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1093/mnras/stv189

Determination of the spectroscopic stellar parameters for 257 field

giant stars

S. Alves,1,2 L. Benamati,3,4,5 N. C. Santos,3,4,5 V. Zh. Adibekyan,3,4

S. G. Sousa,3,4,5 G. Israelian,6,7 J. R. De Medeiros,8 C. Lovis9 and S. Udry9
1 Instituto de Astrofsica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Av. Vicuna Mackenna 4860, 782-0436 Macul, Santiago, Chile
2 CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, 70040-020, Braslia / DF, Brazil
3 Centro de Astrofsica da Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, P-4150-762 Porto, Portugal
4 Instituto de Astrofsica e Ciencias do Espaco, Universidade do Porto, Rua das Estrelas, P-4150-762 Porto, Portugal
5 Departamento de Fsica e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, P-4150-762 Porto, Portugal
6 Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

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7 Departamento de Astrofsica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
8 Departamento de Fsica Teorica e Experimental, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitario Lagoa Nova, 59072-970 Natal, RN,

Brasil
9 Observatoire de Geneve, Universite de Geneve, 51 ch. des Maillettes, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland

Accepted 2015 January 26. Received 2015 January 20; in original form 2014 November 26

ABSTRACT
The study of stellar parameters of planet-hosting stars, such as metallicity and chemical
abundances, help us to understand the theory of planet formation and stellar evolution. Here,
we present a catalogue of accurate stellar atmospheric parameters and iron abundances for a
sample of 257 K and G field evolved stars that are being surveyed for planets using precise
radial-velocity measurements as part of the Coralie programme to search for planets around
giants. The analysis was done using a set of high-resolution and high-signal-to-noise Ultraviolet
and Visible Echelle Spectrograph spectra. The stellar parameters were derived using Fe I and
II ionization and excitation equilibrium methods. To take into account possible effects related
to the choice of the lines on the derived parameters, we used three different iron line-list sets
in our analysis, and the results differ among themselves by a small factor for most of stars.
For those stars with previous literature parameter estimates, we found very good agreement
with our own values. In the present catalogue, we are providing new precise spectroscopic
measurements of effective temperature, surface gravity, microturbulence, and metallicity for
190 stars for which it has not been found or published in previous articles.
Key words: methods: observational techniques: spectroscopic catalogues stars: funda-
mental parameters stars: late-type.

stars have suggested that the frequency of giant planets is a strong

1 I N T RO D U C T I O N
function of the stellar metallicity. It seems easier to find a planet
Stellar mass and metallicity are the two main parameters that have around a metal-rich star than around a metal-poor object (e.g.
been suggested to influence the planet formation process. To date, Santos, Israelian & Mayor 2004; Fischer & Valenti 2005; Sousa
over 1800 extrasolar planets have been discovered and this number et al. 2011). This result has usually been interpreted as due to a
continues to increase. However, more than 90 per cent of these plan- higher probability of forming a giant planet in a metal-rich environ-
ets orbit main-sequence stars with masses smaller than 1.50 M . ment. Such conclusion perfectly fits the core-accretion model for
Because of this, our understanding of planet formation as a func- giant planet formation (e.g. Ida & Lin 2004; Mordasini et al. 2012).
tion of the mass of the host star, and of the stellar environments Although the giant planetmetallicity correlation is well estab-
is poorly understood. Precise spectroscopic studies of field dwarf lish, there are number of details still missing, and some results
have cast doubts into this subject. For instance, it was proposed
that the metallicitygiant planet correlation may not be present for
 Based on observations collected at the Paranal Observatory, ESO (Chile) intermediate-mass stars hosting giant planets (Pasquini et al. 2007).
with the Ultra-violet and Visible Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) of the VLT,
Although this conclusion is not unanimous (see Hekker & Melendez
under programmes 085.C-0062 and 086.C-0098. 2007; Reffert et al. 2015), the question is now being debated (Ghezzi
E-mail: [email protected] et al. 2010; Maldonado, Villaver & Eiroa 2013; Mortier et al. 2013a).


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snow line with the stellar mass. It may produce a large increase of
giant planets frequency with the stellar mass (Kennedy & Kenyon
2008). In this scheme, only the total amount of metals present (and
not their percentage) is relevant, therefore more massive metal-poor
stars (with more massive discs) may still produce many planets.
In fact, recent studies suggest that radial-velocity surveys of giant
stars are biased with respect to metal-poor stars, once most of those
programmes select their stellar samples with a cut-off in the (B V)
colour, set to be less than or equal to 1.0. This (B V) cut-off in
a sample of cool stars result in a lack of high-metallicity, low-
gravity components, creating a bias that may explain why planets
are rather found orbiting metal-poor giants (Mortier et al. 2013b).
In addition, Santos et al. (2009) have shown that the derivation of
the parameters should be considered as another explanation, since
the way the lines are chosen may have a determining role for the

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derivation of metallicities for giant stars.
A clear answer to these questions is fundamental for our un-
derstanding of planet formation models. One way to approach this
issue would be to explore the frequency of giant planets orbiting
intermediate-mass stars. However, given the huge difficulties of ob-
taining precise radial velocities for massive main-sequence stars,
one of the most effective ways to access the frequency of planets
around higher mass stars is to search for planets around giants. Un-
Figure 1. HR diagram for our stellar sample. Evolutionary tracks from fortunately, it is not easy to derive the mass for a highly evolved
Ekstrom et al. (2012), for an initial abundance of metals set to Z = 0.014. field star. Red giant phase, red giant branch and horizontal branch
The Sun is indicated by his usual symbol . stars with different ages, masses, and metallicities occupy a similar
position in the HertzprungRussel (HR) diagram, the so called
Indeed, in their recent work Reffert et al. (2015) argued that there are massagemetallicity degeneracy, and therefore the mass and evo-
consistent indications for a planetmetallicity correlation among gi- lutionary status cannot be determined simply by comparing their
ant star planet hosts which matches the observed planetmetallicity effective temperature and luminosity with isomass tracks (Jones
correlation for main-sequence hosts, in sharp contrast with the re- et al. 2011).2 Due to this it is more difficult to study the stellar
sults of Pasquini et al. (2007). massfrequency of planets relation for giant stars. A more accu-
In fact, the discovery of several planets orbiting metal-poor ob- rate derivation of uniform and precise parameters for the giants
jects (Cochran et al. 2007; Santos et al. 2008a,b) shows that gi- in planet search samples is needed if we want to overcome this
ant planet formation is not completely inhibited in the metal-poor problem (Santos et al. 2009).
regime (see also discussion in Santos et al. 2004). This lends sup- In this paper, we present a catalogue of accurate atmospheric pa-
port to the idea that disc instability processes could also lead to the rameters for a sample of 257 field giant stars that are being surveyed
formation of giant planets (e.g. Boss 2002). It should also be noted for planets using precise radial-velocity measurements. These re-
that even though evolved planet hosts are on average more metal- sults will be very useful to study the frequency of planets as a
poor than planet-hosting dwarfs,1 there seems to be no metallicity function of the different stellar parameters, including their chem-
enhancement present for red giants with planets regarding to red gi- ical composition (Adibekyan et al., in preparation) and mass, and
ants without planets detected (Mortier et al. 2013b, and references confront the results with model predictions. Also, homogeneous
therein). determination of parameters for comparison works are fundamental
Concerning the intermediate-mass stars hosting planets, it could to avoid possible misconceptions, such as systematic deviations in-
be, for example, that the higher mass of these stars, competing with trinsic to the use of different approaches for measuring atmospheric
the stellar metallicity, is changing the observed trends. If confirmed, parameters.
however, the results of Pasquini et al. (2007) would cast doubts in This paper is arranged as follows. In Section 2, we present the
the planetmetallicity relation observed for dwarf stars, or at least in stellar sample. In Section 3, we present the method used to derive
the way this relation has been interpreted. These authors suggest that the spectroscopic parameters, and the results obtained, discussing
such a difference between main-sequence and evolved stars is due to the implications of the use of different line-lists to derive the pa-
pollution, which is more effective for stars in the main sequence than rameters. In Section 4, we compare our results with literature data.
for evolved giant stars where the convective zone enlarge and mix a We conclude in Section 5.
large fraction of the stellar gas. Other explanations are also possible:
giants are on average more massive (see however Lloyd 2013)
than main-sequence stars surveyed for planet search, therefore the 2 STELLAR SAMPLE
frequency of planets around giants could be explained with more For this analysis, we used a sample of 257 K and G evolved stars,
sophisticated models that take into account the dependence of the that are being surveyed for planets using precise radial-velocity

1 However, it should be considered the possibility that giant stellar samples 2 Note that using asteroseismology the degenerency observed in the HR

that are searched for planets may are biased. Hence, the comparison of dwarf diagram may be broken and then we can have better accuracy/precision for
stars with giant stars should be done cautiously. mass estimation.

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 Table 1. Stellar parameters determined from the iron lines by using HM07, SO08, and TS13 line-lists. The adopted parameters in our work is the one derived with the TS13 line-list.

HM07 line-list S08 line-list T13 line-list

HD Teff log g [Fe/H] Teff log g [Fe/H] Teff log g [Fe/H]
number (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex)

