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Proxima Centauri作为近红外恒星活动指示器的基准

Proxima Centauri as a Benchmark for Stellar Activity Indicators in the Near Infrared

Paul Robertson, Chad Bender, Suvrath Mahadevan, Arpita Roy, Lawrence W. Ramsey

摘要:

新一代专用多普勒光谱仪将试图在近红外(NIR)波长下探测M中晚期恒星周围的低质量系外行星,这些恒星最明亮,多普勒信息含量最高。这些仪器取得成功的一个核心要求是正确测量恒星磁活动造成的径向速度(RV)变化的分量,并在RV数据的系外行星模型中对其进行解释。许多新仪器的波长范围将不包括Ca II H&K或H-α线,这是最常用的磁活动吸收线示踪剂。因此,有必要定义和表征中晚期M星的近红外活动指标,以便为近红外RV数据提供同步活动度量。我们使用了Fuhrmeister等人(2011)对M5.5矮Proxima Centauri的高节奏UVES观测,以比较8条近红外原子线与H-α的活性灵敏度。我们发现,等效的宽度型测量的近红外线K-I的双峰和钙II近红外三重峰的典型的光学示踪剂是很好的代理。Ca II三联体将被大多数新的和即将推出的近红外多普勒光谱仪获得,提供了一个共同的,可靠的活动指标。

英文摘要:

A new generation of dedicated Doppler spectrographs will attempt to detect low-mass exoplanets around mid-late M stars at near infrared (NIR) wavelengths, where those stars are brightest and have the most Doppler information content. A central requirement for the success of these instruments is to properly measure the component of radial velocity (RV) variability contributed by stellar magnetic activity and to account for it in exoplanet models of RV data. The wavelength coverage for many of these new instruments will not include the Ca II H&K or H-alpha lines, the most frequently used absorption-line tracers of magnetic activity. Thus, it is necessary to define and characterize NIR activity indicators for mid-late M stars in order to provide simultaneous activity metrics for NIR RV data. We have used the high-cadence UVES observations of the M5.5 dwarf Proxima Centauri from Fuhrmeister et al. (2011) to compare the activity sensitivity of 8 NIR atomic lines to that of H-alpha. We find that equivalent width-type measurements of the NIR K I doublet and the Ca II NIR triplet are excellent proxies for the canonical optical tracers. The Ca II triplet will be acquired by most of the new and upcoming NIR Doppler spectrographs, offering a common, reliable indicator of activity.

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