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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 356, Issue 3, Pages 963-968Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08515.x
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stars : abundances; stars : late-type; subdwarfs
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We report the first survey of chemical abundances in M and K dwarf stars using atomic absorption lines in high-resolution spectra. We have measured Fe and Ti abundances in 35 M and K dwarf stars using equivalent widths measured from lambda/Delta approximate to 33 000 spectra. Our analysis takes advantage of recent improvements in model atmospheres of low-temperature dwarf stars. The stars have temperatures between 3300 and 4700 K, with most cooler than 4100 K. They cover an iron abundance range of -2.44 < [Fe/H] < + 0.16. Our measurements show [Ti/Fe] decreasing with increasing [Fe/H], a trend similar to that measured for warmer stars, where abundance analysis techniques have been tested more thoroughly. This study is a step towards the observational calibration of procedures to estimate the metallicity of low-mass dwarf stars using photometric and low-resolution spectral indices.
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