Astron. Astrophys. 363, 1081-1190 (2000)

4. Tables organization and final remarks

The amount of data resulting from the present calculations is too large. For this reason, we decided to distribute through CDS only part of these tables. The remaining data can be sent to interested readers upon request (they will be available on CD ROMs). Table 1 summarizes the characteristics of the results which can be retrieved directly from the CDS.

Table 1. Limb-Darkening coefficients for bands (Least-Squares Method)

The data available on separate CD ROMs are the following:

1. same set as described in Table 1 but with monochromatic calculations using Eq. (6).

2. same set as described in Table 1 but using Eqs. 1, 2, 3, 4.

In spite of the problems in the LDC computed applying the FCM that we have discussed, we will make available to interested readers the same set as described in Table 1 but using Eqs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and FCM for the passbands (). Monochromatic and bolometric calculations will be available only on request.

As mentioned in Sect. 2.1, modern light curves codes try to use as much information as possible from the stellar atmosphere models. In order to contribute to this, we will make available complementary tables containing the actual model intensity dis tribution for the 12 passbands for each grid described in Table 1.

Finally, it should be pointed out that additional features may appear in the LDC for eclipsing binaries if the mutual irradiation of the components is considered (Giménez & Claret 1989; Claret & Giménez 1990, 1992). An irradiated stellar atmosphere will present a different distribution of brightness if compared with standard models without an external radiation field. In the present work, we only present the results for non-irradiated models. The influence of the external radiation field will be a matter of a separate paper (Claret 2000).

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