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We propose a new framework to predict stellar properties from light curves. We analyze the light-curve data from the Kepler space mission and develop a novel tool for deriving the stellar rotation periods for main-sequence stars. Using this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-26 Ilay Kamai , Hagai B. Perets

Aims: We aim to measure the starspot rotation periods of active stars in the Kepler field as a function of spectral type and to extend reliable rotation measurements from F-, G-, and K-type to M-type stars. Methods: Using the Lomb-Scargle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-05 M. B. Nielsen , L. Gizon , H. Schunker , C. Karoff

We investigate the rotational evolution of solar-like stars with a focus on the internal angular momentum transport processes. The double zone model, in which the star's radiative core and convective envelope are assumed to rotate as solid…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 F. Spada , A. C. Lanzafame , A. F. Lanza , S. Messina , A. Collier Cameron

The Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars mission (PLATO) will allow us to measure surface rotation and monitor photometric activity of tens of thousands of main sequence solar-type and subgiant stars. This paper is the first of a…

A multifractal formalism is employed to analyse high-precision time-series data of \textit{Kepler} stars with surface differential rotation traces. The multifractal detrended moving average analysis (MFDMA) algorithm has been explored to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 D. B. de Freitas , M. M. F. Nepomuceno , J. G. Cordeiro , M. L. Das Chagas , J. R. De Medeiros

The main aim of this work is to determine the solar differential rotation by tracing sunspot groups during the period 1964-2016, using the Kanzelh\"ohe Observatory for Solar and Environmental Research (KSO) sunspot drawings and white light…

The characterization of solar surface differential rotation (SDR) from disk-integrated chromospheric measurements has important implications for the study of differential rotation and dynamo processes in other stars. Some chromospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Luca Bertello , Alexei A. Pevtsov , A. Pietarila

We conducted high dispersion spectroscopic observations of 50 superflare stars with Subaru/HDS. These 50 stars were selected from the solar-type superflare stars that we had discovered from the Kepler data. More than half (34 stars) of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-09 Yuta Notsu , Satoshi Honda , Hiroyuki Maehara , Shota Notsu , Takuya Shibayama , Daisaku Nogami , Kazunari Shibata

We present period measurements of a large sample of field stars in the solar neighbourhood, observed by CoRoT in two different directions of the Galaxy. The presence of a period was detected using the Scargle Lomb Normalized Periodogram…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Laura Affer , Giuseppina Micela , Fabio Favata , Ettore Flaccomio

Differential rotation is central to a great many mysteries in stars and planets. In Part I we predicted the order of magnitude and scaling of the differential rotation in both hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic convection zones. Our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Adam S. Jermyn , Shashikumar M. Chitre , Pierre Lesaffre , Christopher A. Tout

A new version of a numerical model of stellar differential rotation based on mean-field hydrodynamics is presented and tested by computing the differential rotation of the Sun. The model is then applied to four individual stars including…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 L. L. Kitchatinov , S. V. Olemskoy

From our sample of spotted late-type stars showing surface differential rotation we find that the relationship between the rotation period and the surface shear coefficient $\alpha=\Delta\Omega/\Omega_{\rm eq}$ is significantly different…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 Zs. Kővári , K. Oláh , L. Kriskovics , K. Vida , E. Forgács-Dajka , K. G. Strassmeier

Differential Interferometry allows to obtain the differential visibility and phase, in addition to the spectrum. The differential phase contains important information about the structure and motion of stellar photosphere such as stellar…

This paper investigates an autonomous navigation method for spacecraft operating in the outer solar system, up to 250 AU from the Sun, using the parallactic shifts of nearby stars. These measurements enable estimation of the spacecraft…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-09 Vittorio Franzese

Starspots trace stellar magnetic activity and influence both stellar evolution and exoplanet characterization. While occultation-based spot analyses have been applied to individual systems, comparative studies remain limited. We apply the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-11 Sabina Sagynbayeva , Will M. Farr

The high-precision photometry from the CoRoT and Kepler satellites has led to measurements of surface rotation periods for tens of thousands of stars. Our main goal is to derive ages of thousands of field stars using consistent rotation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Timo Reinhold , Laurent Gizon

We continue our studies on stellar latitudinal differential rotation. The presented work is a sequel of the work of Reiners et al. who studied the spectral line broadening profile of hundreds of stars of spectral types A through G at high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-29 Matthias~Ammler von Eiff , Ansgar Reiners

The Kepler space telescope leaves a legacy of tens of thousands of stellar rotation period measurements. While many of these stars show strong periodicity, there exists an even bigger fraction of stars with irregular variability for which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-04 Timo Reinhold , Alexander I. Shapiro , Sami K. Solanki , Gibor Basri

We investigate differential rotation in rapidly rotating solar-type stars by means of an axisymmetric mean field model that was previously applied to the sun. This allows us to calculate the latitudinal entropy gradient with a rea- sonable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Hideyuki Hotta , Takaaki Yokoyama

We have matched the astrometric data from Gaia Data Release 2 to the sample of stars with measured rotation periods from Kepler. Using 30,305 stars with good distance estimates, we select 16,248 as being likely main sequence single stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 James R. A. Davenport , Kevin R. Covey
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