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The Hyades constitute a homogeneous sample of stars ideal for investigating the dependence of planet formation on the mass of the central star. Due to their youth, Hyades members are much more chromospherically active than stars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Diane B. Paulson , Steven H. Saar , William D. Cochran , Artie P. Hatzes

We present the results from a spectroscopic study of 1080 nearby active M dwarfs, selected by correlating the 2MASS and ROSAT catalogs. We have derived the spectral types and estimated distances for all of our stars. The spectral types…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Basmah Riaz , John E. Gizis , James Harvin

We determine rotation periods of a sample of 48 late F-type to mid-M dwarf stars using time-series high-resolution spectroscopy of the Ca II H&K and H-alpha chromospheric activity indicators. We find good agreement between the rotation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 A. Suárez Mascareño , R. Rebolo , J. I. González Hernández , M. Esposito

Studying chromospheric activity of contact binaries is an important way of revealing the magnetic activity processes of these systems. An efficient but somewhat neglected method for that is to follow the changes of the H$\alpha$ line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 T. Mitnyan , T. Szalai , A. Bódi , L. Kriskovics , K. Vida , B. Cseh , O. Hanyecz , A. Ordasi , A. Pál , J. Vinkó

Effective temperatures, surface gravities, and iron abundances were derived for 109 stars observed by the K2 mission using equivalent width measurements of Fe I and Fe II lines. Calculations were carried out in LTE using Kurucz model…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-19 V. Loaiza-Tacuri , Katia Cunha , Verne V. Smith , F. Quispe-Huaynasi , Ellen Costa-Almeida , Luan Ghezzi , Jorge Melendez

Flares, energetic eruptions on the surfaces of stars, are an unmistakable manifestation of magnetically driven emission. Their occurrence rates and energy distributions trace stellar characteristics such as mass and age. But before flares…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Ekaterina Ilin , Sarah J. Schmidt , Katja Poppenhäger , James R. A. Davenport , Martti H. Kristiansen , Mark Omohundro

We have examined the relationship between rotation and activity in 14 late-type (M6-M7) M dwarfs, using high resolution spectra taken at the Keck Observatory and flux-calibrated spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Most are inactive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrew A. West , Gibor Basri

Spectropolarimetric data allow for simultaneous monitoring of stellar chromospheric $\log{R^{\prime}_{\rm{HK}}}$ activity and the surface-averaged longitudinal magnetic field, $B_l$, giving the opportunity to probe the relationship between…

We analyze the X-ray emission and chromospheric activity of Sun-like stars of F, G and K spectral classes (late-type stars) studied in the framework of the HK project. More powerful coronas are possessed by stars displaying irregular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-19 E. A. Bruevich , M. M. Katsova , D. D. Sokolov

We have examined the relationship between rotation and activity in 14 late-type (M6-M7) M dwarfs, using high resolution spectra taken at the W.M. Keck Observatory and flux-calibrated spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Most were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Andrew A. West , Gibor Basri

We have obtained high-resolution spectra of 89 M dwarf members of the Pleiades and Hyades and have derived radial velocities, H-alpha equivalent widths, and spectroscopic rotational velocities for these stars. Typical masses of the…

The dependence of stellar magnetic activity on stellar parameters would be inspired by the chromospheric activity studies based on the large-scale spectroscopic surveys. The Ca II H and K lines are employed to construct indicators for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Weitao Zhang , Jun Zhang , Han He , Ali Luo , Haotong Zhang

We present a study of the variation timescales of the chromospheric activity indicator H$\alpha$ on a sample of 13 fully-convective, active mid-to-late M stars with masses between 0.1--0.3 solar masses. Our goal was to determine the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-13 Amber A. Medina , David Charbonneau , Jennifer G. Winters , Jonathan Irwin , Jessica Mink

We study the connection between the chromospheric and photospheric behaviour of the active late-type star FK Comae. We use spot temperature modelling, light curve inversion based on narrow- and wide-band photometric measurements, Halpha…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-05 K. Vida , H. Korhonen , I. V. Ilyin , K. Oláh , M. I. Andersen , T. Hackman

The magnetic activity of late-type MS stars is characterized by different regimes, and their activity levels are well described by Ro, the ratio between P_rot and the convective turnover time. Very young PMS stars show, similarly to MS…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 C. Argiroffi , M. Caramazza , G. Micela , S. Sciortino , E. Moraux , J. Bouvier , E. Flaccomio

Over the past 40 years, observational surveys have established the existence of a tight relationship between a star's age, rotation period, and magnetic activity. This age-rotation-activity relation documents the interplay between a star's…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-02 Kevin R. Covey , Marcel A. Agueros , Jenna J. Lemonias , Nicholas M. Law , Adam L. Kraus

We present the results of photometric surveys for stellar rotation in the Hyades and in Praesepe, using data obtained as part of the SuperWASP exoplanetary transit-search programme.We determined accurate rotation periods for more than 120…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 P. Delorme , A. Collier Cameron , L. Hebb , J. Rostron , T. A. Lister , A. J. Norton , D. Pollacco , R. G. West

Chromospheric activity monitoring of a wide range of cool stars can provide valuable information on stellar magnetic activity and its dependence on fundamental stellar parameters such as effective temperature and rotation.We compile a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-07 S. Boro Saikia , C. J. Marvin , S. V. Jeffers , A. Reiners , R. Cameron , S. C. Marsden , P. Petit , J. Warnecke , A. P. Yadav

Excess chromospheric emissions within deep photospheric lines are effective proxies of stellar magnetism for FGK stars. This emission decays with stellar age and is a potential determinant of this important stellar quantity. We report…

We identify member stars of more than 90 open clusters in the LAMOST survey. With the method of Fang et al.(2018), the chromospheric activity (CA) indices logR'CaK for 1091 member stars in 82 open clusters and logR'H{\alpha} for 1118 member…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Jiajun Zhang , Jingkun Zhao , Terry D. Oswalt , Xiangsong Fang , Gang Zhao , Xilong Liang , Xianhao Ye , Jing Zhong