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用不规则采样确定类太阳恒星的自转周期:盖亚情况

Determination of rotation periods in solar-like stars with irregular sampling: the Gaia case

E. Distefano, A. C. Lanzafame, A. F. Lanza, S. Messina, A. J. Korn, K. Eriksson, J. Cuypers

摘要:

我们提出了一项研究,从欧空局盖亚任务的光度不规则时间采样确定类太阳恒星的旋转周期(P),目前定于2013年发射,考虑到它对黄道坐标的依赖。我们研究了太阳孪生子的情况,以及成千上万的合成时间序列的类太阳恒星旋转速度比太阳快。在太阳双胞胎的情况下,我们假设盖亚未过滤的光度通带G将模仿由处女座实验测量的总太阳辐照度(TSI)的变化。对于旋转速度比太阳快的恒星,光变曲线模拟使用合成光谱的安静的大气,斑点,和光斑相结合的应用半经验关系的光球磁活动水平的恒星旋转和盖亚仪器响应。的能力的认定,Lomb-Scargle,和相位色散最小化方法在恢复正确的旋转周期进行了测试和比较。利用蒙特卡罗模拟计算了虚警概率,并与解析公式进行了比较。盖亚扫描定律使得旋转周期的正确检测率强烈依赖于黄道纬度(β)。我们发现,对于P ~ 1d,正确探测率随黄道纬度的增加而增加,从β ~ 0°时的20- 30%增加到β =45°时的70%,然后在β> 45°时突然下降到10%以下。对于P > 5 d,正确检测率相当低,对于太阳孪星,平均只有5%。

英文摘要:

We present a study on the determination of rotation periods (P) of solar-like stars from the photometric irregular time-sampling of the ESA Gaia mission, currently scheduled for launch in 2013, taking into account its dependence on ecliptic coordinates. We examine the case of solar-twins as well as thousands of synthetic time-series of solar-like stars rotating faster than the Sun. In the case of solar twins we assume that the Gaia unfiltered photometric passband G will mimic the variability of the total solar irradiance (TSI) as measured by the VIRGO experiment. For stars rotating faster than the Sun, light-curves are simulated using synthetic spectra for the quiet atmosphere, the spots, and the faculae combined by applying semi-empirical relationships relating the level of photospheric magnetic activity to the stellar rotation and the Gaia instrumental response. The capabilities of the Deeming, Lomb-Scargle, and Phase Dispersion Minimisation methods in recovering the correct rotation periods are tested and compared. The false alarm probability (FAP) is computed using Monte Carlo simulations and compared with analytical formulae. The Gaia scanning law makes the rate of correct detection of rotation periods strongly dependent on the ecliptic latitude (beta). We find that for P ~ 1 d, the rate of correct detection increases with ecliptic latitude from 20-30 per cent at beta ~ 0° to a peak of 70 per cent at beta=45°, then it abruptly falls below 10 per cent at beta > 45°. For P > 5 d, the rate of correct detection is quite low and for solar twins is only 5 per cent on average.

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