496 4881 225 2.78 0.45 1.21 0.20 0.05 0.18 4900 39 2.79 0.07 1.52 0.04 0.03 0.03 4854 40 2.75 0.10 1.46 0.04 0.03 0.03
636 4784 202 2.86 0.41 1.26 0.20 0.24 0.31 4903 46 2.87 0.09 1.50 0.04 0.13 0.03 4840 43 2.75 0.11 1.46 0.04 0.10 0.03
770 4800 208 2.66 0.42 1.25 0.20 0.03 0.32 4841 35 2.59 0.07 1.52 0.03 0.13 0.03 4771 45 2.47 0.10 1.50 0.04 0.16 0.03
1737 4797 203 2.36 0.42 1.25 0.20 0.13 0.51 4998 47 2.75 0.08 1.57 0.05 0.13 0.04 4932 50 2.57 0.12 1.54 0.05 0.10 0.04
3488 4869 63 2.87 0.11 1.56 0.09 0.08 0.06 4935 30 2.83 0.06 1.50 0.03 0.08 0.03 4880 34 2.72 0.08 1.44 0.04 0.10 0.03
4737 5146 61 3.09 0.09 1.14 0.09 0.05 0.06 5217 26 3.20 0.07 1.35 0.03 0.01 0.02 5199 30 3.03 0.10 1.34 0.03 0.00 0.03
5457 4682 90 2.85 0.18 1.36 0.10 0.02 0.07 4727 44 2.78 0.09 1.36 0.04 0.05 0.03 4706 46 2.78 0.10 1.36 0.05 0.05 0.03
6080 5034 70 3.43 0.11 1.18 0.10 0.08 0.06 5118 25 3.46 0.04 1.12 0.03 0.07 0.02 5084 24 3.38 0.05 1.14 0.03 0.09 0.02
6192 4995 102 2.87 0.16 1.51 0.14 0.04 0.10 5124 32 3.05 0.07 1.45 0.03 0.04 0.03 5122 26 2.99 0.11 1.42 0.03 0.05 0.02
6245 5115 62 3.21 0.09 1.25 0.09 0.04 0.06 5179 23 3.16 0.05 1.33 0.03 0.02 0.02 5163 26 3.12 0.07 1.28 0.03 0.02 0.03
6793a 5178 74 3.15 0.13 1.41 0.13 0.02 0.08 5367 33 3.49 0.10 1.70 0.04 0.03 0.03 5330 42 3.27 0.11 1.55 0.04 0.03 0.04
7082 4979 93 2.75 0.09 1.75 0.44 0.76 0.11 5047 18 2.70 0.04 1.70 0.03 0.75 0.02 5048 21 2.69 0.09 1.67 0.04 0.74 0.02
8651 4739 203 2.61 0.41 1.28 0.20 0.11 0.06 4798 37 2.64 0.07 1.58 0.03 0.19 0.03 4763 42 2.66 0.11 1.56 0.04 0.20 0.03
9163 4865 59 3.20 0.11 1.13 0.08 0.12 0.04 4930 27 3.18 0.05 1.16 0.03 0.14 0.02 4898 29 3.12 0.07 1.14 0.03 0.15 0.02
9362 4824 66 2.59 0.11 1.46 0.11 0.30 0.07 4895 26 2.64 0.04 1.50 0.03 0.28 0.02 4885 32 2.60 0.07 1.49 0.03 0.29 0.03
9525 4764 214 3.08 0.43 1.27 0.20 0.12 0.50 4808 48 2.88 0.09 1.42 0.05 0.00 0.03 4725 70 2.71 0.16 1.33 0.07 0.02 0.04
10142 4727 67 2.57 0.13 1.51 0.08 0.14 0.05 4815 45 2.61 0.09 1.53 0.05 0.11 0.04 4755 34 2.47 0.09 1.50 0.04 0.15 0.03
11977 4968 98 2.88 0.16 1.62 0.17 0.19 0.10 5054 21 2.90 0.04 1.46 0.02 0.15 0.02 5018 27 2.85 0.07 1.44 0.03 0.17 0.03
12055a 5118 204 2.84 0.41 1.09 0.20 0.04 0.63 5265 30 3.11 0.07 1.54 0.03 0.02 0.03 5255 27 3.04 0.15 1.45 0.03 0.02 0.02
12296 4751 57 2.76 0.12 1.49 0.07 0.01 0.05 4811 32 2.65 0.06 1.53 0.03 0.04 0.02 4787 33 2.60 0.09 1.51 0.03 0.05 0.03
12431 4997 71 2.90 0.14 1.35 0.10 0.04 0.07 5049 30 2.93 0.06 1.43 0.03 0.00 0.02 5010 36 2.83 0.09 1.43 0.04 0.03 0.03
12438 4956 77 2.58 0.09 1.70 0.24 0.62 0.08 5050 14 2.69 0.04 1.64 0.02 0.57 0.01 5056 20 2.70 0.04 1.66 0.03 0.57 0.02
13263 5098 67 3.06 0.10 1.39 0.12 0.06 0.07 5181 21 3.09 0.04 1.36 0.02 0.04 0.02 5173 25 3.08 0.07 1.38 0.03 0.05 0.02
13940 4996 65 3.02 0.11 1.35 0.10 0.02 0.06 5050 25 2.99 0.04 1.43 0.03 0.00 0.02 5017 32 2.90 0.07 1.43 0.03 0.02 0.03
14247 4840 55 3.12 0.10 1.28 0.07 0.13 0.05 4895 28 3.05 0.05 1.24 0.03 0.15 0.02 4857 33 2.97 0.06 1.22 0.03 0.17 0.03
14703 4966 204 2.91 0.42 1.17 0.20 0.15 0.43 5100 25 3.13 0.06 1.37 0.03 0.12 0.02 5058 33 3.10 0.10 1.38 0.04 0.09 0.03
14832 4826 70 2.70 0.13 1.50 0.09 0.23 0.07 4890 26 2.66 0.05 1.50 0.03 0.23 0.02 4862 28 2.59 0.06 1.48 0.03 0.25 0.02
15414 4756 60 3.21 0.12 1.08 0.07 0.02 0.04 4843 34 3.23 0.07 1.14 0.04 0.06 0.02 4803 39 3.21 0.10 1.07 0.05 0.06 0.03
16815 4739 57 2.74 0.11 1.33 0.08 0.32 0.05 4794 24 2.69 0.06 1.35 0.03 0.34 0.02 4777 27 2.65 0.10 1.33 0.03 0.34 0.02
16975 5065 201 2.88 0.43 1.12 0.20 0.15 0.85 5162 24 3.02 0.04 1.41 0.02 0.07 0.02 5159 25 3.05 0.08 1.43 0.03 0.07 0.02
17324 4868 68 3.15 0.11 1.25 0.10 0.15 0.05 4916 27 3.11 0.05 1.18 0.03 0.16 0.02 4902 30 3.05 0.07 1.19 0.03 0.17 0.02
17374 4881 64 2.85 0.11 1.37 0.09 0.02 0.06 4923 25 2.77 0.04 1.47 0.03 0.08 0.02 4899 28 2.75 0.06 1.45 0.03 0.09 0.02
17504 4910 57 3.20 0.09 1.19 0.09 0.25 0.05 4962 21 3.18 0.03 1.16 0.02 0.26 0.02 4961 24 3.18 0.05 1.16 0.03 0.26 0.02
17652 4820 63 2.66 0.10 1.51 0.10 0.30 0.06 4868 23 2.62 0.05 1.51 0.02 0.32 0.02 4872 27 2.59 0.06 1.51 0.03 0.32 0.03
17715 4842 56 2.67 0.10 1.43 0.07 0.06 0.05 4961 33 2.83 0.06 1.50 0.03 0.01 0.03 4920 31 2.69 0.08 1.46 0.03 0.03 0.03
18023 4686 208 2.72 0.42 1.31 0.20 0.30 0.15 4770 28 2.73 0.07 1.29 0.03 0.28 0.02 4740 28 2.61 0.12 1.28 0.03 0.31 0.02
18121 4761 63 2.62 0.12 1.34 0.08 0.10 0.06 4837 37 2.65 0.07 1.43 0.04 0.14 0.03 4792 43 2.54 0.09 1.42 0.04 0.17 0.03
18292 4818 206 2.69 0.41 1.24 0.20 0.13 0.40 5004 34 2.94 0.08 1.47 0.04 0.13 0.03 4930 43 2.85 0.10 1.45 0.04 0.09 0.03
18448 4724 72 2.59 0.13 1.50 0.10 0.31 0.07 4791 30 2.62 0.08 1.60 0.03 0.33 0.03 4756 32 2.60 0.09 1.54 0.04 0.34 0.03
Atmospheric parameters for giant stars

18650 4745 206 2.62 0.41 1.28 0.20 0.15 0.57 4912 43 2.86 0.08 1.47 0.04 0.12 0.03 4823 35 2.65 0.09 1.47 0.04 0.06 0.03
19940 4804 218 2.95 0.44 1.25 0.20 0.02 0.56 4905 38 2.97 0.06 1.32 0.04 0.05 0.03 4854 41 2.90 0.09 1.28 0.04 0.06 0.03
21011 4885 80 2.85 0.13 1.39 0.10 0.04 0.07 4972 30 2.89 0.05 1.47 0.03 0.06 0.03 4934 33 2.82 0.07 1.46 0.04 0.09 0.03
21430 4919 72 2.61 0.10 1.42 0.14 0.36 0.07 4983 18 2.67 0.04 1.48 0.02 0.36 0.02 4987 21 2.66 0.06 1.49 0.03 0.35 0.02

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HD Teff log g [Fe/H] Teff log g [Fe/H] Teff log g [Fe/H]
number (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex)

22366 4678 65 2.68 0.12 1.40 0.08 0.36 0.05 4740 22 2.67 0.04 1.35 0.02 0.37 0.02 4734 27 2.68 0.06 1.36 0.03 0.37 0.02
22382 4809 215 2.72 0.43 1.25 0.20 0.10 0.53 4920 35 2.90 0.07 1.49 0.03 0.07 0.03 4851 38 2.72 0.09 1.51 0.04 0.01 0.03
22532 4996 73 3.22 0.12 1.16 0.12 0.20 0.07 5061 18 3.22 0.04 1.19 0.02 0.22 0.02 5047 19 3.20 0.06 1.19 0.02 0.22 0.02
22676 5045 309 3.01 0.62 1.13 0.20 0.12 0.22 5147 32 3.11 0.08 1.47 0.04 0.06 0.03 5109 36 3.01 0.09 1.40 0.04 0.06 0.03
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23549 4885 204 2.88 0.41 1.21 0.20 0.27 0.20 5038 33 2.99 0.07 1.51 0.03 0.18 0.03 4992 39 2.96 0.10 1.48 0.04 0.16 0.03
23670 4877 215 2.71 0.45 1.21 0.20 0.06 0.24 4883 27 2.68 0.05 1.48 0.03 0.16 0.02 4884 30 2.68 0.07 1.48 0.03 0.16 0.03

