Stellar parameters of M dwarfs: investigating the star-planet connection

Cooperação Científica e Tecnológica FCT/CAPES - 2014/2015 (FCT Procº 4.4.1.00 CAPES)

Principal investigator
Elisa Delgado Mena

This study aims to address the problem of precise parameter derivation for M dwarfs. We propose to primarily focus on the spectral synthesis technique to obtain simultaneously the metallicity, effective temperature, and surface gravity of M dwarfs, as well as elemental abundances. We will then apply the obtained parameters to study the star-planet connection and search for insights regarding the planet formation and evolution around M dwarfs. This project will be developed within a collaboration framework between the EXOEarths team of Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, and Departamento de Física da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The coordinators of this project in each institute will be, respectively, Dr. Elisa Delgado Mena and Professor José Reanan de Medeiros.

Portuguese Node: CAUP
Co-PI: Elisa Delgado Mena

Brasilian Node: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Co-PI: José Renan de Medeiros

Funding institution
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Start: 1 January 2014
End: 31 December 2015