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We have used NSF's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to observe a sample of five known radio-emitting late L and T dwarfs ranging in age from ~0.2 - 3.4Gyr. We observed each target for seven hours, extending to higher frequencies than…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-09 Melodie Kao , Gregg Hallinan , J. Sebastian Pineda , David Stevenson , Adam Burgasser

Many magnetic white dwarfs exhibit a polarised spectrum that periodically varies as the star rotates because the magnetic field is not symmetric about the rotation axis. In this work, we report the discovery that while weakly magnetic white…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-18 S. Bagnulo , J. D. Landstreet

We present observations of the classical T Tauri star DO Tau collected with the near-infrared SPIRou spectropolarimeter and precision velocimeter at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope from early 2020 to late 2025. Circularly polarized…

This paper presents near-infrared spectropolarimetric and velocimetric observations of the young planet-hosting T Tauri star PDS 70, collected with SPIRou at the 3.6m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope from 2020 to 2024. Clear Zeeman signatures…

M dwarfs are low-mass main-sequence stars, the most numerous type of stars in the solar neighbourhood, which are known to have significant magnetic activity. The aim of this work is to explore the dynamo solutions and magnetic fields of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Carolina A. Ortiz-Rodríguez , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Petri J. Käpylä , Felipe H. Navarrete

We outline in this paper observations of the young pre-main-sequence low-mass star TWA 7, hosting a debris disk and a distant planet. Using data collected with the near-infrared SPIRou spectropolarimeter / precision velocimeter at the…

The magnetic white dwarf SDSS J121209.31+013627.7 exhibits a weak, narrow Halpha emission line whose radial velocity and strength are modulated on a period of ~90 minutes. Though indicative of irradiation on a nearby companion, no cool…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. D. Schmidt , P. Szkody , N. M. Silvestri , M. C. Cushing , J. Liebert , P. S. Smith

We report new observations of the classical T~Tauri star CI~Tau with the SPIRou near-infrared spectropolarimeter and velocimeter at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) in late 2019, 2020 and 2022, complemented with observations…

The stellar activity of M dwarfs is the main limitation for discovering and characterizing exoplanets orbiting them since it induces quasi-periodic RV variations. We aim to characterize the magnetic field and stellar activity of the early,…

SPIRou is a near-infrared spectropolarimeter and a high-precision velocimeter. The SPIRou Legacy Survey collected data from February 2019 to June 2022, half of the time devoted to a blind search for exoplanets around nearby cool stars. The…

The aim of this study is to explore the magnetic and flow properties of fully convective M dwarfs as a function of rotation period Prot and magnetic Reynolds ReM and Prandlt numbers PrM. We performed three-dimensional simulations of fully…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-29 C. A. Ortiz-Rodríguez , P. J. Käpylä , F. H. Navarrete , D. R. G Schleicher , R. E. Mennickent , J. P. Hidalgo , B. Toro

Since identifying the gap in the H-R Diagram (HRD) marking the transition between partially and fully convective interiors, a unique type of slowly pulsating M dwarf has been proposed. These unstable M dwarfs provide new laboratories in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Wei-Chun Jao , Todd J. Henry , Russel J. White , Azmain H. Nisak , Hodari-Sadiki Hubbard-James , Leonardo A. Paredes

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

The search for exoplanets around nearby M dwarfs represents a crucial milestone in the census of planetary systems in the vicinity of our Solar System. Since 2018 our team is carrying a radial-velocity blind search program for planets…

We present our findings on the spectral analysis of seven magnetic white dwarfs that were presumed to be double degenerates. We obtained time-resolved spectroscopy at the Gemini Observatory to look for evidence of binarity or fast rotation.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Adam Moss , Mukremin Kilic , P. Bergeron , Megan Firgard , Warren Brown

The sample of white dwarfs included in the local 20 pc volume documents, fairly accurately, the total production of white dwarfs over roughly 10 Gyr of stellar evolution in this part of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this sample, we have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 S. Bagnulo , J. D. Landstreet

We present in this paper an analysis of near-infrared observations of the 0.3-Msun protostar V347 Aur collected with the SPIRou high-resolution spectropolarimeter and velocimeter at the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope from October 2019…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-04 J. -F. Donati , P. I. Cristofari , A. Carmona , K. Grankin

Present and future high-precision radial-velocity spectrometers dedicated to the discovery of low-mass planets orbiting low-mass dwarfs need to focus on the best selected stars to make an efficient use of telescope time. In the framework of…

In this work we examine M dwarf rotation rates at a range of ages to establish benchmarks for Mdwarf gyrochronology. This work includes a sample of 713 spectroscopically-classified M0-M8 dwarfs with new rotation rates measured from K2 light…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 Mark Popinchalk , Jacqueline K. Faherty , Rocio Kiman , Jonathan Gagné , Jason L. Curtis , Ruth Angus , Kelle L. Cruz , Emily L. Rice

We report the detection of a large-scale magnetic field at the surface of the slowly-rotating fully-convective M dwarf Proxima Centauri. Ten circular polarization spectra, collected from April to July 2017 with the HARPS-Pol…