Searching For Transiting Planets Around Halo Stars. I. Sample Selection and Validation
Jared R. Kolecki, Ji Wang, Jennifer A. Johnson, Joel C. Zinn, Ilya, Ilyin, Klaus G Strassmeier

TL;DR
This study selects and validates a large sample of metal-poor halo stars to facilitate future searches for transiting planets, aiming to understand planet formation in metal-deficient environments.
Contribution
It provides a carefully curated sample of ~17,000 metal-poor halo stars with confirmed low metallicities for planet occurrence studies.
Findings
Sample of 17,000 metal-poor halo stars established
High-resolution spectroscopy confirms low metallicities
Sample suitable for planet frequency and formation studies
Abstract
By measuring the elemental abundances of a star, we can gain insight into the composition of its initial gas cloud -- the formation site of the star and its planets. Planet formation requires metals, the availability of which is determined by the elemental abundance. In the case where metals are extremely deficient, planet formation can be stifled. To investigate such a scenario requires a large sample of metal-poor stars and a search for planets therein. This paper focuses on the selection and validation of a halo star sample. We select ~17,000 metal-poor halo stars based on their Galactic kinematics, and confirm their low metallicities ([Fe/H] < -0.5), using spectroscopy from the literature. Furthermore, we perform high-resolution spectroscopic observations using LBT/PEPSI and conduct detailed metallicity ([Fe/H]) analyses on a sample of 13 previously known halo stars that also have…
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