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Millimeter (mm) emission from F - M dwarfs (cool stars) primarily traces chromospheric activity, with thermal emission thought to dominate in quiescence. Despite the high chromospheric activity, the quiescent mm spectral fluence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-05 Atul Mohan , Peter H. Hauschildt , Birgit Fuhrmeister , Surajit Mondal , Vladimir Airapetian , Sven Wedemeyer

We present the analysis and interpretation of an observation of the flare star AD Leo (dM3e) with Chandra/LETG. The high resolution X-ray spectrum allowed us to infer the plasma emission measure distribution (EMD) vs. temperature, and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 A. Maggio , J. J. Drake , V. Kashyap , F. R. Harnden, , G. Micela , G. Peres , S. Sciortino

M-dwarf flare stars like AD Leo are laboratories for studying intense magnetic activities. The coherent radio bursts they produce are powerful probes of stellar coronal plasma and magnetic fields. In this study, we present high-resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 Wenjie Zou , Hui Tian , Jiale Zhang , Yuhang Gao

Context. Long-term chromospheric activity in slow-rotating fully-convective stars has been scarcely explored. Ross 128 (Gl 447) is a slow-rotator and inactive dM4 star which has been extensively observed. It hosts the fourth closest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-11 Ibanez Bustos , R. V. , Buccino , A. P. , Flores , M. G. , Mauas , P. J. D

This is the first paper of a series aimed at studying the chromosphere of active binary systems using the information provided for several optical spectroscopic features. Simultaneous H{alpha}, Na I D{1}, D{2}, and He I D{3} spectroscopic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Montes , M. J. Fernandez-Figueroa , E. De Castro , J. Sanz-Forcada

Radio bursts of magnetically active stars reveal the intensity and activity of the stellar magnetic field. They may also be related to the planets around the stars. We monitored a radio-active star, AD Leonis, 3000 seconds per day for 17…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-26 Xuying Zhang , Jixuan Li , Yang Gao , Qian Lei

Statistically analyzing Johnson UBVR observations of V1285 Aql during the three observing seasons, both activity level and behavior of the star are discussed in respect to obtained results. We also discuss the out-of-flare variation due to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-27 H. A. Dal , S. Evren

We investigate the effect of stellar activity and flares on short-term radial velocity measurements in the mid-M flare star CN Leo. Radial velocity variations are calculated from 181 UVES spectra obtained during three nights. We searched…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Ansgar Reiners

The magnetic activity of the Sun becomes stronger and weaker over roughly an 11 year cycle, modulating the radiation and charged particle environment experienced by the Earth as "space weather". Decades of observations from the Mount Wilson…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-18 Axel Brandenburg , Savita Mathur , Travis S. Metcalfe

We present a detailed analysis of a superflare on the active M dwarf star AD Leonis. The event presents a rare case of a stellar flare observed simultaneously in X-rays (with XMM-Newton) and in optical (with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 B. Stelzer , M. Caramazza , St. Raetz , C. Argiroffi , M. Coffaro

Context. The interplay between surface magnetic topology and chromospheric heating in active M dwarfs remains poorly constrained, limiting our understanding of their magnetic cycles and high-energy environments. Aims. We aim to test whether…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-28 Shuai Liu , Jianrong Shi , Huigang Wei , Wenxian Li , Jifeng Liu , Shangbin Yang , Henggeng Han

We report multi-wavelength monitoring observations of an M-dwarf flare star AD Leonis with Seimei Telescope (6150--7930 {\AA}), SCAT (Spectroscopic Chuo-university Astronomical Telescope; 3700--7500 {\AA}), NICER (Neutron Star Interior…

2RE J0743+224 (BD +23 1799) is a chromospherically active star selected by X-rays and EUV emission detected in the Einstein Slew Survey and ROSAT Wide Field Camara (WFC) all sky survey, and classified as single-lined spectroscopic binary by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Montes , L. W. Ramsey

This paper describes a multiwavelengh optical study of chromospheres in two X-ray/EUV selected active binary stars with strong H_alpha emission, V789 Mon (2RE J0725-002) and GZ Leo (2RE J1101+223). The goal of the study is to determine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. C. Gálvez , D. Montes , M. J. Fernández-Figueroa , E. De Castro , M. Cornide

We present an observational program we started in 1999, to systematically obtain mid-resolution spectra of late-type stars, to study in particular chromospheric activity. In particular, we found cyclic activity in four dM stars, including…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Pablo J. D. Mauas , A. Buccino , R. Diaz , M. Vieytes , R. Petrucci , E. Jofre , X. Abrevaya , M. L. Luoni , P. Valenzuela

The M-dwarf AD Leonis has been observed with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers and the European Photon Imaging Camera aboard XMM-Newton and also with the Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer aboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory.…

We present the most comprehensive near-ultraviolet (NUV: 2550-3255 Angstrom) activity record to date for the Alpha Centauri AB system, combining archival IUE and HST observations spanning nearly five decades with new high-cadence CUTE…

Variable red- and blue-shifted absorption features observed in the Ca ii K line towards the A-type shell star $\phi$ Leo have been suggested by us in a previous work to be likely due to solid, comet-like bodies in the circumstellar (CS)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 C. Eiroa , B. Montesinos , I. Rebollido , Th. Henning , R. Launhardt , J. Maldonado , G. Meeus , A. Mora , P. Rivière-Marichalar , E. Villaver

The main chromospheric activity indicator is the S index, which is esentially the ratio of the flux in the core of the Ca II H and K lines to the continuum nearby, and is well studied basically for stars from F to K. Another usual…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Carolina Cincunegui , Rodrigo F. Díaz , Pablo J. D. Mauas

We report on a search for the Fe xiii forbidden coronal line at 3388.1 \AA in a sample of 15 M-type dwarf stars covering the whole spectral class as well as different levels of activity. A clear detection was achieved for LHS 2076 during a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Fuhrmeister , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , R. Wichmann