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We used four known chromospheric activity indicators to measure long-term activity variations in a sample of 23 M-dwarf stars from the HARPS planet search program. We compared the indices using weighted Pearson correlation coefficients and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-17 J. Gomes da Silva , N. C. Santos , X. Bonfils

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

(Abridged) Understanding stellar activity in M dwarfs is crucial for the physics of stellar atmospheres as well as for ongoing radial velocity exoplanet programmes. Despite the increasing interest in M dwarfs, our knowledge of the…

We investigate the activity induced signals related to rotation in late type stars (FGKM). We analyse the Ca II H&K, the H alpha and the radial velocity time-series of 55 stars using the spectra from the HARPS public database and the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-31 A. Suárez Mascareño , R. Rebolo , J. I. González Hernández , M. Esposito

We investigate the photometric modulation induced by magnetic activity cycles and study the relationship between rotation period and activity cycle(s) in late-type (FGKM) stars. We analyse light-curves spanning up to 9 years of 125 nearby…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 A. Suárez Mascareño , R. Rebolo , J. I. González Hernández

Stars which are rapidly rotating are expected to show high levels of activity according to the activity-rotation relation. However, previous TESS studies have found Ultra Fast Rotating (UFR) M dwarfs with periods less than one day…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-02 Lauren Doyle , Stefano Bagnulo , Gavin Ramsay , Gerry Doyle , Pasi Hakala

Context. M dwarfs are an ideal laboratory for hunting Earth-like planets, and the study of chromospheric activity is an important part of this task. On the one hand, its short-term activity show high levels of magnetic activity that can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 R. V. Ibañez Bustos , A. P. Buccino , N. Nardetto , D. Mourard , M. Flores , P. J. D. Mauas

Studies of the rotation and activity of M type stars are essential to enhance our understanding of stellar dynamos and angular momentum evolution. Using the outstanding photometric capabilities of space telescopes rotation signals even with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 St. Raetz , B. Stelzer

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 report on our observing program to capture simultaneous spectra of Ca II and Balmer lines in a sample of nearby M3 dwarfs. Our goal is to investigate the chromospheric temperature structure required to produce these lines at the observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lucianne M. Walkowicz , Suzanne L. Hawley

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

Context. Searching for extrasolar planets through radial velocity measurements relies on the stability of stellar photospheres. Aims. We aim at characterizing the statistical properties of magnetic activity cycles, and studying their impact…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-28 C. Lovis , X. Dumusque , N. C. Santos , F. Bouchy , M. Mayor , F. Pepe , D. Queloz , D. Ségransan , S. Udry

We study the different patterns of interannual magnetic variability in stars on or near the lower main sequence, approximately solar-type (G-K dwarf) stars in time series of 36 years from the Mount Wilson Observatory Ca\,{\sc ii}\,H\&K…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 K. Oláh , Zs. Kővári , K. Petrovay , W. Soon , S. Baliunas , Z. Kolláth , K. Vida

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

We present an overview of K2 short cadence observations for 34 M dwarfs observed in Campaigns 1 - 9 which have spectral types between M0 - L1. All of the stars in our sample showed flares with the most energetic reaching $3\times10^{34}$…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 Lauren Doyle , Gavin Ramsay , John G. Doyle

Studies of the rotation-activity relation of late-type stars are essential to enhance our understanding of stellar dynamos and angular momentum evolution. We study the rotation-activity relation with K2 for M dwarfs where it is especially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 St. Raetz , B. Stelzer , A. Scholz

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

The Kepler mission has been providing high-quality photometric data leading to many breakthroughs in the exoplanet search and in stellar physics. Stellar magnetic activity results from the interaction between rotation, convection, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-14 S. Mathur , D. Salabert , R. A. Garcia , T. Ceillier

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 ~12,000 spectra of ~3,500 magnetically active M0-M9 dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey taken at 10-15 minute intervals, together with ~300 spectra of ~60 M0-M8 stars obtained hourly with the Hydra multi-object spectrometer, to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Keaton J. Bell , Eric J. Hilton , James R. A. Davenport , Suzanne L. Hawley , Andrew A. West , Allen B. Rogel