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23719 4945 206 2.63 0.44 1.18 0.20 0.17 0.14 5103 34 2.95 0.05 1.52 0.03 0.13 0.03 5061 31 2.87 0.08 1.50 0.03 0.12 0.03
23931 4811 207 2.75 0.42 1.25 0.20 0.01 0.32 4853 35 2.73 0.07 1.48 0.04 0.08 0.03 4785 33 2.63 0.09 1.47 0.03 0.11 0.03
23940 4795 60 2.57 0.10 1.49 0.11 0.38 0.06 4917 24 2.59 0.13 1.56 0.03 0.33 0.02 4939 26 2.52 0.30 1.57 0.03 0.34 0.03
24160 5047 61 2.78 0.10 1.37 0.10 0.08 0.07 5153 25 2.94 0.06 1.52 0.03 0.08 0.02 5136 26 2.85 0.08 1.53 0.03 0.08 0.02
28093 4885 63 2.52 0.10 1.46 0.10 0.19 0.07 5011 28 2.69 0.07 1.61 0.03 0.15 0.03 4994 28 2.60 0.15 1.58 0.03 0.15 0.03
28732 4889 217 2.83 0.44 1.21 0.20 0.10 0.33 4999 35 2.98 0.06 1.46 0.03 0.08 0.03 4928 33 2.86 0.08 1.44 0.03 0.05 0.03
29085 4842 57 3.05 0.10 1.27 0.08 0.18 0.04 4910 26 3.07 0.05 1.25 0.03 0.18 0.02 4879 29 3.00 0.06 1.22 0.03 0.19 0.02
29291 5080 207 2.70 0.44 1.11 0.20 0.19 0.55 5070 31 2.75 0.05 1.64 0.03 0.02 0.03 5074 30 2.77 0.07 1.61 0.03 0.04 0.03
29399 4831 219 3.39 0.44 1.24 0.20 0.12 0.33 4914 45 3.36 0.09 1.27 0.05 0.09 0.03 4828 53 3.27 0.16 1.12 0.07 0.11 0.03
29751 5054 80 2.91 0.13 1.46 0.14 0.10 0.08 5109 21 2.87 0.04 1.54 0.02 0.12 0.02 5052 21 2.75 0.08 1.53 0.02 0.16 0.02
29930 4656 65 2.43 0.13 1.51 0.07 0.04 0.05 4823 50 2.62 0.10 1.52 0.05 0.03 0.03 4748 58 2.47 0.13 1.53 0.06 0.02 0.04
30185 4901 204 2.85 0.41 1.20 0.20 0.04 0.69 4960 29 2.85 0.05 1.42 0.03 0.09 0.02 4905 33 2.77 0.09 1.40 0.03 0.13 0.03
30790 4739 63 2.60 0.12 1.46 0.08 0.01 0.06 4925 48 2.86 0.09 1.49 0.05 0.07 0.04 4817 49 2.59 0.12 1.48 0.05 0.00 0.04
32436 4697 230 2.56 0.46 1.30 0.20 0.15 0.34 4871 39 2.82 0.07 1.58 0.04 0.10 0.03 4773 57 2.61 0.13 1.56 0.05 0.04 0.04
32453 5176 118 3.18 0.14 1.38 0.23 0.02 0.13 5186 22 3.06 0.04 1.45 0.02 0.06 0.02 5171 27 2.99 0.06 1.43 0.03 0.06 0.03
33285 4902 87 2.31 0.15 1.87 0.14 0.09 0.09 5133 39 2.68 0.07 2.09 0.05 0.01 0.04 5088 44 2.54 0.11 1.92 0.05 0.00 0.04
34172 5111 211 3.04 0.42 1.09 0.20 0.13 0.93 5156 30 3.06 0.05 1.44 0.03 0.05 0.03 5140 35 3.02 0.10 1.38 0.04 0.06 0.03
34266 4929 218 2.61 0.44 1.19 0.20 0.10 0.33 4975 31 2.66 0.06 1.63 0.03 0.01 0.03 4978 34 2.70 0.08 1.64 0.04 0.01 0.03
34642 4857 401 3.34 0.80 1.22 0.20 0.01 0.85 4895 29 3.20 0.05 1.17 0.04 0.06 0.02 4865 30 3.16 0.06 1.13 0.04 0.06 0.02
36189 4913 74 2.35 0.12 1.80 0.14 0.12 0.09 5068 32 2.43 0.12 1.92 0.04 0.05 0.03 5053 39 2.50 0.10 1.83 0.05 0.05 0.04
37811 5067 67 2.87 0.10 1.52 0.11 0.01 0.07 5178 22 2.94 0.05 1.55 0.02 0.02 0.02 5136 28 2.88 0.07 1.52 0.03 0.01 0.03
39640 4904 56 2.81 0.09 1.44 0.08 0.08 0.06 4992 33 2.84 0.06 1.48 0.04 0.08 0.03 4932 36 2.70 0.08 1.43 0.04 0.11 0.03
39720 4727 53 2.57 0.10 1.59 0.07 0.19 0.05 4790 34 2.51 0.07 1.56 0.03 0.19 0.03 4770 39 2.45 0.09 1.53 0.04 0.19 0.03
40409 4789 201 3.31 0.40 1.26 0.20 0.10 0.96 4838 44 3.14 0.09 1.20 0.04 0.08 0.03 4806 48 3.14 0.11 1.17 0.06 0.08 0.03
41451 4849 201 2.77 0.40 1.23 0.20 0.28 0.99 4966 42 2.85 0.09 1.54 0.05 0.16 0.04 4893 58 2.78 0.15 1.45 0.06 0.17 0.04
44880 4946 205 3.05 0.41 1.18 0.20 0.21 0.69 5050 21 3.20 0.04 1.22 0.02 0.19 0.02 5036 22 3.14 0.04 1.23 0.03 0.21 0.02
44956 5102 204 3.07 0.43 1.10 0.20 0.02 0.69 5219 23 3.27 0.05 1.39 0.03 0.03 0.02 5163 21 3.13 0.09 1.33 0.02 0.05 0.02
45145 4831 57 2.82 0.11 1.50 0.07 0.00 0.05 4935 30 2.78 0.10 1.54 0.03 0.01 0.03 4891 35 2.58 0.21 1.49 0.03 0.04 0.03
45158 5009 201 3.08 0.40 1.15 0.20 0.18 0.91 5091 27 3.05 0.06 1.36 0.03 0.10 0.02 5062 39 2.99 0.08 1.35 0.04 0.07 0.03
45553 5103 74 3.14 0.12 1.27 0.11 0.06 0.07 5184 28 3.13 0.05 1.37 0.03 0.05 0.03 5168 33 3.07 0.10 1.34 0.04 0.05 0.03
46116 4854 57 2.65 0.09 1.57 0.10 0.33 0.06 4917 25 2.70 0.04 1.51 0.03 0.30 0.02 4903 26 2.63 0.07 1.51 0.03 0.32 0.02
46262 4693 212 2.96 0.42 1.31 0.20 0.32 0.06 4746 27 2.89 0.06 1.26 0.03 0.34 0.02 4716 29 2.90 0.07 1.21 0.03 0.34 0.02
46727 4901 60 2.84 0.10 1.45 0.09 0.05 0.06 4942 31 2.75 0.05 1.47 0.04 0.09 0.03 4922 41 2.73 0.08 1.46 0.05 0.10 0.03
47001 4681 72 2.46 0.13 1.53 0.10 0.25 0.07 4724 29 2.39 0.08 1.61 0.03 0.32 0.02 4703 31 2.24 0.12 1.57 0.03 0.33 0.03
47910 4814 70 2.75 0.13 1.32 0.08 0.02 0.06 4922 31 2.82 0.06 1.45 0.03 0.05 0.03 4844 33 2.65 0.08 1.40 0.03 0.09 0.03
47973 5062 210 2.68 0.46 1.12 0.20 0.25 0.67 5071 46 2.67 0.10 1.75 0.06 0.06 0.04 5048 59 2.73 0.11 1.68 0.07 0.06 0.05
48758 4785 64 2.86 0.11 1.30 0.13 0.59 0.06 4871 18 2.93 0.03 1.27 0.02 0.57 0.02 4864 22 2.95 0.04 1.28 0.03 0.57 0.02
49947 4910 221 2.63 0.44 1.20 0.20 0.18 0.36 5002 23 2.87 0.05 1.47 0.03 0.19 0.02 4984 28 2.80 0.06 1.49 0.04 0.20 0.02

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number (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex)

51211 4860 71 2.79 0.13 1.41 0.10 0.12 0.07 4927 26 2.73 0.05 1.50 0.03 0.16 0.02 4899 27 2.70 0.08 1.47 0.03 0.16 0.02
55151 4792 62 2.77 0.14 1.52 0.08 0.02 0.05 4873 30 2.83 0.08 1.51 0.03 0.01 0.03 4814 36 2.79 0.15 1.46 0.04 0.01 0.02
55865 4817 60 2.82 0.12 1.51 0.08 0.00 0.05 4926 38 2.83 0.07 1.50 0.04 0.03 0.03 4866 34 2.70 0.10 1.47 0.04 0.01 0.03
55964 4901 63 3.08 0.11 1.26 0.09 0.10 0.05 4972 24 3.10 0.04 1.30 0.03 0.11 0.02 4941 27 3.00 0.07 1.26 0.03 0.12 0.02
56478 4827 56 2.73 0.11 1.50 0.08 0.10 0.05 4932 31 2.77 0.06 1.57 0.03 0.12 0.03 4897 34 2.68 0.08 1.56 0.04 0.15 0.03
58540 4750 291 3.23 0.58 1.28 0.20 0.02 0.39 4782 35 3.06 0.07 1.18 0.04 0.06 0.02 4732 42 2.96 0.10 1.12 0.04 0.07 0.03
59219 4784 104 2.32 0.21 1.96 0.16 0.09 0.10 5099 67 3.00 0.13 2.27 0.10 0.06 0.06 5081 63 2.92 0.20 2.14 0.08 0.06 0.05
59894 4920 72 2.81 0.12 1.36 0.10 0.12 0.07 5012 25 2.92 0.04 1.46 0.03 0.12 0.02 4996 25 2.87 0.06 1.45 0.03 0.13 0.02
60060 4887 351 2.86 0.70 1.21 0.20 0.07 0.24 4900 35 2.79 0.06 1.50 0.03 0.07 0.03 4882 37 2.72 0.08 1.46 0.04 0.08 0.03
60574 4938 72 2.62 0.10 1.50 0.15 0.42 0.08 5046 18 2.82 0.04 1.64 0.02 0.41 0.02 5036 24 2.78 0.05 1.61 0.03 0.40 0.02
60666 4752 71 2.59 0.13 1.35 0.08 0.07 0.06 4886 40 2.76 0.07 1.47 0.04 0.05 0.03 4784 38 2.63 0.11 1.45 0.04 0.10 0.03
61642 4817 59 2.69 0.11 1.31 0.07 0.07 0.05 4925 35 2.79 0.07 1.41 0.04 0.07 0.03 4868 41 2.65 0.10 1.38 0.04 0.11 0.03
61904 5046 201 2.93 0.40 1.13 0.20 0.19 0.82 5148 26 3.07 0.06 1.43 0.03 0.11 0.02 5102 28 2.92 0.10 1.41 0.03 0.08 0.03
62034 4850 296 2.81 0.59 1.23 0.20 0.07 0.32 4870 33 2.73 0.06 1.48 0.03 0.05 0.03 4836 32 2.68 0.07 1.47 0.03 0.07 0.02
62412 4900 204 2.74 0.41 1.20 0.20 0.12 0.43 5030 36 2.90 0.07 1.48 0.04 0.06 0.03 4966 40 2.76 0.09 1.45 0.04 0.03 0.03
62943 5042 201 3.02 0.41 1.13 0.20 0.08 0.82 5141 23 3.11 0.04 1.36 0.02 0.03 0.02 5114 21 3.02 0.10 1.35 0.02 0.01 0.02
63295 4721 57 2.43 0.10 1.41 0.07 0.18 0.05 4896 39 2.73 0.06 1.48 0.04 0.10 0.03 4837 44 2.57 0.09 1.44 0.05 0.13 0.03
63744 4760 67 2.78 0.14 1.54 0.09 0.04 0.05 4903 57 2.86 0.10 1.54 0.06 0.00 0.04 4815 51 2.66 0.12 1.41 0.06 0.02 0.04
63948 4902 60 3.03 0.10 1.26 0.09 0.08 0.06 5005 26 3.10 0.05 1.32 0.03 0.08 0.02 4960 26 3.02 0.06 1.30 0.03 0.10 0.02
64121 5018 70 3.28 0.12 1.19 0.12 0.24 0.07 5077 20 3.30 0.04 1.18 0.02 0.25 0.02 5072 17 3.32 0.05 1.18 0.02 0.25 0.01
65638 4950 49 2.93 0.08 1.50 0.08 0.02 0.05 5015 30 2.89 0.05 1.44 0.03 0.05 0.03 4972 30 2.81 0.07 1.45 0.03 0.02 0.03
67762 4938 204 3.44 0.41 1.18 0.20 0.01 0.49 5010 28 3.42 0.06 1.10 0.03 0.01 0.02 4972 30 3.36 0.06 1.09 0.04 0.04 0.02
67977 5057 68 2.92 0.08 1.37 0.13 0.18 0.07 5165 19 3.09 0.04 1.40 0.02 0.13 0.02 5142 22 3.07 0.06 1.41 0.03 0.15 0.02
67990 4905 63 2.90 0.12 1.44 0.08 0.02 0.06 5012 30 2.92 0.06 1.46 0.03 0.00 0.03 4925 33 2.73 0.09 1.40 0.03 0.05 0.03
69123 4844 56 3.13 0.11 1.33 0.07 0.07 0.04 4885 34 3.01 0.07 1.35 0.04 0.02 0.03 4850 40 2.81 0.18 1.32 0.04 0.01 0.03
69674 4789 67 2.43 0.11 1.55 0.09 0.20 0.06 4888 27 2.53 0.05 1.59 0.03 0.17 0.03 4871 38 2.59 0.08 1.62 0.04 0.19 0.03
69879 4768 53 2.64 0.10 1.41 0.07 0.01 0.04 4867 36 2.71 0.08 1.47 0.03 0.01 0.03 4811 35 2.63 0.10 1.49 0.04 0.06 0.03
70982 5037 72 2.86 0.12 1.43 0.10 0.00 0.07 5132 27 2.89 0.05 1.50 0.03 0.02 0.03 5132 30 2.78 0.13 1.45 0.03 0.02 0.03
73468 5000 251 2.77 0.50 1.15 0.20 0.06 0.10 5036 21 2.89 0.04 1.48 0.02 0.13 0.02 5012 22 2.85 0.07 1.46 0.03 0.14 0.02
73887 4824 54 2.73 0.10 1.37 0.07 0.04 0.05 4927 38 2.80 0.07 1.51 0.04 0.01 0.03 4828 43 2.60 0.09 1.48 0.04 0.05 0.04
73898 4958 75 2.66 0.10 1.60 0.16 0.48 0.08 5034 16 2.70 0.04 1.53 0.02 0.44 0.02 5055 21 2.72 0.06 1.54 0.03 0.43 0.02
74006 5766 149 3.92 0.15 4.28 0.42 0.02 0.12 5590 168 3.73 0.27 3.17 0.49 0.06 0.13
74772a 5131 128 2.67 0.15 1.22 0.27 0.09 0.12 5290 24 2.93 0.07 1.62 0.03 0.07 0.02 5291 32 2.89 0.11 1.54 0.04 0.04 0.03
75168a 5243 80 2.99 0.12 1.45 0.16 0.05 0.09 5450 27 3.23 0.07 1.56 0.03 0.06 0.03 5444 35 3.19 0.14 1.52 0.04 0.05 0.03
75451 4819 74 3.08 0.14 1.18 0.09 0.00 0.05 4916 31 3.12 0.06 1.24 0.04 0.03 0.03 4875 31 3.04 0.07 1.21 0.03 0.04 0.02
77580 4850 457 2.74 0.92 1.23 0.20 0.19 0.06 5042 43 3.01 0.09 1.52 0.04 0.16 0.04 4991 50 2.95 0.10 1.46 0.05 0.16 0.04
78883 4840 58 2.67 0.09 1.65 0.14 0.52 0.06 4994 29 2.89 0.07 1.69 0.04 0.42 0.03 4984 27 2.82 0.12 1.59 0.04 0.42 0.03
79091 4708 59 2.94 0.13 1.27 0.07 0.17 0.04 4765 26 2.86 0.06 1.26 0.03 0.21 0.02 4726 33 2.80 0.08 1.23 0.04 0.22 0.02
79846 4983 137 2.67 0.30 2.55 0.40 0.13 0.15 5300 60 2.88 0.15 2.43 0.08 0.13 0.06 5117 75 2.77 0.21 2.32 0.11 0.00 0.07
80171 4933 202 2.94 0.41 1.18 0.20 0.22 0.60 5034 33 3.02 0.08 1.48 0.04 0.11 0.03 5006 47 2.97 0.11 1.41 0.05 0.12 0.04
Atmospheric parameters for giant stars

