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年轻疏散星团NGC 2516中M矮星的半径

The radii of M-dwarfs in the young open cluster NGC 2516

R. J. Jackson, R. D. Jeffries, P. F. L. Maxted

摘要:

使用一种新的技术,它结合了以前确定的旋转周期与新的光谱测定投影旋转速度,我们已经确定了半径快速旋转,低质量(0.2-0.7 Msun)的M-矮星的年轻,太阳金属丰度疏散星团,NGC 2516。在给定的绝对I或K星等下,平均半径大于模型预测,也大于磁性不活跃的M矮星的测量半径;对于我们样本中最低光度的恒星,差异从百分之几增加到百分之五十。我们表明,一个简单的双温度星点模型是广泛能够解释这些意见,但需要点覆盖率约为50%的快速旋转的M-矮星。

英文摘要:

Using a novel technique, which combines previously determined rotation periods with new spectroscopic determinations of projected rotation velocity, we have determined radii for fast rotating, low-mass (0.2-0.7 Msun) M-dwarfs in the young, solar-metallicity open cluster, NGC 2516. The mean radii are larger than model predictions at a given absolute I or K magnitude and also larger than the measured radii of magnetically inactive M-dwarfs; the difference increases from a few per cent, to 50 per cent for the lowest luminosity stars in our sample. We show that a simple two-temperature starspot model is broadly capable of explaining these observations, but requires spot coverage fractions of about 50 per cent in rapidly rotating M-dwarfs.

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