The first infrared portrait of a solar-like host star with debris disk: pioneering high-resolution H- and K- band spectroscopy of HD 115617 with comparative optical spectrum analysis


Senturk S. A., ŞAHİN T., KAYHAN C.

PHYSICA SCRIPTA, cilt.101, sa.17, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 101 Sayı: 17
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1402-4896/ae60b0
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICA SCRIPTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Kayseri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We present the first high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopic analysis of the solar analog HD 115617 (61 Virginis), complemented by optical spectroscopy, asteroseismology, and spectral energy distribution modeling. Using ESPRESSO and IGRINS spectra with a newly calibrated NIR line list, we derived atmospheric parameters that revealed notable differences between spectral regions: the optical analysis yielded T-eff = 5500 +/- 140 K, log g = 4.40 +/- 0.16 , and solar metallicity, whereas the NIR yielded T-eff = 5750 +/- 140 K. We tested this 250 K discrepancy using the independent line depth ratio (LDR) method for both spectra. When applied to the optical lines, LDR confirmed the cooler scale (5553 +/- 73 K); for the NIR lines, it provided an intermediate temperature (5636 +/- 15 K). Asteroseismic scaling with TESS data yielded a radius of 0.98 +/- 0.09 R-circle dot, consistent with SED fitting and confirming the star's main-sequence solar-like status. However, the age estimates diverged between methods, with optical and NIR analyses yielding ages of 10.97 and 8.04 Gyr, respectively. Critically, a condensation temperature analysis revealed no significant trend, confirming the star's bulk solar-like composition and showing no chemical signature of planetary formation processes. Kinematic diagnostics place HD 115617 in the thin Galactic disk, with a birth radius of similar to 5.7-8.0 kpc. Although the spectral differences may be linked to the star's multi-planet system or debris disk, our analysis highlights the critical challenge of distinguishing such effects from methodological systematics in multi-wavelength studies. Consequently, we propose a systematic, homogeneous optical-NIR survey of solar-type stars to resolve this ambiguity, which could ultimately inform novel indirect methods for characterizing stellar environments.