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Flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are important for the evolution of the atmospheres of planets and their potential habitability, particularly for planets orbiting M stars at a distance < 0.4 AU. Detections of CMEs on these stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 Priscilla Muheki , Eike. W. Guenther , Tom Mutabazi , Edward Jurua

Here, BV(RI)c broad band photometry and intermediate resolution spectroscopy in Halpha region are presented for two rapidly rotating late-type stars: EY Dra and V374 Peg. For a third rapid rotator, GSC 02038-00293, intermediate resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 H. Korhonen , K. Vida , M. Husarik , S. Mahajan , D. Szczygiel , K. Olah

We identify a sample of near-equal mass wide binary M dwarf systems from the SLoWPoKES catalog of common proper-motion binaries and obtain follow-up observations of their chromospheric activity as measured by the H$\alpha$ emission line. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Heather C. Gunning , Sarah J. Schmidt , James R. A. Davenport , Saurav Dhital , Suzanne L. Hawley , Andrew A. West

Based on the near-IR spectra of 33 late-type stars in the wide metallicity range (mainly dwarfs and partly giants) obtained with IRCS+AO188 of the Subaru Telescope, we confirmed that He I 10830A line is seen in absorption in almost all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Yoichi Takeda , Masahide Takada-Hidai

We present a study of high-resolution spectra of RS Canum Venaticorum (RS CVn), a prototype of active binary systems. Our data were obtained from 1998 to 2017 using different telescopes. We analyze the chromospheric activity indicators Ca…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-08 Dongtao Cao , Shenghong Gu , U. Wolter , M. Mittag , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , Dongyang Gao , Shaoming Hu

Neutral Fe lines are the most abundant in the spectrum of late stars. They are used to obtain different basic stellar parameters such as relative abundances, surface gravity, and effective temperature. However, the centers of many of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-07 M. C. Vieytes

We present new spectroscopic observations in the Ca~{\sc ii} H \& K line region for a sample of 28 chromospherically active binary systems (RS$~$CVn and BY$~$Dra classes), with different activity levels. By using the spectral subtraction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Montes , E. De Castro , M. J. Fernandez-Figueroa , M. Cornide

The He I infrared (IR) triplet at 10830 AA is an important activity indicator for the Sun and in solar-type stars, however, it has rarely been studied in relation to M dwarfs to date. In this study, we use the time-averaged spectra of 319…

We report radial velocities (RVs), projected equatorial velocities (v sin i) and CaII triplet (CaT) chromospheric activity indices for 237 late-K to mid-M candidate members of the young open cluster NGC 2516. These stars have rotation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. J. Jackson , R. D. Jeffries

High resolution spectra of 123 red giant stars in the globular cluster M13 and 64 red giant stars in M92 were obtained with Hectochelle at the MMT telescope. Emission and line asymmetries in Halpha, and Ca K are identified, characterizing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sz. Mészáros , A. K. Dupree , T. Szalai

The Ca II H & K lines are strong chromospheric diagnostics that can be used to determine the temperature stratification and magnetic structure of the solar atmosphere. The Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array (ALMA) offers…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-09 Sneha Pandit , Sven Wedemeyer , Mats Carlsson

Dynamics of hot chromospheric plasma of solar flares is a key to understanding of mechanisms of flare energy release and particle acceleration. A moderate M1.0 class flare of 12 June, 2014 (SOL2014-06-12T21:12) was simultaneously observed…

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Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Yan Xu , Graham S. Kerr , Vanessa Polito , Nengyi Huang , Ju Jing , Haimin Wang

HD 189733 is an exoplanetary system consisting of a transiting hot Jupiter and an active K2V-type main sequence star. We aim to use VLT/UVES high resolution echelle spectra to study a stellar flare. We have performed simultaneous analyses…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 T. Klocova , S. Czesla , S. Khalafinejad , U. Wolter , J. H. M. M. Schmitt

Strong spectral lines are useful indicators of stellar chromospheric activity. They are physically linked to the convection efficiency, differential rotation, and angular momentum evolution and are a potential indicator of age. However, for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Diego Lorenzo-Oliveira , Gustavo F. Porto de Mello , Letícia Dutra-Ferreira , Ignasi Ribas

The recently discovered eclipsing binary system TYC 2675-663-1 is a X-ray source, and shows properties in the optical that are similar to the W UMa systems, but are somewhat unusual compared to what is seen in other contact binary systems.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. D. Caballero-Garcia , G. Torres , I. Ribas , D. Risquez , B. Montesinos , J. M. Mas-Hesse

Active regions often host large-scale gas flows in the chromosphere presumably directed along curved magnetic field lines. Spectropolarimetric observations of these flows are critical to understanding the nature and evolution of their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-05 Tom Schad , Sarah Jaeggli , Haosheng Lin , Matthew Penn

The distribution of stellar $\mathrm{H}\alpha$ chromospheric activity with respect to stellar atmospheric parameters (effective temperature $T_\mathrm{eff}$, surface gravity $\log\,g$, and metallicity $\mathrm{[Fe/H]}$) and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-01 Han He , Weitao Zhang , Haotong Zhang , Song Wang , Ali Luo , Jun Zhang

We analyze the H-alpha spectral variability of the rapidly-rotating K1-dwarf LQ Hya using high-resolution H-alpha spectra recorded during April-May 2000. Chromospheric parameters were computed from the H-alpha profile as a function of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Frasca , Zs. Kovari , K. G. Strassmeier , K. Biazzo

We searched for spectral signatures from the exosphere of HD209458 in the UV and the near-IR with UVES and ISAAC at the VLT. We looked in particular for the helium absorption feature at 10 830 \AA predicted to be among the strongest ones.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 N. Iro , A. Coustenis , C. Moutou , N. Lajous , M. Mayor , D. Queloz