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We report on a study of 36 pairs of `twin' M dwarfs in wide binaries and assess how similarly the stars behave. Stars in each twin pair have BP, RP, $J$, $H$, and $K_s$ differing by $<$0.10 mag, mass estimates matching within $<$3%, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-18 Andrew A. Couperus , Todd J. Henry , Aman Kar , Wei-Chun Jao , Eliot Halley Vrijmoet , Rachel A. Osten

The magnetic activity of late-type stars is correlated with their rotation rates. Up to a certain limit, stars with smaller Rossby numbers, defined as the rotation period divided by the convective turnover time, have higher activity. A more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-16 Jyri J. Lehtinen , Maarit J. Käpylä , Nigul Olspert , Federico Spada

M dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the Galaxy, and their low masses make them natural favourites for exoplanet radial-velocity (RV) searches. Nevertheless, these stars often demonstrate strong stellar activity that is yet to be fully…

Current studies of stellar dynamos primarily focus on spherical stars, leaving their behavior in distorted stars largely unexplored. We utilize stars of varying distortions to examine the relation between stellar cycle periods ($P_{\rm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-19 Song Wang , Wenbo Li , Henggeng Han , Dali Kong , Jifeng Liu , Xinlin Zhao

Magnetic activity in M-dwarfs present enigmatic questions: On the one hand they have higher field strengths and larger filling factors than the magnetic field on the Sun, on the other hand, they are fully convective and their atmospheres…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. B. F. Dorch , B. V. Gudiksen , H. -G. Ludwig

We discuss possible mechanisms underlying the observed features of stellar activity cycles, such as multiple periodicities in very active stars, non-cyclic activity observed in moderately active stars, and spatial distribution of stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-08 Emre Işik

We analyse the kinematics of ~400000 RAVE stars. We split the sample into hot and cold dwarfs, red-clump and non-clump giants. The kinematics of the clump giants are consistent with being identical with those of non-clump giants. We fit…

Different approaches have been adopted to study short- and long-term stellar magnetic activity, and although the mechanisms by which low-mass stars generate large-scale magnetic fields are not well understood, it is known that stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 R. V. Ibañez Bustos , A. P. Buccino , M. Flores , C. F. Martinez , P. J. D. Mauas

The magnetic activity of the Sun becomes stronger and weaker over roughly an 11 year cycle, modulating the radiation and charged particle environment experienced by the Earth as "space weather". Decades of observations from the Mount Wilson…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-18 Axel Brandenburg , Savita Mathur , Travis S. Metcalfe

Modern databases and rows of observations allow to make progress in study of magnetic activity of solar-type stars and cold dwarfs. Digitizing of wide-filed plates in the large archives give historical data expanding the investigated time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-15 N. I. Bondar , M. A. Gorbunov , A. A. Shlyapnikov

The evolution of magnetism in late-type dwarfs remains murky, as we can only weakly predict levels of activity for M dwarfs of a given mass and age. We report results from our spectroscopic survey of M dwarfs in the Southern Continuous…

Recent spectroscopic explorations of large Galactic stellar samples stars have revealed the existence of red giants with [$\alpha$/Fe] ratios that are anomalously high, given their relatively young ages. We revisit the GALAH DR3 survey to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 S. Borisov , N. Prantzos , C. Charbonnel

The dynamo process is believed to drive the magnetic activity of stars like the Sun that have an outer convection zone. Large spectroscopic surveys showed that there is a relation between the rotation periods and the cycle periods: the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Mathur , R. A. Garcia , J. Ballot , T. Ceillier , D. Salabert , T. S. Metcalfe , C. Regulo , A. Jimenez , S. Bloemen

Stellar chromospheric activity serves as a valuable proxy for estimating stellar ages, though its applicable range and accurate functional form are still debated. In this study, utilizing the LAMOST spectra we compiled a catalog of open…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Henggeng Han , Song Wang , Xue Li , Chuanjie Zheng , Jiahui Wang , Jifeng Liu

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback is one of the most important mechanisms in galaxy evolution. It is usually found in massive galaxies and regulates star formation. Although dwarf galaxies are assumed to be regulated by supernova…

The study of stellar activity is important because it can provide new constraints for dynamo models, when combined with surface rotation rates and the depth of the convection zone. We know that the dynamo mechanism, which is believed to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 S. Mathur , R. A. Garcia , J. Ballot , T. Ceillier , D. Salabert , T. S. Metcalfe , C. Regulo , A. Jimenez , S. Bloemen

Based on analysis of photometric observations of nearby M type stars obtained with ASAS, 31 periodic variables were detected. The determined periods are assumed to be related to rotation periods of the investigated stars. Among them 10 new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-16 M. Kiraga , K. Stepien

Based on the LAMOST survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we use low-resolution spectra of 130,043 F/G-type dwarf stars to study the kinematics and metallicity properties of the Galactic disk. Our study shows that the stars with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-12 Yingjie Jing , Cuihua Du , Jiayin Gu , Yunpeng Jia , Xiyan Peng , Yuqin Chen , Zhenyu Wu , Jun Ma , Xu Zhou , Zihuang Cao , Yonghui Hou , Yuefei Wang , Yong Zhang

Observations of chromospheric and coronal emissions from various solar-type stars show that the stellar magnetic activity varies with the rotation rates of the stars. The faster the star rotates, its magnetic activity gets stronger but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 Gopal Hazra , Jie Jiang , Bidya Binay Karak , Leonid Kitchatinov

We compare and contrast the kinematics of various classes of stars, both normal (with M-K spectral types) and peculiar. Numerous plots show the differences in spatial and velocity distributions as well as distributions in kinetic energy vs.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-13 Charles R. Cowley , Robert E. Stencel