80934 4921 201 3.04 0.40 1.19 0.20 0.22 0.60 5042 33 3.08 0.07 1.42 0.04 0.15 0.03 5002 46 3.03 0.12 1.41 0.05 0.13 0.04
81101 4898 79 2.65 0.11 1.52 0.15 0.38 0.08 4979 19 2.75 0.03 1.53 0.02 0.35 0.02 4977 24 2.72 0.05 1.51 0.03 0.36 0.02
81136a 5141 74 2.90 0.10 1.60 0.13 0.07 0.08 5222 26 2.81 0.07 1.68 0.03 0.07 0.02 5206 30 2.78 0.11 1.60 0.03 0.08 0.03
81169 5072 217 2.95 0.43 1.11 0.20 0.01 0.15 5131 22 3.06 0.04 1.38 0.02 0.05 0.02 5126 22 3.04 0.06 1.36 0.03 0.05 0.02

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number (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex)

83380 4793 202 2.74 0.41 1.26 0.20 0.10 0.28 4920 36 2.88 0.07 1.47 0.04 0.06 0.03 4840 47 2.72 0.10 1.47 0.05 0.00 0.04
83465 4712 84 2.58 0.17 1.49 0.10 0.10 0.07 4839 31 2.67 0.06 1.56 0.03 0.08 0.03 4837 43 2.72 0.10 1.52 0.04 0.06 0.03
84698 4846 59 2.71 0.12 1.37 0.08 0.01 0.05 4947 32 2.81 0.06 1.50 0.03 0.01 0.03 4870 36 2.70 0.08 1.46 0.04 0.03 0.03
85154 4948 204 2.97 0.41 1.18 0.20 0.09 0.57 5085 31 3.13 0.06 1.32 0.03 0.09 0.03 5041 39 3.06 0.08 1.34 0.04 0.07 0.03
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85250 5034 60 3.17 0.10 1.35 0.09 0.10 0.06 5119 27 3.16 0.05 1.35 0.03 0.09 0.02 5084 28 3.07 0.07 1.33 0.03 0.08 0.02
85396 5018 64 3.20 0.10 1.20 0.10 0.15 0.06 5084 18 3.22 0.03 1.20 0.02 0.15 0.01 5082 19 3.20 0.06 1.21 0.02 0.15 0.02

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85612 5028 80 3.35 0.14 1.14 0.12 0.04 0.07 5108 22 3.38 0.04 1.18 0.03 0.05 0.02 5068 22 3.26 0.09 1.20 0.03 0.08 0.02
87540 4936 223 2.93 0.52 1.18 0.20 0.11 0.18 4959 26 2.85 0.06 1.45 0.03 0.02 0.02 4914 30 2.71 0.09 1.43 0.03 0.05 0.03
87627 4713 48 2.60 0.09 1.57 0.06 0.16 0.04 4778 31 2.56 0.06 1.55 0.03 0.16 0.03 4741 39 2.50 0.09 1.48 0.04 0.17 0.03
87816 4904 202 2.79 0.42 1.20 0.20 0.18 0.46 4996 50 2.88 0.09 1.40 0.05 0.13 0.03 4987 55 2.89 0.11 1.37 0.07 0.14 0.04
87896a 5260 73 3.65 0.15 1.52 0.14 0.09 0.07 5324 37 3.46 0.09 1.51 0.04 0.13 0.03 5283 46 3.41 0.10 1.45 0.05 0.10 0.04
88323 4953 70 2.76 0.11 1.45 0.09 0.08 0.07 5074 35 2.80 0.07 1.59 0.04 0.09 0.03 5048 43 2.72 0.12 1.52 0.04 0.10 0.04
88836 5047 233 2.88 0.47 1.13 0.20 0.06 0.40 5058 22 2.95 0.05 1.42 0.02 0.04 0.02 5037 26 2.87 0.08 1.40 0.03 0.05 0.02
89015 4783 209 2.71 0.42 1.26 0.20 0.09 0.06 4837 36 2.71 0.07 1.56 0.04 0.02 0.03 4796 38 2.64 0.09 1.48 0.04 0.01 0.03
90074 5128 59 3.17 0.09 1.22 0.10 0.00 0.06 5197 19 3.17 0.05 1.30 0.02 0.03 0.02 5164 23 3.06 0.07 1.29 0.03 0.05 0.02
90317 4890 202 3.41 0.40 1.21 0.20 0.04 0.31 4888 24 3.15 0.06 1.14 0.03 0.02 0.02 4868 30 3.16 0.07 1.08 0.03 0.00 0.02
90980 4788 201 2.71 0.40 1.26 0.20 0.17 0.74 4967 35 2.98 0.07 1.45 0.04 0.15 0.03 4915 46 2.99 0.11 1.49 0.05 0.11 0.04
91437 5092 63 3.03 0.09 1.33 0.09 0.04 0.06 5178 29 3.09 0.04 1.40 0.03 0.04 0.03 5142 27 2.99 0.08 1.38 0.03 0.02 0.03
93410 4691 69 2.82 0.14 1.30 0.08 0.20 0.05 4774 33 2.80 0.06 1.32 0.03 0.20 0.02 4730 35 2.80 0.10 1.30 0.03 0.22 0.02
93773 5018 54 3.03 0.10 1.47 0.09 0.02 0.05 5055 27 2.93 0.06 1.42 0.03 0.05 0.02 5018 29 2.79 0.08 1.42 0.03 0.07 0.02
94510 4948 65 3.15 0.11 1.28 0.09 0.12 0.06 5015 24 3.14 0.05 1.24 0.03 0.12 0.02 5002 24 3.08 0.07 1.24 0.03 0.13 0.02
94890 4787 202 2.60 0.41 1.26 0.20 0.06 0.31 4911 34 2.76 0.06 1.53 0.03 0.03 0.03 4892 42 2.76 0.09 1.52 0.04 0.03 0.03
96566 4910 120 2.56 0.18 1.67 0.18 0.05 0.12 4914 48 2.45 0.10 1.80 0.05 0.00 0.04 4968 49 2.59 0.17 1.75 0.05 0.05 0.05
97344 5009 63 2.96 0.10 1.48 0.11 0.05 0.06 5130 28 3.09 0.06 1.44 0.03 0.00 0.03 5074 32 3.04 0.12 1.40 0.04 0.03 0.03
98732 4732 203 3.08 0.41 1.29 0.20 0.31 0.29 4815 28 3.07 0.05 1.14 0.03 0.29 0.02 4790 25 3.06 0.05 1.09 0.03 0.29 0.02
100708 4717 82 2.94 0.15 1.15 0.09 0.01 0.06 4828 38 3.01 0.07 1.33 0.04 0.07 0.03 4798 36 2.82 0.16 1.26 0.04 0.08 0.03
101162 4889 65 2.91 0.11 1.46 0.08 0.08 0.05 4925 32 2.81 0.06 1.47 0.04 0.05 0.03 4936 31 2.79 0.17 1.48 0.04 0.06 0.03
103462 4950 92 2.53 0.11 1.41 0.43 0.53 0.10 5068 15 2.75 0.04 1.56 0.02 0.47 0.01 5100 21 2.79 0.06 1.57 0.03 0.45 0.02
104704 4716 86 3.04 0.17 1.23 0.10 0.09 0.06 4775 30 2.93 0.06 1.24 0.03 0.15 0.02 4736 40 2.85 0.09 1.20 0.04 0.16 0.03
106572 4722 110 2.38 0.18 1.50 0.32 0.49 0.09 4825 26 2.53 0.05 1.61 0.03 0.44 0.02 4806 27 2.52 0.07 1.62 0.03 0.46 0.02
110829 4883 202 3.41 0.40 1.21 0.20 0.23 0.63 4844 43 3.01 0.09 1.30 0.04 0.10 0.03 4824 44 2.79 0.22 1.30 0.05 0.07 0.03
111295 4853 101 2.40 0.15 1.47 0.34 0.41 0.09 5049 27 2.88 0.06 1.78 0.03 0.32 0.03 5029 34 2.79 0.12 1.69 0.05 0.33 0.03
113778 4736 118 2.62 0.22 1.49 0.16 0.07 0.10 4842 32 2.72 0.07 1.52 0.03 0.05 0.03 4821 38 2.60 0.10 1.49 0.04 0.07 0.03
114474 4831 82 3.02 0.15 1.34 0.10 0.14 0.06 4842 41 2.83 0.07 1.47 0.04 0.03 0.03 4790 48 2.76 0.10 1.41 0.05 0.03 0.03
115310 5079 94 3.15 0.13 1.41 0.16 0.10 0.10 5097 28 2.97 0.05 1.43 0.03 0.04 0.03 5011 34 2.80 0.07 1.45 0.04 0.03 0.03
116243a 5058 101 2.69 0.12 1.91 0.33 0.34 0.12 5325 22 3.02 0.05 1.63 0.03 0.12 0.02 5305 32 2.97 0.10 1.62 0.04 0.13 0.03
118338 5031 397 2.90 0.80 1.13 0.20 0.17 0.89 5178 25 3.13 0.05 1.47 0.03 0.10 0.02 5131 32 3.10 0.13 1.44 0.04 0.08 0.03
119250 4821 97 2.68 0.16 1.44 0.13 0.14 0.09 4882 27 2.67 0.05 1.50 0.03 0.15 0.02 4823 37 2.50 0.10 1.47 0.04 0.18 0.03
120457 4916 203 2.95 0.41 1.19 0.20 0.23 0.74 5042 32 3.09 0.07 1.39 0.03 0.16 0.02 5017 42 3.08 0.08 1.33 0.05 0.17 0.03
121853 4934 67 2.76 0.10 1.50 0.14 0.28 0.07 4985 23 2.77 0.04 1.57 0.03 0.28 0.02 4968 24 2.68 0.06 1.50 0.03 0.28 0.02
123151 4864 66 2.72 0.10 1.42 0.09 0.18 0.06 4971 29 2.80 0.05 1.51 0.04 0.19 0.02 4957 35 2.77 0.10 1.48 0.04 0.19 0.03
123569 4981 202 2.94 0.40 1.16 0.20 0.11 0.71 5104 27 3.12 0.05 1.37 0.03 0.07 0.02 5089 31 3.13 0.08 1.38 0.03 0.07 0.03
125136 4781 163 2.96 0.30 1.42 0.21 0.16 0.14 4949 33 3.15 0.06 1.18 0.04 0.01 0.02 4937 37 2.97 0.20 1.22 0.04 0.05 0.03
127195 4947 66 3.42 0.11 1.10 0.10 0.05 0.05 5006 23 3.37 0.04 1.09 0.03 0.07 0.02 4990 24 3.38 0.05 1.09 0.03 0.08 0.02

