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We have analysed 10 months of public data from the Kepler space mission to measure rotation periods of main-sequence stars with masses between 0.3 and 0.55 M_sun. To derive the rotational period we introduce the autocorrelation function and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-30 Amy McQuillan , Suzanne Aigrain , Tsevi Mazeh

We present the results of a spectroscopic analysis of rotational velocities in 714 M dwarf stars observed by the SDSS III Apache Point Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey. We use a template fitting technique to estimate $v\sin{i}$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 Steven H. Gilhool , Cullen H. Blake , Ryan C. Terrien , Chad Bender , Suvrath Mahadevan , Rohit Deshpande

Rotation is a directly-observable stellar property, and drives magnetic field generation and activity through a magnetic dynamo. Main sequence stars with masses below approximately 0.35Msun (mid-to-late M dwarfs) are fully-convective, and…

We use 1-m class telescopes and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to explore the photometric variability of all known rapidly rotating ($v\sin{i}\gtrsim30$ km\,s$^{-1}$) ultra-cool ($\geq$M7) dwarfs brighter than…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Paulo A. Miles-Páez , Stanimir A. Metchev , Benjamin George

Kepler ultra-high precision photometry of long and continuous observations provides a unique dataset in which surface rotation and variability can be studied for thousands of stars. Because many of these old field stars also have…

While stellar rotation periods $P_\mathrm{rot}$ may be measured from broadband photometry, the photometric modulation becomes harder to detect for slower rotators, which could bias measurements of the long-period tail of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Kento Masuda , Erik A. Petigura , Oliver J. Hall

Stellar rotation periods are valuable both for constraining models of angular momentum loss and for under- standing how magnetic features impact inferences of exoplanet parameters. Building on our previous work in the northern hemisphere,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 Elisabeth R. Newton , Nicholas Mondrik , Jonathan Irwin , Jennifer G. Winters , David Charbonneau

We present results from the volume-complete spectroscopic survey of 0.1-0.3M$_\odot$ M dwarfs within 15pc. This work discusses the active sample without close binary companions, providing a comprehensive picture of these 123 stars with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Emily K Pass , Jennifer G Winters , David Charbonneau , Jonathan M Irwin , Amber A Medina

We present rotation periods for thousands of active stars in the Kepler field derived from Q3 data. In most cases a second period close to the rotation period was detected, which we interpreted as surface differential rotation (DR). Active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Timo Reinhold , Ansgar Reiners , Gibor Basri

We used the optical and near-infrared imagers located on the Liverpool, the IAC80, and the William Herschel telescopes to monitor 18 M7$-$L9.5 dwarfs with the objective of measuring their rotation periods. We achieved accuracies typically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-27 P. A. Miles-Páez , E. Pallé , M. R. Zapatero Osorio

We analyzed 3 years of data from the Kepler space mission to derive rotation periods of main-sequence stars below 6500 K. Our automated autocorrelation-based method detected rotation periods between 0.2 and 70 days for 34,030 (25.6%) of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Amy McQuillan , Tsevi Mazeh , Suzanne Aigrain

Recent studies suggest that the angular momentum evolution of late-M and brown dwarfs differs from the well-known spin-down evolution of hotter stars. Characterizing the distribution of rotation periods of these objects in the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-16 Samantha Lambier , Stanimir Metchev , Paulo Miles-Páez , Leslie Moranta , Dakota Wolfe , Joelene Hales , Jeffrey Martinovic

Brightness variations due to dark spots on the stellar surface encode information about stellar surface rotation and magnetic activity. In this work, we analyze the Kepler long-cadence data of 26,521 main-sequence stars of spectral types M…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-30 A. R. G. Santos , R. A. García , S. Mathur , L. Bugnet , J. L. van Saders , T. S. Metcalfe , G. V. A. Simonian , M. H. Pinsonneault

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

The TESS mission delivers time-series photometry for millions of stars across the sky, offering a probe into stellar astrophysics, including rotation, on a population scale. However, light curve systematics related to the satellite's…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-12 Zachary R. Claytor , Jennifer L. van Saders , Lyra Cao , Marc H. Pinsonneault , Johanna Teske , Rachael L. Beaton

Tens of thousands of rotation periods have been measured in the Kepler fields, including a substantial fraction of rapid rotators. We use Gaia parallaxes to distinguish photometric binaries (PBs) from single stars on the unevolved lower…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-07 Gregory V. A. Simonian , Marc H. Pinsonneault , Donald M. Terndrup

We have searched the Kepler light curves of ~3900 M-star targets for evidence of periodicities that indicate, by means of the effects of starspots, rapid stellar rotation. Several analysis techniques, including Fourier transforms,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Rappaport , J. Swift , A. Levine , M. Joss , R. Sanchis-Ojeda , T. Barclay , M. Still , G. Handler , K. Oláh , P. S. Muirhead , D. Huber , K. Vida

The rotation periods of planet-hosting stars can be used for modeling and mitigating the impact of magnetic activity in radial velocity measurements and can help constrain the high-energy flux environment and space weather of planetary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-23 Yuxi , Lu , Ruth Angus , Marcel A. ~Agüeros , Kirsten Blancato , Melissa Ness , Jason L. ~Curtis , Sam Grunblatt

A new sample of solar analogs and twin candidates have been constructed and studied, with particular attention to their light curves from NASA's Kepler mission. This letter aims to assess the evolutionary status, derive their rotation and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 J. -D. do Nascimento , R. A. Garcia , S. Mathur , F. Anthony , S. A. Barnes , S. Meibom , J. S. da Costa , M. Castro , D. Salabert , T. Ceillier

Using spectroscopic observations and photometric light curves of 238 nearby M dwarfs from the MEarth exoplanet transit survey, we examine the relationships between magnetic activity (quantified by H-alpha emission), rotation period, and…

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