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Diffuse Interstellar Band at 862 nm as a Reddening Tracer for GAIA
Authors: Ku
inskas A.1; Vanseviius V.2
Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 280, Numbers 1-2, 2002 , pp. 119-124(6)
Publisher: Springer
Abstract:
We investigate the plausibility of using diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm for tracing interstellar extinction with the ESA's astrometric space mission GAIA. For this purpose we perform numerical tests to simulate the conditions of real observations, covering a wide range of stellar parameters and different amounts of interstellar extinction. Our simulations indicate that with the present Radial Velocity Spectrometer setup the uncertainty in color excess of 
0.05 can be achieved only for the interstellar reddening tracers brighter than V 
13. None of the plausible tracers can provide accurate color excesses (_E(B-V) 0.05) at the distances beyond 2 kpc. We therefore conclude that with the currently planned instrumentation onboard GAIA this method can not be used as a stand-alone approach for probing interstellar extinction on the Galactic distance scales within the framework of the GAIA mission.
Language: English
Document Type: Regular paper
Affiliations:
1:
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Go
tauto 12, Vilnius 2600, LithuaniaVilnius University Observatory, 
iurlionio 29, Vilnius 2009, Lithuania E-mail: ak@astro.lt
tauto 12, Vilnius 2600, LithuaniaVilnius University Observatory, iurlionio 29, Vilnius 2009, Lithuania E-mail: ak@astro.lt
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2:
Institute of Physics, Gotauto 12, Vilnius 2600, Lithuania; E-mail: wladas@astro.lttauto 12, Vilnius 2600, Lithuania; E-mail: wladas@astro.lt">
Publication date: 2002-01-01
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