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A comprehensive correction of the Gaia DR3 XP spectra
Bowen Huang, Haibo Yuan, Maosheng Xiang, Yang Huang, Kai Xiao, Shuai Xu, Ruoyi Zhang, Lin Yang, Zexi Niu, Hongrui Gu
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By combining spectra from the CALSPEC and NGSL, as well as spectroscopic data from the LAMOST Data Release 7 (DR7), we have analyzed and corrected the systematic errors of the Gaia DR3 BP/RP (XP) spectra. The errors depend on the normalized spectral energy distribution (simplified by two independent ``colors'') and G magnitude. Our corrections are applicable in the range of approximately -0.5<BP-RP<2, 3<G<17.5 and E(B-V)<0.8. To validate our correction, we conduct independent tests by comparing with the MILES and LEMONY spectra. The results demonstrate that the systematic errors of BP-RP and G have been effectively corrected, especially in the near ultraviolet. The consistency between the corrected Gaia XP spectra and the MILES and LEMONY is better than 2 per cent in the wavelength range of 336-400\,nm and 1 per cent in redder wavelengths. A global absolute calibration is also carried out by comparing the synthetic Gaia photometry from the corrected XP spectra with the corrected Gaia DR3 photometry. Our study opens up new possibilities for using XP spectra in many fields. A Python package is publicly available to do the corrections (https://doi.org/10.12149/101375 or https://github.com/HiromonGON/GaiaXPcorrection).
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