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Proxima c, a candidate second planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, was detected with the radial velocity method. The announced long orbital period (5.21$^{+0.26}_{-0.22}$ years), and small semi-amplitude of the induced Doppler signal…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-01 Mario Damasso , Fabio Del Sordo

We present here additional results of a spectropolarimetric survey of a small sample of stars ranging from spectral type M0 to M8 aimed at investigating observationally how dynamo processes operate in stars on both sides of the full…

The coronal activity-rotation relationship is considered to be a proxy for the underlying stellar dynamo responsible for magnetic activity in solar and late-type stars. While this has been studied in considerable detail for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Nicholas J. Wright , Elisabeth R. Newton , Peter K. G. Williams , Jeremy J. Drake , Rakesh K. Yadav

Proxima Centauri is an M dwarf approximately 15,000 AU from the Alpha Centauri binary, comoving and likely in a loosely bound orbit. Dynamic simulations show this configuration can form from a more tightly bound triple system. As our…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 R. Worth , S. Sigurdsson

Stellar soft X-ray ([1, 100] Angstrom) and Extreme Ultraviolet (also EUV, [100, 920] Angstrom; jointly, XUV) radiation affects the evolution and chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres. It is however uncertain to what extent the radiation's…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 A. Damonte , I. Pillitteri , A. Maggio , A. García Muñoz , G. Micela

The nearby M dwarf binary GJ65AB, also known as BL Cet and UV Cet, is a unique benchmark for investigation of dynamo-driven activity of low-mass stars. Magnetic activity of GJ65 was repeatedly assessed by indirect means, such as studies of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-13 O. Kochukhov , A. Lavail

Kepler-78 is host to a transiting 8.5-hour orbit super-Earth. In this paper, the rotation and magnetic properties of the planet host star are studied. We first revisit the Kepler photometric data for a detailed description of the rotation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-12 Claire Moutou , Jean-Francois Donati , Doug Lin , Randy Laine , Artie Hatzes

Rapidly rotating late M dwarfs are observed in two different branches of magnetic activity, although they operate in the same stellar parameter range. Current empirical evidence indicates that M dwarfs with spectral types ranging from M3 /…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 Giuseppina Nigro , Francesco Berrilli , Giuseppe Bono , Dario Del Moro , Luca Giovannelli , Valentina Penza , Raffaele Reda

Our nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri, is a low mass star with spectral typedM5.5 and hosting an Earth-like planet orbiting within its habitable zone. However, the habitability of the planet depends on the high-energy radiation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 S. Lalitha , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , K. P. Singh , P. C. Schneider , R. O. Parke Loyd , K. France , P. Predehl , V. Burwitz , J. Robrade

The large-scale magnetic field of solar-type stars reconstructed from their spectropolarimetric observations provide important insight into their underlying dynamo processes.We aim to investigate the temporal variability of the large-scale…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-10 S. Boro Saikia , S. V. Jeffers , P. Petit , S. Marsden , J. Morin , C. P. Folsom

The M dwarf Proxima~Centauri is known to be magnetically active and it hosts a likely Earth-like planet in its habitable zone. Understanding the characteristics of stellar radiation by understanding the properties of the emitting plasma is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 B. Fuhrmeister , A. Zisik , P. C. Schneider , J. Robrade , J. H. M. M. Schmitt , P. Predehl , S. Czesla , K. France , A. García Muñoz

Proxima Centauri is known to host an earth-like planet in its habitable zone; very recently a second candidate planet was proposed based on radial velocities. At quadrature, the expected projected separation of this new candidate is larger…

We study temporal variations of the emission lines of Halpha, Hepsilon, H and K Ca II, D1 and D2 Na I, 4026 and 5876 A He I in the HARPS spectra of Proxima Centauri across an extended time of 13.2 years, from May 27, 2004, to September 30,…

$\xi^1$ CMa is a monoperiodically pulsating, magnetic $\beta$ Cep star with magnetospheric X-ray emission which, uniquely amongst magnetic stars, is clearly modulated with the star's pulsation period. The rotational period $P_{\rm rot}$ has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 M. Shultz , G. A. Wade , Th. Rivinius , C. Neiner , H. Henrichs , W. Marcolino , the MiMeS Collaboration

We report Spitzer Space Telescope observations during predicted transits of the exoplanet Proxima Centauri b. As the nearest terrestrial habitable-zone planet we will ever discover, any potential transit of Proxima b would place strong…

We investigate the magnetic field at the surface of 48 red giants selected as promising for detection of Stokes V Zeeman signatures in their spectral lines. We use the spectropolarimeters Narval and ESPaDOnS to detect circular polarization…

We obtained thirteen spectropolarimetric observations of the strongly magnetic rapidly oscillating Ap star HD154708 over three months with the multi-mode instrument FORS1, installed at the 8-m Kueyen telescope of the VLT. These observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Hubrig , G. Mathys , D. W. Kurtz , M. Schoeller , V. G. Elkin , H. F. Henrichs

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…

A sample of 19 solar-type stars, probing masses between 0.6 and 1.4 solar mass and rotation periods between 3.4 and 43 days, was regularly observed using the NARVAL spectropolarimeter at Telescope Bernard Lyot (Pic du Midi, France) between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Morgenthaler , P. Petit , J. Morin , M. Auriere , B. Dintrans , R. Konstantinova-Antova , S. Marsden

The goal of this work is to study magnetic fields of the cool, eclipsing binary star UV Piscium (UV Psc). This system contains two active late-type stars, UV Psc A (G5V) and B (K3V). To obtain a complete picture, the properties of both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 A. Hahlin , O. Kochukhov , E. Alecian , J. Morin , the BinaMIcS collaboration