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Stellar chromospheric activity serves as a valuable proxy for estimating stellar ages, though its applicable range and accurate functional form are still debated. In this study, utilizing the LAMOST spectra we compiled a catalog of open…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Henggeng Han , Song Wang , Xue Li , Chuanjie Zheng , Jiahui Wang , Jifeng Liu

$\require{mediawiki-texvc}$A stellar chromospheric activity database of solar-like stars is constructed based on the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) Low-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey (LRS). The database…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-16 Weitao Zhang , Jun Zhang , Han He , Zhiping Song , Ali Luo , Haotong Zhang

Astrophysical objects frequently exhibit some irregularities or complex behaviour in their light curves. We focus primarily on hot stars, where both radial and non-radial pulsations are observed. One of the primary research goals is to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Votruba , P. Koubský , D. Korčáková , F. Hroch

To detect stellar activity cycles and study the possible star-planet interactions (SPI's), we have developed both HK$\alpha$ and SPI-HK$\alpha$ projects since 1999 and 2012 respectively. In this work, we present preliminary results of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Matías G. Flores , Andrea P. Buccino , Carlos E. Saffe , Pablo J. D. Mauas

The detection of Earth-like planets with the radial-velocity method is currently limited by the presence of stellar activity signatures. On rotational timescales, spots and plages (or faculae) are known to introduce different RV signals,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-25 M. Cretignier , A. G. M. Pietrow , S. Aigrain

Atmospheric magnetic fields in stars with convective envelopes heat stellar chromospheres. Starting with the historical Mount Wilson monitoring program, CaH&K lines have been widely used to trace stellar magnetic activity, and as a proxy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-22 Nicola Astudillo-Defru , Xavier Delfosse , Xavier Bonfils , Thierry Forveille , Christophe Lovis , Julien Rameau

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

M dwarfs are active stars that exhibit variability in chromospheric emission and photometry at short and long timescales, including long cycles that are related to dynamo processes. This activity also impacts the search for exoplanets…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 L. Mignon , N. Meunier , X. Delfosse , X. Bonfils , N. C. Santos , T. Forveille , G. Gaisné , N. Astudillo-Defru , C. Lovis , S. Udry

The presence of possible correlations between stellar rotation rate $\Omega$ and the frequency of the activity cycle $\omega_\mathrm{cyc}$ is still much debated. We implement a new Bayesian classification algorithm based on a simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-16 Alfio Bonanno , Enrico Corsaro

Context. The detection of chromospheric activity cycles in solar-analogue and twin stars, can be used to put in context the solar cycle. However, there is a relatively low percentage of these stars with activity cycles detected. It is well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 M. Flores , J. F. González , M. Jaque Arancibia , C. Saffe , A. Buccino , F. M. López , R. V Ibañez Bustos , P. Miquelarena

Magnetic cycles have been detected in tens of solar-like stars. The relationship between the cycle properties and global stellar parameters is not fully understood yet. We searched for activity cycles in 90 solar-like stars with ages…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 E. Distefano , A. C. Lanzafame , A. Lanza , S. Messina , F. Spada

Different approaches have been adopted to study short- and long-term stellar magnetic activity, and although the mechanisms by which low-mass stars generate large-scale magnetic fields are not well understood, it is known that stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 R. V. Ibañez Bustos , A. P. Buccino , M. Flores , C. F. Martinez , P. J. D. Mauas

Using the LAMOST DR7 low-resolution spectra, we carried out a systematic study of stellar chromospheric activity in both single and binary stars. We constructed a binary sample and a single-star sample, mainly using the binary belt and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-22 Yuedan Ding , Shidi Zhang , Henggeng Han , Wenyuan Cui , Song Wang , Min Fang , Yawei Gao

Similar to the solar cycle, the magnetic cycles of other solar-type stars are also variable. How the variability of the stellar cycle changes with the rotation rate or the dynamo number is a valuable information for understanding the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Suyog Garg , Bidya Binay Karak , Rohan B. Mandrai

We present the results of a study of the stellar activity in the solar neighborhood using complete kinematics (galactocentric velocities U,V,W) and the chromospheric activity index $\log R'_{\rm{HK}}$. We analyzed the average activity level…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 F. Murgas , J. S. Jenkins , P. Rojo , H. R. A Jones , D. J. Pinfield

We report intensive monitoring of the activity variability in the H$\alpha$ line for 10 Sun-like stars using the 1.88-m reflector at Okayama Branch Office, Subaru Telescope, during the last four years 2019-2022. Our aim was to investigate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-31 Sanghee Lee , Yuta Notsu , Bun'ei Sato

We present the results of an investigation into the possible presence of magnetic activity cycles in stars observed in two observational campaigns by the K2 mission. This study was based on the KEYSTONE asteroseismic sample of solar-like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 Gleb Berloff , Anne-Marie Broomhall , George T. Hookway , Mikkel N. Lund , Laura Jade Millson , Dmitrii Kolotkov

[Abridged abstract:] Stellar activity data provide evidence of activity wave branches propagating polewards rather than equatorwards (the solar case). Stellar dynamo theory allows polewards propagating dynamo waves for certain governing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 D. Moss , D. Sokoloff , A. F. Lanza

The solar magnetic activity cycle is responsible for periodic episodes of severe space weather, which can perturb satellite orbits, interfere with communications systems, and bring down power grids. Much progress has recently been made in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. S. Metcalfe , T. J. Henry , M. Knolker , D. R. Soderblom

We present initial results from a planned 10 year survey of Ca II H & K emission, using observations made with the ARC 3.5m Telescope at Apache Point Observatory. The primary goal of the survey is to investigate activity cycles in low mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-11 Brett M. Morris , Leslie Hebb , Suzanne L. Hawley , Kathryn Jones , Jake Romney