Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way

We estimate ([M/H], [ α /M]) for 48 million giants and dwarfs in low-dust extinction regions from the Gaia DR3 XP spectra by using tree-based machine learning models trained on APOGEE DR17 and a metal-poor star sample from Li et al. The root mean square error of our estimation is 0.0890 dex for [M/H...

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Main Author: Kohei Hattori
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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description We estimate ([M/H], [ α /M]) for 48 million giants and dwarfs in low-dust extinction regions from the Gaia DR3 XP spectra by using tree-based machine learning models trained on APOGEE DR17 and a metal-poor star sample from Li et al. The root mean square error of our estimation is 0.0890 dex for [M/H] and 0.0436 dex for [ α /M], when we evaluate our models on the test data that are not used in training the models. Because the training data is dominated by giants, our estimation is most reliable for giants. The high-[ α /M] stars and low-[ α /M] stars selected by our ([M/H], [ α /M]) show different kinematical properties for giants and low-temperature dwarfs. We further investigate how our machine learning models extract information on ([M/H], [ α /M]). Intriguingly, we find that our models seem to extract information on [ α /M] from Na D lines (589 nm) and Mg i line (516 nm). This result is understandable given the observed correlation between Na and Mg abundances in the literature. The catalog of ([M/H], [ α /M]) as well as their associated uncertainties is publicly available.
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spelling doaj-art-87d9c9c7c12f427795eb2b487e8b475e2025-02-05T16:29:05ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-0198019010.3847/1538-4357/ad9686Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky WayKohei Hattori0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6924-8862National Astronomical Observatory of Japan , 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan ; khattori@ism.ac.jp; The Institute of Statistical Mathematics , 10-3 Midoricho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8562, Japan; Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan , 1085 S. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAWe estimate ([M/H], [ α /M]) for 48 million giants and dwarfs in low-dust extinction regions from the Gaia DR3 XP spectra by using tree-based machine learning models trained on APOGEE DR17 and a metal-poor star sample from Li et al. The root mean square error of our estimation is 0.0890 dex for [M/H] and 0.0436 dex for [ α /M], when we evaluate our models on the test data that are not used in training the models. Because the training data is dominated by giants, our estimation is most reliable for giants. The high-[ α /M] stars and low-[ α /M] stars selected by our ([M/H], [ α /M]) show different kinematical properties for giants and low-temperature dwarfs. We further investigate how our machine learning models extract information on ([M/H], [ α /M]). Intriguingly, we find that our models seem to extract information on [ α /M] from Na D lines (589 nm) and Mg i line (516 nm). This result is understandable given the observed correlation between Na and Mg abundances in the literature. The catalog of ([M/H], [ α /M]) as well as their associated uncertainties is publicly available.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9686SpectroscopyStellar abundancesMilky Way diskMilky Way stellar haloAstroinformatics
spellingShingle Kohei Hattori
Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way
The Astrophysical Journal
Spectroscopy
Stellar abundances
Milky Way disk
Milky Way stellar halo
Astroinformatics
title Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way
title_full Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way
title_fullStr Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way
title_full_unstemmed Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way
title_short Metallicity and α-abundance for 48 Million Stars in Low-extinction Regions in the Milky Way
title_sort metallicity and α abundance for 48 million stars in low extinction regions in the milky way
topic Spectroscopy
Stellar abundances
Milky Way disk
Milky Way stellar halo
Astroinformatics
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9686
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