Spectroscopic study of late-type emission-line stars using the data from LAMOST DR6

TL;DR

This study presents a comprehensive catalog of over 38,000 late-type emission-line stars from LAMOST DR6, including classifications, new detections, and spectral line analysis to facilitate the study of stellar activity.

Contribution

The paper introduces a large, systematically classified dataset of late-type emission-line stars, including new detections and spectral analysis methods, expanding resources for stellar activity research.

Findings

Identified 38,152 late-type emission-line stars from LAMOST DR6.

Discovered 29,222 new emission-line sources not previously cataloged.

Analyzed emission line strengths and classified stars into groups based on spectral features.

Abstract

Low-mass emission-line stars belong to various evolutionary stages, from pre-main-sequence young stars to evolved stars. In this work, we present a catalog of late-type (F0 to M9) emission-line stars from the LAMOST Data Release 6. Using the scipy package, we created a Python code that finds the emission peak at H-alpha in all late-type stellar spectra. A dataset of 38,152 late-type emission-line stars was obtained after a rigorous examination of the photometric quality flags and the signal-to-noise ratio of the spectra. Adopting well-known photometric and spectroscopic methods, we classified our sample into 438 infrared excess sources, 4,669 post-main-sequence candidates, 9,718 Fe/Ge/Ke sources, and 23,264 dMe sources. From a cross-match with known databases, we found that 29,222 sources, comprising 65 IR excess sources, 7,899 Fe/Ge/Ke stars, 17,533 dMe stars, and 3,725 PtMS candidates, are new detections. We measured the equivalent width of the major emission lines observed in the spectra of our sample of emission-line stars. Furthermore, the trend observed in the line strengths of major emission lines over the entire late-type spectral range is analyzed. We further classified the sample into 4 groups based on the presence of Hydrogen and Calcium emission lines. This work presents a large dataset of late-type emission-line stars, which can be used to study active phenomena in late-type stars.