A Survey of the Properties of M-dwarfs

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Table of contents

1. Motivation 
2. The Basics Properties of M-dwarfs 
2.1. Introduction to M-dwarfs
2.2. A Survey of the Properties of M-dwarfs
2.2.1. Physical properties
2.2.2. Photometric Properties
2.2.3. Spectroscopic properties
2.3. Stellar Parameters of M-dwarfs
2.3.1. Effective Temperature
2.3.2. Gravity
2.3.3. Metallicity
2.4. M-subdwarfs
3. A Model Atmosphere For Low Mass Stars 
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Historical Overview
3.3. Model Construction
3.4. Molecular Opacities in M dwarfs
3.5. Convective energy transport
3.6. Dust Grain and Atmospheric composition in M dwarfs
3.7. Current Model Atmospheres for Low Mass stars
3.7.1. BT-Dusty and BT-Settl
3.7.2. MARCS
3.7.3. DRIFT
4. The very low mass multiple system LHS 1070. A testbed for model atmospheres for the lower end of the main sequence 
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Observations and data reduction
4.2.1. Photometry
4.2.2. Spectroscopic observations
4.2.3. Spectroscopic features
4.3. Physical Parameters Determination
4.3.1. Atmosphere models
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4.3.2. Spectral Type
4.3.3. Metallicity
4.3.4. Gravity
4.3.5. Effective Temperature and Radius
4.3.6. Age and mass
4.4. Results
4.5. Discussion and Conclusion
5. The effective temperature scale of M dwarfs 
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Observations
5.3. Model atmospheres
5.4. Teff determination
5.5. Comparison between models and observations
5.5.1. Spectroscopic confrontation
5.5.2. Photometric confrontation
5.5.3. The Teff scale of M dwarfs
5.6. Conclusion
6. High resolution spectroscopy of Msubdwarfs: Effective temperature and metallicity
6.1. Introduction
6.2. A high resolution spectral atlas of M subdwarfs
6.2.1. Observation and data reduction
6.2.2. Molecular features
6.2.3. Atomic lines
6.3. Model atmospheres
6.4. Comparison with model atmospheres
6.4.1. Molecular bands
6.4.2. Atomic lines
6.4.3. Stellar parameters determination
6.5. Discussion
6.6. Conclusion
7. Conclusion and future perspectives