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耀斑M矮星中由活动引起的径向速度抖动

Activity-induced radial velocity jitter in a flaring M dwarf

Ansgar Reiners

摘要:

我们调查的影响,恒星活动和耀斑的短期径向速度测量中M耀斑恒星CN狮子座。根据三个夜晚得到的181个UVES光谱计算了径向速度变化。我们搜索的光谱订单,包含很少的大气吸收线,并校准他们对大地A波段从O $_2$在地球大气中。在我们的观测过程中发生了一次巨大的耀斑,它对径向速度有很强的影响。耀斑引起的视径向速度移动为几百m/s $^{-1}$,并与H $α$辐射明显相关。耀斑外,只有光谱订单包含最突出的发射线的H,他,和钙显示相关的色球活动连同径向速度抖动超过几个10米秒$^{-1}$。我们确定了一些光谱订单,是免费的强发射线,并没有耀斑相关的径向速度抖动,虽然耀斑发生的归一化H $α$光度为0.4德克斯强。由于中等耀斑引起的平均径向速度抖动小于10 m s $^{-1}$。强烈的耀斑很容易在光谱中直接识别,在行星搜索中应该被忽略。

英文摘要:

We investigate the effect of stellar activity and flares on short-term radial velocity measurements in the mid-M flare star CN Leo. Radial velocity variations are calculated from 181 UVES spectra obtained during three nights. We searched for spectral orders that contain very few atmospheric absorption lines and calibrated them against the telluric A-band from O$_2$ in the Earth's atmosphere. One giant flare occurred during our observations, which has a very strong effect on radial velocity. The apparent radial velocity shift due to the flare is several hundred m s$^{-1}$ and clearly correlated with H$α$ emission. Outside the flare, only spectral orders containing the most prominent emission lines of H, He, and Ca show a correlation to chromospheric activity together with a radial velocity jitter exceeding a few 10 m s$^{-1}$. We identify a number of spectral orders that are free of strong emission lines and show no flaring-related radial velocity jitter, although flares occurred as strong as 0.4 dex in normalized H$α$ luminosity. The mean radial velocity jitter due to moderate flaring is less than 10 m s$^{-1}$. Strong flares are easily recognized directly in the spectra and should be neglected for planet searches.

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