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number (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex)

129462 4915 165 3.00 0.25 2.04 0.31 0.16 0.14 4985 27 2.84 0.04 1.52 0.03 0.07 0.02 4953 26 2.75 0.06 1.48 0.03 0.08 0.02
129893 4914 59 2.91 0.10 1.43 0.08 0.01 0.05 4974 31 2.88 0.05 1.44 0.03 0.01 0.03 4917 35 2.80 0.08 1.40 0.04 0.03 0.03
130650 4940 71 2.79 0.11 1.51 0.12 0.07 0.07 5027 24 2.78 0.04 1.54 0.03 0.06 0.02 5009 28 2.79 0.07 1.51 0.03 0.06 0.02
131376 5052 234 3.01 0.47 1.12 0.20 0.14 0.59 5126 26 3.11 0.06 1.43 0.03 0.08 0.02 5096 34 3.06 0.08 1.42 0.03 0.07 0.03
132905 4876 66 2.54 0.09 1.46 0.12 0.39 0.07 4954 22 2.69 0.05 1.53 0.02 0.37 0.02 4989 22 2.61 0.18 1.55 0.03 0.35 0.02
133921a 5173 60 3.10 0.11 1.15 0.09 0.15 0.06 5283 31 3.10 0.09 1.24 0.03 0.18 0.03 5270 38 3.10 0.12 1.18 0.04 0.18 0.04
134505 5101 247 2.92 0.50 1.10 0.20 0.09 0.10 5156 24 3.07 0.04 1.44 0.03 0.02 0.02 5126 23 3.01 0.06 1.42 0.03 0.00 0.02
135760 4801 201 3.41 0.40 1.25 0.20 0.21 0.59 4891 71 3.32 0.14 1.24 0.07 0.19 0.04 4909 94 3.49 0.19 1.06 0.09 0.27 0.05
136014 4807 73 2.57 0.12 1.56 0.13 0.49 0.07 4925 21 2.73 0.04 1.62 0.02 0.43 0.02 4899 23 2.69 0.07 1.63 0.03 0.46 0.02
136672 4763 266 2.59 0.53 1.27 0.20 0.29 0.20 4842 31 2.68 0.06 1.53 0.03 0.33 0.03 4829 27 2.68 0.09 1.48 0.03 0.32 0.02
139521 4888 52 2.76 0.09 1.52 0.08 0.14 0.05 4954 24 2.75 0.04 1.50 0.03 0.13 0.02 4960 27 2.79 0.07 1.45 0.03 0.11 0.02
139980 4885 212 2.67 0.44 1.21 0.20 0.07 0.21 4944 28 2.87 0.06 1.47 0.03 0.15 0.02 4936 25 2.83 0.08 1.45 0.03 0.14 0.02
140329 4991 201 3.45 0.40 1.15 0.20 0.07 0.85 5043 30 3.40 0.07 1.15 0.04 0.02 0.02 4988 32 3.31 0.10 1.09 0.04 0.01 0.02
140861 5032 87 2.76 0.13 2.02 0.26 0.39 0.10 5069 18 2.69 0.04 1.75 0.02 0.36 0.02 5082 20 2.71 0.08 1.76 0.03 0.36 0.02
141832 4972 202 3.45 0.40 1.16 0.20 0.19 0.94 5046 43 3.41 0.07 1.30 0.05 0.11 0.04 4936 50 3.43 0.25 1.11 0.06 0.13 0.03
143009 5029 224 2.63 0.45 1.14 0.20 0.18 0.60 5067 27 2.77 0.05 1.68 0.03 0.04 0.03 4994 36 2.69 0.12 1.63 0.04 0.00 0.03
143546a 5152 222 3.05 0.45 1.07 0.20 0.15 0.75 5223 28 3.11 0.06 1.52 0.03 0.05 0.03 5212 39 3.07 0.12 1.44 0.04 0.06 0.04
145621 4754 53 2.76 0.12 1.54 0.07 0.02 0.04 4854 44 2.75 0.08 1.56 0.04 0.01 0.03 4739 42 2.85 0.27 1.48 0.04 0.01 0.03
146686 4755 204 2.88 0.41 1.28 0.20 0.37 0.71 4914 71 2.95 0.12 1.44 0.07 0.27 0.04 4813 75 2.73 0.16 1.37 0.08 0.25 0.05
146690 4938 201 2.75 0.40 1.18 0.20 0.11 0.82 5050 28 2.91 0.05 1.46 0.03 0.04 0.02 5023 31 2.84 0.07 1.46 0.03 0.02 0.03
148890 5037 204 2.87 0.41 1.13 0.20 0.08 0.74 5069 26 2.91 0.05 1.45 0.03 0.01 0.02 5039 31 2.81 0.08 1.47 0.03 0.05 0.03
155276 4717 237 2.63 0.47 1.29 0.20 0.18 0.43 4943 53 2.96 0.10 1.51 0.05 0.17 0.04 4851 60 2.86 0.13 1.43 0.06 0.17 0.04
156854 4863 343 2.79 0.69 1.22 0.20 0.10 1.43 4981 32 2.90 0.06 1.53 0.04 0.00 0.03 4883 42 2.70 0.12 1.44 0.04 0.05 0.03
157515 4885 57 3.27 0.10 1.17 0.08 0.11 0.05 4911 26 3.19 0.06 1.16 0.03 0.16 0.02 4892 25 3.17 0.07 1.12 0.03 0.16 0.02
159558 4825 66 2.65 0.11 1.59 0.11 0.30 0.06 4889 22 2.64 0.04 1.55 0.03 0.29 0.02 4861 25 2.46 0.13 1.52 0.03 0.31 0.02
160720 5125 92 3.11 0.13 1.50 0.15 0.03 0.09 5235 30 3.08 0.06 1.51 0.03 0.04 0.03 5177 29 2.94 0.10 1.46 0.03 0.00 0.03
160819 4877 205 3.24 0.41 1.21 0.20 0.03 0.09 4893 30 3.08 0.06 1.28 0.03 0.08 0.02 4822 47 3.23 0.29 1.12 0.05 0.03 0.03
161814 4853 204 2.70 0.41 1.23 0.20 0.15 0.23 4955 36 2.80 0.06 1.47 0.03 0.10 0.03 4911 42 2.71 0.10 1.46 0.04 0.08 0.03
163652 4944 75 2.68 0.11 1.61 0.18 0.40 0.09 5011 16 2.73 0.03 1.53 0.02 0.36 0.01 5014 19 2.73 0.04 1.54 0.02 0.36 0.02
165135 4774 59 2.68 0.11 1.39 0.08 0.24 0.05 4875 29 2.79 0.05 1.40 0.03 0.19 0.02 4860 32 2.74 0.07 1.38 0.03 0.20 0.03
165634 4950 62 2.58 0.09 1.55 0.10 0.03 0.07 5061 25 2.73 0.06 1.62 0.03 0.01 0.02 5062 26 2.58 0.10 1.63 0.03 0.01 0.03
166063 5009 207 2.32 0.42 1.15 0.20 0.13 0.46 5035 34 2.37 0.08 1.98 0.04 0.07 0.03 4996 42 2.32 0.12 1.85 0.05 0.07 0.04
166599 5088 221 3.14 0.44 1.10 0.20 0.15 0.66 5076 28 3.01 0.05 1.39 0.03 0.01 0.02 5052 27 2.94 0.08 1.39 0.03 0.00 0.02
166949 5123 210 3.35 0.42 1.09 0.20 0.00 0.64 5166 21 3.27 0.05 1.27 0.02 0.05 0.02 5130 22 3.26 0.12 1.22 0.03 0.06 0.02
168838 4817 206 2.66 0.41 1.24 0.20 0.12 0.49 5028 36 2.99 0.07 1.52 0.04 0.12 0.03 4930 42 2.79 0.10 1.43 0.04 0.09 0.03
169767 4782 65 2.94 0.13 1.30 0.08 0.13 0.05 4821 30 2.84 0.06 1.33 0.03 0.19 0.02 4801 39 2.78 0.09 1.28 0.04 0.19 0.03
169836 4870 205 2.70 0.48 1.22 0.20 0.05 0.29 4993 27 2.86 0.05 1.48 0.03 0.01 0.02 4934 34 2.75 0.08 1.48 0.04 0.05 0.03
169916 4793 205 3.03 0.41 1.26 0.20 0.04 0.49 4801 32 2.81 0.07 1.35 0.03 0.08 0.03 4778 37 2.59 0.18 1.35 0.04 0.11 0.03
172211 4996 202 2.85 0.41 1.15 0.20 0.32 1.08 5115 34 2.99 0.06 1.53 0.03 0.17 0.03 5082 34 2.94 0.09 1.47 0.04 0.18 0.03
172875 4975 78 3.04 0.12 1.43 0.12 0.08 0.07 5070 33 3.04 0.06 1.46 0.04 0.11 0.03 5026 45 2.99 0.09 1.38 0.05 0.11 0.04
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173378 4926 62 3.19 0.10 1.23 0.09 0.21 0.05 5005 19 3.17 0.04 1.18 0.02 0.20 0.02 4994 20 3.17 0.04 1.17 0.02 0.20 0.02
173540a 5511 123 3.76 0.15 2.89 1.46 0.24 0.18 5547 31 3.32 0.07 1.74 0.04 0.15 0.03 5591 46 3.48 0.12 1.86 0.08 0.15 0.04
174295 4854 72 2.67 0.12 1.39 0.09 0.19 0.07 4974 24 2.84 0.06 1.44 0.03 0.17 0.02 4960 28 2.61 0.14 1.46 0.03 0.20 0.03
175145a 5374 163 3.69 0.23 1.20 0.32 0.16 0.17 5382 23 3.49 0.06 1.41 0.03 0.02 0.02 5348 28 3.44 0.12 1.33 0.04 0.01 0.03

