The effective temperature scale of M dwarfs

Authors: A. S. Rajpurohit, C. Reylé, F. Allard, D. Homeier, M. Schultheis, M. S. Bessell, A. C. Robin - Astronomy and Astrophysics 2013 cited by 230

Context. Despite their large number in the Galaxy, M dwarfs remain elusive objects and the modeling of their photosphere has long remained a challenge (molecular opacities, dust cloud formation).