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LAMOST Observations of Flaring M Dwarfs in the Kepler Field

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2017-01-11 v1

Abstract

A sample of the LAMOST spectra of the early type M0-M3 dwarfs is compared with the Kepler observations. It is found that M dwarfs with strong chromospheric emission in HαH_{\alpha} have large flare activity in general. The rotational periods derived from the Kepler measurements have close correlations with the sizes of the flares, the power-law distribution index and the equivalent widths of the HαH_{\alpha} emission. A clear trend exists for higher magnetic activities being detected in faster rotating M dwarfs (rotation periods << 20 day).

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@article{arxiv.1610.04541,
  title  = {LAMOST Observations of Flaring M Dwarfs in the Kepler Field},
  author = {H. -Y. Chang and Y. -H. Song and A. -L. Luo and L. -C. Huang and W. -H. Ip and J. -N. Fu and Y. Zhang and Y. -H. Hou and Z. -H Cao and Y. -F Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.04541},
  year   = {2017}
}

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18 pages, 10 figures