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HM07 line-list S08 line-list T13 line-list

HD Teff log g [Fe/H] Teff log g [Fe/H] Teff log g [Fe/H]
number (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex) (K) (cm s2 ) (km s1 ) (dex)

175219 4800 63 2.56 0.10 1.49 0.09 0.31 0.06 4896 25 2.71 0.05 1.50 0.03 0.29 0.02 4888 30 2.64 0.06 1.52 0.04 0.30 0.03
175401 5009 86 2.98 0.14 1.79 0.15 0.04 0.08 5102 37 2.97 0.06 1.57 0.04 0.16 0.03 5042 42 2.79 0.12 1.55 0.04 0.12 0.04
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177222 4914 59 3.00 0.09 1.28 0.08 0.03 0.06 4993 26 3.00 0.06 1.38 0.03 0.06 0.02 4952 32 2.84 0.13 1.34 0.03 0.08 0.03

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177389 5049 67 3.52 0.10 1.09 0.10 0.01 0.05 5102 24 3.50 0.04 1.08 0.03 0.03 0.02 5061 26 3.49 0.09 1.05 0.03 0.05 0.02
179433 5291 220 3.49 0.44 1.00 0.20 0.28 0.57 5168 22 3.15 0.04 1.38 0.02 0.02 0.02 5145 31 3.16 0.08 1.39 0.04 0.04 0.03
181517 4965 209 2.95 0.42 1.17 0.20 0.18 0.29 5050 33 2.99 0.06 1.47 0.03 0.08 0.03 4996 41 2.96 0.08 1.44 0.05 0.07 0.03
182893 4913 201 3.04 0.49 1.19 0.20 0.19 0.37 5043 30 3.13 0.06 1.38 0.03 0.14 0.02 4994 40 3.09 0.09 1.36 0.04 0.12 0.03
185075 4703 64 2.58 0.11 1.39 0.10 0.49 0.06 4792 27 2.67 0.05 1.41 0.03 0.47 0.02 4749 23 2.55 0.05 1.39 0.03 0.51 0.02
189005a 5086 72 2.67 0.09 1.63 0.15 0.21 0.08 5222 20 2.90 0.04 1.69 0.02 0.15 0.02 5203 25 2.88 0.07 1.67 0.03 0.16 0.03
189080 4716 201 2.81 0.40 1.29 0.20 0.09 0.31 4791 34 2.81 0.06 1.40 0.03 0.13 0.02 4720 34 2.71 0.10 1.34 0.03 0.15 0.02
189195 4864 60 2.75 0.10 1.44 0.09 0.10 0.06 4936 24 2.78 0.05 1.47 0.03 0.11 0.02 4887 29 2.68 0.07 1.47 0.03 0.14 0.03
195569 4852 77 2.84 0.15 1.39 0.10 0.00 0.06 4948 31 2.84 0.06 1.46 0.03 0.02 0.03 4909 33 2.83 0.08 1.44 0.03 0.02 0.03
196171 4859 57 2.79 0.10 1.43 0.08 0.06 0.05 4941 33 2.83 0.05 1.44 0.03 0.05 0.03 4900 43 2.83 0.10 1.43 0.04 0.07 0.03
198232 4877 63 2.39 0.25 1.43 0.09 0.01 0.07 4948 35 2.65 0.07 1.59 0.04 0.02 0.03 4898 43 2.37 0.18 1.51 0.04 0.05 0.04
199951a 5088 91 2.81 0.15 1.37 0.18 0.09 0.10 5279 30 3.06 0.09 1.62 0.04 0.01 0.03 5242 32 3.02 0.15 1.52 0.04 0.02 0.03
201852 5025 243 3.02 0.48 1.14 0.20 0.11 0.13 5038 24 3.01 0.05 1.42 0.03 0.00 0.02 4999 34 3.05 0.10 1.41 0.04 0.02 0.03
207229 4896 210 2.83 0.42 1.20 0.20 0.11 0.15 4947 34 2.83 0.06 1.52 0.04 0.00 0.03 4887 39 2.71 0.09 1.46 0.04 0.02 0.03
207883 4822 61 2.61 0.10 1.47 0.09 0.22 0.06 4934 25 2.74 0.05 1.53 0.03 0.20 0.02 4911 28 2.75 0.06 1.49 0.03 0.20 0.02
208285 4850 72 2.67 0.12 1.67 0.15 0.50 0.07 4953 21 2.80 0.04 1.62 0.02 0.43 0.02 4947 25 2.77 0.05 1.60 0.03 0.44 0.02
208737 4888 75 2.56 0.13 1.60 0.10 0.02 0.07 5025 32 2.71 0.06 1.62 0.03 0.05 0.03 4968 34 2.68 0.10 1.59 0.04 0.03 0.03
210056 4819 234 3.02 0.47 1.24 0.20 0.06 0.28 4870 34 3.00 0.07 1.31 0.03 0.10 0.02 4824 29 2.99 0.10 1.25 0.03 0.10 0.02
210622 4953 201 3.35 0.40 1.17 0.20 0.06 0.85 5033 26 3.34 0.06 1.18 0.03 0.05 0.02 4999 31 3.19 0.14 1.18 0.04 0.03 0.02
212953 4812 77 2.62 0.11 1.52 0.13 0.43 0.07 4896 23 2.68 0.05 1.56 0.03 0.41 0.02 4893 24 2.63 0.08 1.55 0.03 0.41 0.02
213009 4816 146 2.47 0.26 2.08 0.25 0.22 0.14 5045 59 2.93 0.12 2.23 0.08 0.12 0.06 5013 88 2.54 0.28 2.39 0.14 0.23 0.09
214462 4762 53 2.86 0.11 1.28 0.06 0.03 0.04 4831 36 2.88 0.08 1.35 0.03 0.07 0.03 4770 44 2.76 0.10 1.30 0.04 0.09 0.03
215104 4755 83 2.55 0.15 1.61 0.12 0.20 0.08 4918 30 2.77 0.06 1.51 0.03 0.11 0.02 4882 34 2.70 0.07 1.49 0.04 0.13 0.03
215682 4715 55 2.64 0.10 1.50 0.07 0.09 0.05 4795 38 2.66 0.07 1.51 0.04 0.10 0.03 4728 43 2.51 0.10 1.50 0.04 0.15 0.03
216210 5095 60 3.19 0.09 1.28 0.10 0.01 0.06 5166 20 3.22 0.03 1.28 0.02 0.00 0.02 5135 26 3.14 0.07 1.30 0.03 0.03 0.02
216742 4825 66 3.05 0.11 1.30 0.09 0.11 0.05 4836 32 2.90 0.06 1.34 0.03 0.18 0.02 4812 34 2.86 0.07 1.31 0.04 0.18 0.02
216763 4902 65 2.80 0.11 1.50 0.09 0.18 0.06 4984 23 2.86 0.05 1.46 0.03 0.14 0.02 4980 32 2.87 0.08 1.47 0.03 0.14 0.03
219507 4711 56 2.71 0.11 1.47 0.07 0.09 0.04 4819 35 2.73 0.07 1.50 0.04 0.10 0.03 4763 44 2.63 0.10 1.50 0.04 0.14 0.03
219572 5055 58 3.02 0.10 1.49 0.10 0.04 0.06 5112 23 2.97 0.06 1.44 0.03 0.03 0.02 5087 28 2.91 0.08 1.44 0.03 0.04 0.02
220790 4847 204 2.64 0.41 1.23 0.20 0.17 0.29 4940 25 2.80 0.06 1.51 0.03 0.19 0.02 4902 27 2.75 0.08 1.48 0.03 0.21 0.02
221323 4839 205 2.81 0.41 1.23 0.20 0.15 0.06 4919 34 2.82 0.06 1.51 0.04 0.00 0.03 4842 44 2.63 0.09 1.47 0.04 0.04 0.03
222433 4913 65 2.81 0.10 1.39 0.09 0.09 0.06 4956 25 2.78 0.06 1.43 0.03 0.12 0.02 4941 30 2.71 0.07 1.44 0.03 0.14 0.03
223647 4930 74 2.71 0.11 1.51 0.14 0.36 0.08 5034 19 2.82 0.04 1.54 0.02 0.33 0.02 5017 25 2.77 0.07 1.51 0.03 0.34 0.03
223700 4995 237 3.17 0.47 1.15 0.20 0.17 0.59 5024 30 3.08 0.06 1.33 0.03 0.10 0.02 5018 36 3.09 0.09 1.31 0.04 0.11 0.03
224362 4732 99 2.65 0.20 1.40 0.11 0.02 0.08 4922 42 2.89 0.08 1.56 0.04 0.02 0.03 4782 42 2.52 0.13 1.51 0.04 0.07 0.03
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Figure 2. Distribution of the atmospheric parameters derived using the HM07 (left-hand panel), SO08 ( middle panel), and TS13 (right-hand panel) line-lists.
In each plot, the Gaussian fit to the distribution, along with the values of the mean (dotted line) and the standard deviation is also shown.

