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M矮星旋转动力学:完全对流开始时恒星发电机状态变化的指示

Dynamics of rotation in M dwarfs: Indications for a change in the dynamo regime in stars at the onset of complete convection

E. R. Houdebine, D. J. Mullan

摘要:

我们已经测量了高精度的dM 3星(86个目标)的样本v sin i。我们在82颗恒星中检测到旋转(73颗dM 3恒星和9颗dM 3e恒星)。我们比较我们的测量v sin i的所有恒星在我们的dM 0,dM 2,dM 3和dM 4的样本从其他作者。我们发现一个很好的协议,到v sin i值小于1公里/秒。测量值之间的平均差异仅为0.42 km/s。我们发现,我们的dM 3星的P/sini的分布是不同的,我们的dM 2和dM 4星的样本之间的P/sini的分布。dM 3恒星(不包括dM 3e和sdM 3恒星)的平均自转速率(25.8天)明显慢于dM 2(14.4天)和dM 4恒星(11.4天)。类似的行为也出现在更快的旋转(dMe星):我们发现,一个更长的旋转周期也发生在光谱子类型dM 3e。我们的数据表明,就较低主序星的旋转特性而言,光谱亚型dM 3与邻近亚型相比表现出异常缓慢的旋转。我们的数据使我们认为,M3矮星的不寻常的旋转特性可能代表了向完全对流(TTCC)过渡的特征。

英文摘要:

We have measured v sin i with high precision for a sample of dM3 stars (86 targets). We detected rotation in 82 stars (73 dM3 stars, and 9 dM3e stars). We compare our measurements of v sin i for all the stars in our dM0, dM2, dM3 and dM4 samples to those from other authors. We find a good agreement down to v sin i values of less than 1 km/s. The mean of the differences between measurements is only 0.42 km/s. We find that the distribution of P/sini for our dM3 stars is different from the distribution of P/sini among our samples of dM2 and dM4 stars. The mean rotation rate for the dM3 stars (excluding dM3e and sdM3 stars) is significantly slower (25.8 days) than for dM2 (14.4 days) and dM4 stars (11.4 days). Analogous behavior also emerges among the faster rotators (dMe stars): we find that a longer rotation period also occurs at spectral sub-type dM3e. Our data suggest that, as regards the rotational properties of lower main sequence stars, spectral sub-type dM3 stands out as exhibiting unusual slow rotation compared to that of adjoining sub-types. Our data lead us to suggest that the unusual rotational properties of M3 dwarfs may represent a signature of the transition to complete convection (TTCC).

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