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不活跃的晚型M矮星的自转初探

A First Look at Rotation in Inactive Late-Type M Dwarfs

Andrew A. West, Gibor Basri

摘要:

我们利用在W.M.凯克天文台和斯隆数字巡天的通量校准光谱。大多数被选择为在强H-α发射非常常见的光谱类型下不活跃。我们使用互相关技术来量化旋转加宽;我们样本中的六颗恒星的vsini > 3.5 km/s。我们最重要和令人困惑的结果是,这些恒星中有三颗没有H-α发射,尽管它们的旋转速度是以前的工作观察到的强烈磁场和恒星活动水平。我们的研究结果表明,旋转和活动在晚型M矮星可能并不总是联系在一起,并打开几个额外的可能性,包括旋转依赖的活动阈值,或可能依赖于恒星参数的Rossby数的磁/活动“饱和”发生在完全对流的恒星。

英文摘要:

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 selected to be inactive at a spectral type where strong H-alpha emission is quite common. We used the cross-correlation technique to quantify the rotational broadening; six of the stars in our sample have vsini > 3.5 km/s. Our most significant and perplexing result is that three of these stars do not exhibit H-alpha emission, despite rotating at velocities where previous work has observed strong levels of magnetic field and stellar activity. Our results suggest that rotation and activity in late-type M dwarfs may not always be linked, and open several additional possibilities including a rotationally-dependent activity threshold, or a possible dependence on stellar parameters of the Rossby number at which magnetic/activity "saturation" takes place in fully convective stars.

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