measurements in the context of the Geneva extrasolar planet search log L/L , was computed from the estimated Hipparcos parallaxes
programme. The data were obtained at La Silla Obervatory (Chile), and V magnitude following the calibrations presented by Flower
using the Corallie spectrograph (Udry et al. 2000). High-resolution (1996), and revisited by Torres (2010). The evolutionary tracks
(/ 110 000) and high-signal-to-noise (S/N) spectra for all are from Ekstrom et al. (2012), for an initial abundance of metals
stars in the sample were obtained using the Ultra-violet and Visible set to Z = 0.014. This plot indicate that our sample is composed
Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) (VLT Kueyen Telescope, Paranal, only by giant stars. As we can see in this figure, the stars in this
Chile), between 2010 April and December (ESO programmes sample have stellar masses between 1.5 and 4.0 solar masses. For a
085.C-0062 and 086.C-0098). The observations were done using detailed discussion on mass distribution of (sub-)giant planet hosts,
the UVES standard setup Red 580 (R = 47 000, spectral range: 480 we redirect the reader to Lloyd (2013).
680 nm). The final spectra cover the wavelength domain between
4780 and 6805 , and have a typical S/N of 150. All spectra for
each individual star were combined using the IRAF3 SCOMBINE task.
The spectra were reduced using the UVES pipeline.
Fig. 1 presents the distribution of these stars through the H 3 D E T E R M I N AT I O N O F S P E C T RO S C O P I C
R diagram. In this figure, the (B V) colour index was taken PA R A M E T E R S
from Hipparcos (Perryman et al. 1997). The surface luminosity, The atmospheric stellar parameters the effective temperature Teff ,
the surface gravity log g, the microturbulence , and the metallicity
[Fe/H] were derived following the same procedure described in
3 IRAF is distributed by National Optical Astronomy Observatories, operated Santos et al. (2004). Such a procedure is based on the equivalent
by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under widths (EW) of Fe I and Fe II lines, and iron excitation and ionization
contract with the National Science Foundation, USA. equilibrium, assumed a local thermodynamic equilibrium. For this

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Figure 3. Boxplot showing the median (solid horizontal yellow lines), lower and upper quartiles (box), range of data points within 1.5 (7525 per cent)
range (whiskers), and outliers (individual crosses) of the uncertainties for derived parameters presented in Fig. 2.

mostly automatic analysis, we used the code MOOG4 (Sneden 1973), line-list, made specifically for giant stars, from Hekker & Melendez
with a grid of ATLAS plane-parallel model atmospheres (Kurucz (2007, hereafter HM07). SO08 is composed by 263 Fe I abd 36 Fe II
1993). The EWs were computed by using the code ARES (Automatic weak lines, and the transition probabilities (log gf values) were de-
Routine for line Equivalent widths in stellar spectra Sousa et al. termined using a differential analysis to the Sun. The reference solar
2007).5 The input parameters for ARES are the same as in Sousa iron abundance used to make this list is A(Fe) = 7.47. TS13 was
et al. (2008), and the S/N adopted is given as a root sum square of built from this list, specifically for cooler stars. As only weak and
the S/N of the order related to 6000 (see UVES ETC)6 , for each isolated lines were left, to avoid blending effects, the TS13 line-list
spectrum, extracted in the header of the fits reduced spectra. The is composed by 120 Fe I and 17 Fe II lines. The smaller line-list is
determination of the uncertainties in the derived parameters also HM07, with 16 Fe I and 6 Fe II lines. This line-list was specifi-
follow the same prescription as in Santos et al. (2004). cally made for giant stars and all lines were carefully selected to
The determination of spectroscopic stellar parameters greatly de- avoid blends by atomic and CN lines. The log gf values are mostly
pends on the selection of the Fe lines and the transition probabilities based on different laboratory works (some few cases with small
of those lines. For a complete discussion about this dependence and adjustments using the Arcturus atlas), as there is no single source
its implications for the study of chemical abundances in giant stars, of laboratory log gf for either Fe I or Fe II. Unlike the SO08 and
we direct the reader to Santos et al. (2009). These authors also dis- TS13 line-lists, the reference value of A(Fe) = 7.49 is used.
cuss the implications of a carefully choice of the lines for derivation Table 1 lists all stellar parameters derived with the SO08, TS13 and
of metallicities and other stellar parameters. Due to the fact that stel- HM07 line-lists. Note that no viable solution could be found for
lar parameters may depend on the line-list choice, for our analysis HD 74006 using the HM07 line-list.
we use three different line-lists: the large line-list from Sousa et al. As pointed out by TS13 the results from using the SO08 line-list
(2008, hereafter SO08), the line-list for cooler stars based on the for cool stars (Teff < 5200 K) have shown to be unsatisfactory. For
SO08 line-list (Tsantaki et al. 2013, hereafter TS13), and the small those stars, the results found with the TS13 line-list presents a better
agreement with the expected value (for a detailed description of this
see Mortier et al. 2013b). Due to the fact that most of stars in our
4 sample have temperatures lower than 5200 K, we adopt as final the
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5 For a general review of the ARES+MOOG method used here see Sousa
parameters derived using the TS13 line-list. For the stars with tem-
(2014). peratures greater than 5200 K, one still can adopt the results of the
6 http://www.eso.org/observing/etc/bin/gen/form?INS.INS.NAME=UVES SO08 line-list. These stars are highlighted in Table 1. Please note
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Figure 4. Comparison between the results found using the TS13, SO08, and HM07 line-lists. (a) Effective temperature, (b) metallicity, (c) surface gravity, and
(d) microturbulence velocity derived using the HM07 (left-hand plot) and SO08 (right-hand plot) line-lists compared to those derived using the TS13 line-list.
In each panel, the lower plot compares the differences from perfect agreement. The differences refer to the abscissa minus the ordinate of the corresponding
upper plot. The dotted line shows the one-to-one relation, and the solid line is the linear fit, for which is given the values of the R-squared R2 , the slope
calculated by the regression , and the residual standard deviation . The average error is also plotted. HD 74006 is not shown in the plots presenting the
results found using the HM07 line-list.

the TS13 line-list. In addition, particular attention should be taken for the three cases (HM07, SO08, and TS13 line-lists). The results
when using the results presented in Table 1 concerning the possibil- from TS13 and SO08 are compatible in terms of metallicity, but in
ity to round the numbers, especially for effective temperature and effective temperature they show an offset, specially for the cooler
microturbulence. We have chosen not to round the numbers, but stars, as expected and discussed in TS13 and Mortier et al. (2013a).
present them as they were delivered by the code. The uncertainties are illustrated in the boxplot in Fig. 3 which
In Fig. 2, we present he distribution of the atmospheric stellar shows the median and quartiles for each parameters derived with
parameters derived in our work, using, respectively, the HM07 (left- the HM07 (left-hand panel), SO08 (middle panel), and TS13 (right-
hand panel), SO08 (middle panel), and TS13 (right-hand panel) hand panel) line-lists. As we can see in this figure, HM07 results
line-lists. We can see a general agreement for the results found show a much higher dispersion on the uncertainties, as expected

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Table 2. Stellar parameters of 74 stars common with our sample. References are provided into the table.

HD Teff (Teff ) log g (log g) [Fe/H] ([Fe/H]) ( ) Ref.

number (K) (cm s2 ) (dex) (km s1 )

496 4893 3 0.13 1.5 (1)

770 4696 100 2.68 0.1 0.12 0.1 1.4 0.2 (2)
1737 5020 2.73 0.16 0.12 1.44 (3)
5457 4780 2.74 0.07 0.14 1.38 (3)
8651 4708 100 2.67 0.1 0.18 0.1 1.4 0.2 (2)
9362 4754 100 2.61 0.1 0.28 0.1 1.3 0.2 (2)
10142 4688 100 2.65 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.2 (2)
11977 4975 70 2.9 0.2 0.14 0.05 1.6 (4)
12296 4860 2.71 0.03 0.14 1.47 (3)
12438 4975 70 2.5 0.2 0.54 0.05 1.5 (4)
16815 4732 100 2.6 0.1 0.33 0.1 1.3 0.2 (2)

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16975 5015 100 2.91 0.1 0.01 0.1 1.3 0.2 (2)
17652 4820 2.45 0.37 0.08 1.42 (3)
23719 5070 2.85 0.11 0.11 1.43 (3)
23940 4910 2.63 0.33 0.11 1.39 (3)
29085 4875 3.1 0.2 1.35 (6)
29291 4960 2.92 0.09 2.2 (7)
32436 4640 2.65 0.02 1.9 (7)
34266 5030 2.58 0.1 0.1 1.43 (3)
34642 4870 70 3.3 0.2 0.03 0.05 1.3 (4)
36189 5081 70 2.8 0.2 0.05 0.05 1.9 (4)
37811 5220 2.94 0.08 0.1 1.39 (3)
40409 4755 3.3 0.13 1.8 (8)
60666 4750 2.6 0.02 1.38 (6)
67762 4980 3.26 0.06 0.07 1.07 (3)
70982 5089 70 3 0.2 0.04 0.05 1.6 (4)
73898 5030 3.03 0.49 2 (7)
74772 5210 2.5 0.03 1.5 (9)
81169 4975 2.41 0.09 2.1 (10)
93773 4985 70 3 0.2 0 0.05 1.5 (4)
94510 5100 3 0.1 1.1 (9)
100708 4890 2.75 0.08 1.5 (9)
104704 4810 2.81 0.15 0.08 1.2 (3)
115310 5060 2.63 0.04 0.09 1.39 (3)
118338 5180 3 0.12 0.08 1.37 (3)
119250 4860 2.53 0.18 0.1 1.43 (3)
120457 4985 2.85 0.15 0.08 1.31 (3)
121853 4925 2.55 0.32 0.09 1.44 (3)
123151 4960 2.62 0.22 0.09 1.51 (3)
129462 5000 2.72 0.03 0.1 1.41 (3)
135760 4850 3.06 0.2 0.13 1.19 (3)
136014 4869 70 2.7 0.2 0.39 0.05 1.5 (4)
139521 4930 3.28 0.34 2.7 (7)
140329 5010 3.14 0.01 0.09 1.09 (3)
143546 4977 100 2.84 0.1 0.05 0.1 1.3 0.2 (2)
146686 4699 100 2.8 0.1 0.23 0.1 1.3 0.2 (2)
157515 4980 3.15 0.17 0.08 1.15 (3)
165135 4760 2.72 0.36 2.1 (7)
165634 4980 2.65 0.05 1.73 (6)
168838 4950 2.73 0.09 0.09 1.44 (3)
169767 4720 100 2.71 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.2 (2)
169916 4689 100 2.66 0.1 0.06 0.1 1.2 0.2 (2)
174295 4893 70 2.8 0.2 0.17 0.05 1.5 (4)
177389 5131 70 3.7 0.2 0.09 0.05 1.1 (4)
189005 5060 2.78 0.38 2.7 (7)
189080 4720 2.51 0.17 0.1 1.29 (3)
195569 4980 2.78 0.05 0.1 1.35 (3)
196171 4788 100 2.69 0.1 0.13 0.1 1.5 0.2 (2)
198232 4923 70 2.8 0.2 0.1 0.05 1.5 (4)
199951 5310 3 0.01 1.6 (9)
207229 4945 2.59 0.03 0.1 1.43 (3)
208737 4995 2.41 0.05 0.1 1.55 (3)

