ARES v2: new features and improved performance

Sousa, S. G.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Israelian, G.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 577, id.A67, 4 pp.

Fecha de publicación:
5
2015
Número de autores
5
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
157
Número de citas referidas
149
Descripción
Aims: We present a new upgraded version of ARES. The new version includes a series of interesting new features such as automatic radial velocity correction, a fully automatic continuum determination, and an estimation of the errors for the equivalent widths. Methods: The automatic correction of the radial velocity is achieved with a simple cross-correlation function, and the automatic continuum determination, as well as the estimation of the errors, relies on a new approach to evaluating the spectral noise at the continuum level. Results: ARES v2 is totally compatible with its predecessor. We show that the fully automatic continuum determination is consistent with the previous methods applied for this task. It also presents a significant improvement on its performance thanks to the implementation of a parallel computation using the OpenMP library. Automatic Routine for line Equivalent widths in stellar Spectra - ARES webpage: http://www.astro.up.pt/~sousasag/ares/Based on observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programme ID 075.D-0800(A).
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