The APOKASC Catalog: An Asteroseismic and Spectroscopic Joint Survey of Targets in the Kepler Fields

Pinsonneault, Marc H. and Elsworth, Yvonne and Epstein, Courtney and Hekker, Saskia and Mészáros, Szabolcs and Johnson, Jennifer A. and Garcia, Rafael A. and Holtzman, Jon and Mathur, Savita and Perez, Ana Garcia and Silva, Aguirre Victor and Girardi, L. and Basu, Sarbani and Shetrone, Matthew and Stello, Dennis and Allende, Prieto Carlos and An, Deokkeun and Beck, Paul and Beers, Timothy C. and Bizyaev, Dmitry and Bloemen, Steven and Bovy, Jo and Cunha, Katia and De Ridder, Joris and Frinchaboy, Peter M. and Garcia-Hernandez, D. A. and Gilliland, Ronald and Harding, Paul and Hearty, Fred R. and Huber, Daniel (2014) The APOKASC Catalog: An Asteroseismic and Spectroscopic Joint Survey of Targets in the Kepler Fields. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 215 (2). ISSN 0067-0049

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Abstract

We present the first APOKASC catalog of spectroscopic and asteroseismic properties of 1916 red giants observed in the Kepler fields. The spectroscopic parameters provided from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment project are complemented with asteroseismic surface gravities, masses, radii, and mean densities determined by members of the Kepler Asteroseismology Science Consortium. We assess both random and systematic sources of error and include a discussion of sample selection for giants in the Kepler fields. Total uncertainties in the main catalog properties are of order 80 K in Teff , 0.06 dex in [M/H], 0.014 dex in log g, and 12% and 5% in mass and radius, respectively; these reflect a combination of systematic and random errors. Asteroseismic surface gravities are substantially more precise and accurate than spectroscopic ones, and we find good agreement between their mean values and the calibrated spectroscopic surface gravities. There are, however, systematic underlying trends with Teff and log g. Our effective temperature scale is between 0-200 K cooler than that expected from the Infrared Flux Method, depending on the adopted extinction map, which provides evidence for a lower value on average than that inferred for the Kepler Input Catalog (KIC). We find a reasonable correspondence between the photometric KIC and spectroscopic APOKASC metallicity scales, with increased dispersion in KIC metallicities as the absolute metal abundance decreases, and offsets in Teff and log g consistent with those derived in the literature. We present mean fitting relations between APOKASC and KIC observables and discuss future prospects, strengths, and limitations of the catalog data.

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