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Table 2. continued

HD Teff (Teff ) log g (log g) [Fe/H] ([Fe/H]) ( ) Ref.

number (K) (cm s2 ) (dex) (km s1 )

213009 4800 2 0.2 1.3 (13)

215104 4737 100 2.62 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.5 0.2 (2)
216763 4841 100 2.72 0.1 0.21 0.1 1.4 0.2 (2)
220790 4850 2.67 0.27 0.13 1.37 (3)
222433 4860 3.05 0.3 2.1 (7)
166599 5005 50 2.6 0.25 0.03 0.09 (11)
175219 4720 2.44 0.32 (12)
24160 5010 (5)
94890 4802 (5)
96566 4901 (5)
116243 5181 (5)

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References. (1) Gratton & Ortolani (1986); (2) Liu et al. (2007); (3) Jones et al. (2011); (4) da Silva et al.
(2006); (5) di Benedetto (1998); (6) Hekker & Melendez (2007); (7) McWilliam (1990); (8) Thoren et al.
(2004); (9) Jones et al. (1992); (10) Luck (1991); (11) Randich et al. (1999); (12) Melendez et al. (2008);
(13) Foy (1981)

given their smaller number of lines. These relatively small number reliable value ( = 1.2 0.01 km s1 ) was found applying the for-
of lines (16 Fe I and 6 Fe II) decrease the statistical strength of the mula from Ramrez, Allende Prieto & Lambert (2013), = 1.163 +
determined stellar parameters, increasing the internal dispersion, 7.808 104 (Teff 5800) 0.494(log g 4.30) 0.050[Fe/H].
especially for Fe II. For instance, the metallicity derived using this A more deeper and detailed discussion about these offsets are pre-
line-list present high values for the errors, with an average of about sented by Mortier et al. (2013b).
0.22 dex, and  [Fe/H] > 1.0 dex for nine stars.
Fig. 4 shows the comparison between the results obtained using
the HM07 and SO08 line-lists with those obtained using the TS13 4 C O M PA R I S O N W I T H P R E V I O U S W O R K S
line-list which we adopt as final parameters. As pointed out before, The large majority of the giant stars studied in this paper do not
we adopt the TS13 results because this line-list was built specifi- have any previous metallicity estimate derived from high-resolution
cally for stars with Teff < 5200 K. Even for some stars that have spectroscopy. In order to compare our results with previous ones, we
higher Teff , we still adopt the values derived using the TS13 line-list, used several works (Foy 1981, Gratton & Ortolani 1986; McWilliam
since these results are in perfect agreement with those derived using 1990; Luck 1991; Jones et al. 1992, 2011; di Benedetto 1998;
SO08, within the errors. If the results of SO08 and TS13 were not Randich et al. 1999; Thoren, Edvardsson & Gustafsson 2004; da
in such a remarkable agreement, we would adopt the results ob- Silva et al. 2006; HM07; Liu et al. 2007; Melendez et al. 2008;
tained using SO08, since this is a better line-list for the hottest stars Soubiran et al. 2010) to compile a list of literature data for a set
(more line hence better precision and lower error). Between the re- of 74 stars in our sample. The literature values of the atmospheric
sults of TS13 and HM07, we found an average difference (defined parameters for these common samples are listed in Table 2. Note that
as TS13HM07 results) of 54 K, 0.019 dex, 0.075 km s1 , and only 67 of these stars have all four parameters already calculated
0.032 dex for effective temperature, surface gravity, microturbu- in previous works (see the last rows of the Table 2), hence we are
lence, and metallicity, while between the results of TS13 and SO08 providing here new precise spectroscopic atmospheric parameters
the average differences (defined as TS13SO08 results) are 35 K, for an amount of 190 stars. Fig. 5 show the comparison between
0.071 dex, 0.033 km s1 , and 0.015 dex. Such good agreement our results obtained for the TS13 line-list, with those presented in
between the results of SO08 and TS13 may be due to the good qual- these earlier works. As we can see in the panels of this figure, our
ity of the spectra, with both high resolution and high S/N, in which results present good agreement with those listed in the literature.
case the SO08 line-list is probably less affected by blended lines. The atmospheric parameters taken from literature for the 74 stars
Microturbulences compares very well with SO08 line-list, but the presented in the Table 2 can also be found in the PASTEL cata-
results found with HM07 line-list are slightly higher than the other logue (Soubiran et al. 2010) but not the microturbulence velocity.
values, but still within the error bar. As a matter of fact, microtur- Compared to the PASTEL catalogue we found an average differ-
bulence is the most affected parameter when the smaller line-list of ence (defined as TS13 literature data) of 108 K, 0.02 dex, and
HM07 was adopted. In the bottom right of Fig. 4, panel (d), we can 0.03 dex for effective temperature, surface gravity, and metallicity,
see that a group of stars is separated from the others in the trend, and respectively.
thus for these stars the HM07 microturbulence results differ signifi- The common sample presented in Table 2 is composed by values
cantly from those obtained with the TS13 line-list. We may explain taken from 13 different works. In order to test our results against
those large discrepancies due to the small EW interval of Fe I lines samples homogeneously characterized, we checked our results, sep-
measured using the HM07 line-list, which did not allow a consis- arately, against those from Jones et al. (2011), Liu et al. (2007),
tent determination of the microturbulence. In addition, note that HD McWilliam (1990), and da Silva et al. (2006) due to the significant
173540 has an abnormal error, = 2.89 1.46 km s1 . If, instead, number of stars in common with these works. Fig. 6 shows the com-
we use the empirical formula derived by HM07 based on their re- parison of our stellar parameters with those from these works. We
sults, = 3.7 5.1 104 Teff , to estimate the microturbulence found an average difference of 20 K, 0.17 dex, 0.032 km s1 ,
for this star, we get = 0.9 0.06 km s1 . Furthermore, a more and 0.072 dex, respectively, for effective temperature, surface

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Figure 5. Comparison of the results of this work obtained for the TS13 line-list with available literature data for (a) effective temperature, (b) metallicity,
(c) surface gravity, and (d) microturbulence. The dotted line shows the one-to-one relation, and the solid line is the linear fit, for which is given the values
of the R-squared R2 , the slope calculated by the regression , and the residual standard deviation . Each symbol indicates a reference given in Table 2, as
enumeration given in the legend, i.e. (1): da Silva et al. (2006); (2): di Benedetto (1998); (3): Foy (1981); (4): Gratton & Ortolani (1986); (5): Hekker &
Melendez (2007); (6): Jones et al. (2011); (7): Jones et al. (1992); (8): Liu et al. (2007); (9): Luck (1991); (10): McWilliam (1990); (11): Melendez et al.
(2008); (12): Randich et al. (1999); (13): Thoren et al. (2004).

gravity, microturbulence, and metallicity when we compare our re- temperature is 119 K, with a standard deviation of 81.1 K, and it
sults with those from da Silva et al. (2006), and 26 K, 0.085 dex, is less than 0.12 dex in metallicity, with a standard deviation of
0.048 km s1 , and 0.0088 dex compared to Jones et al. (2011). 0.07 dex. Besides the effective temperature and the metallicity from
We have 20 stars in common with McWilliam (1990), who anal- McWilliam (1990) are marginally higher than the one derived in our
ysed 671 GK giant spectra, and derived effective temperatures with work, the two other parameters compare quite well, with an average
empirical and semi-empirical methods, involving an IR flux cal- difference of 0.21 dex and 0.65 km s1 for surface gravity and
ibration. For this set of stars, the average difference on effective microturbulence, respectively.

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Figure 6. Comparison between our results with those from da Silva et al. (2006), Jones et al. (2011); Liu et al. (2007), and McWilliam (1990). The dotted
line shows the one-to-one relation, and the solid line is the linear fit, for which is given the values of the R-squared R2 , the slope calculated by the regression
, and the residual standard deviation . Each symbol indicates a reference given in Table 2, as enumeration given in the legend.

The comparison of our atmospheric parameters with those from the metallicity) for a sample of 257 field giant stars that are being
Liu et al. (2007), with whom we have 14 stars in common, is also surveyed for planets using precise radial-velocity measurements.
presented in Fig. 6. The average differences are 108 K, 0.017 dex, Those parameters were derived by using three different line-lists of
0.016 dex, and 0.089 km s1 , respectively, for effective temperature, Fe I and Fe II (SO08, TS13, and HM07). All parameters derived in
metallicity, surface gravity, and microturbulence. this work are listed in Table 1, and we adopt as final the parameters
derived with the TS13 line-list. When one compares the results
found by using the different line-lists we found small dispersion for
5 CONCLUDING REMARKS
most of the stars.
In this work, we have derived the stellar atmospheric parameters (the In the present catalogue (Table 1), we are providing new pre-
effective temperature, the surface gravity, the microturbulence, and cise spectroscopic measurements of atmospheric parameters for

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190 stars for which the given four parameters had not yet been and SGS are supported by grants SFRH/BPD/70574/2010 and
found or published in previous articles. Additionally, we also pro- SFRH/BPD/47611/2008 from the FCT (Portugal), respectively. Re-
vide new measurements for 67 stars with previous published results search activities of the Obsevational Stellar Board of the Federal
of all parameters, but with the major advantage that they are now University of Rio Grande do Norte are supported by continuous
calculated homogeneously, providing a more suitable analysis. The grants of CNPq and FAPERN brazilian agencies and by the INCT-
comparison of our results with those presented in the literature INEspaco. SA acknowledges Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the
shows that our derivations are solid, and it will be very useful to CAPES brazilian agency (PNPD/2011: Concessao Institucional),
future studies of frequency of planets as a function of the different Post-Doctoral Fellowship CAPES/PDE (BEX-2077140), and also
stellar parameters, as a comparison sample. support by Iniciativa Cientfica Milenio through grant IC120009,
Since the first discovery of a substellar companion orbiting awarded to The Millennium Institute of Astrophysics. Authors are
a giant star (HD 137759 Frink et al. 2002), more than 100 very thankful to referee, Chris Sneden, for his very constructive and
evolved stars are known to host planets according to the avail- helpful remarks that helped us to improve the paper.
able data at the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia,7 but it is still
missing a homogeneous sample that allows us to perform stud-
ies on the properties of giant stars hosting planets. Note that one

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