVRCIC CCD photometry for a total of 1857 stars in the thick-disk and halo populations of the Galaxy. The majority of our targets were selected as candidate field horizontal-branch or other A-type stars (FHB/ A, N = 576), or candidate low-metallicity stars (N = 1221), from the HK and Hamburg/ESO objective-prism surveys. Similar data for a small number of additional stars from other samples are also reported. These data are being used for several purposes. In the case of the FHB/ A candidates they are used to accurately separate the lower gravity FHB stars from various higher gravity A-type stars, a subsample that includes the so-called blue metal poor stars, halo and thick-disk blue stragglers, main-sequence A-type dwarfs, and Am and Ap stars. These data are also being used to derive photometric distance estimates to high-velocity hydrogen clouds in the Galaxy and for improved measurements of the mass of the Galaxy. Photometric data for the metal-poor candidates are being used to refine estimates of stellar metallicity for objects with available medium-resolution spectroscopy, to obtain distance estimates for kinematic analyses, and to establish initial estimates of effective temperature for analysis of high-resolution spectroscopy of the stars for which this information now exists. (Less)
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techniques : photometric, stars : Population II, stars : early-type, stars : horizontal-branch
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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168
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1
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128 - 139
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American Astronomical Society
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0067-0049
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10.1086/509324
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English
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  abstract     = {{We report broadband UBV and/or BVRCIC CCD photometry for a total of 1857 stars in the thick-disk and halo populations of the Galaxy. The majority of our targets were selected as candidate field horizontal-branch or other A-type stars (FHB/ A, N = 576), or candidate low-metallicity stars (N = 1221), from the HK and Hamburg/ESO objective-prism surveys. Similar data for a small number of additional stars from other samples are also reported. These data are being used for several purposes. In the case of the FHB/ A candidates they are used to accurately separate the lower gravity FHB stars from various higher gravity A-type stars, a subsample that includes the so-called blue metal poor stars, halo and thick-disk blue stragglers, main-sequence A-type dwarfs, and Am and Ap stars. These data are also being used to derive photometric distance estimates to high-velocity hydrogen clouds in the Galaxy and for improved measurements of the mass of the Galaxy. Photometric data for the metal-poor candidates are being used to refine estimates of stellar metallicity for objects with available medium-resolution spectroscopy, to obtain distance estimates for kinematic analyses, and to establish initial estimates of effective temperature for analysis of high-resolution spectroscopy of the stars for which this information now exists.}},
  author       = {{Beers, Timothy C. and Flynn, Chris and Rossi, Silvia and Sommer-Larsen, Jesper and Wilhelm, Ronald and Marsteller, Brian and Lee, Young Sun and De Lee, Nathan and Krugler, Julie and Deliyannis, Constantine P. and Simmons, Andrew T. and Mills, Elisabeth and Zickgraf, Franz-Josef and Holmberg, Johan and Oenehag, Anna and Eriksson, Anders and Terndrup, Donald M. and Salim, Samir and Andersen, Johannes and Nordström, Birgitta and Christlieb, Norbert and Frebel, Anna and Rhee, Jaehyon}},
  issn         = {{0067-0049}},
  keywords     = {{techniques : photometric; stars : Population II; stars : early-type; stars : horizontal-branch}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{128--139}},
  publisher    = {{American Astronomical Society}},
  series       = {{The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series}},
  title        = {{Broadband UBVRCIC photometry of horizontal-branch and metal-poor candidates from the HK and Hamburg/ESO surveys. I.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/509324}},
  doi          = {{10.1086/509324}},
  volume       = {{168}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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