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ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
卷 163, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac6110
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- NSF [2138089, AST-2009840]
- TESS Guest Investigator program under NASA [80NSSC19K0383]
- CNPq [PQ 310847/2019-2]
- NASA's Science Mission Directorate
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [2138089] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This study investigates the evolution of magnetism in late-type dwarfs and finds that late-type M dwarfs remain active for longer periods of time. The study also explores the relationship between rotation periods and magnetic activity.
The evolution of magnetism in late-type dwarfs remains murky, as we can only weakly predict levels of activity for M dwarfs of a given mass and age. We report results from our spectroscopic survey of M dwarfs in the Southern Continuous Viewing Zone (CVZ) of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). As the TESS CVZs overlap with those of the James Webb Space Telescope, our targets constitute a legacy sample for studies of nearby M dwarfs. For 122 stars, we obtained at least one R approximate to 2000 optical spectrum with which we measure chromospheric H alpha emission, a proxy for magnetic field strength. The fraction of active stars is consistent with what is expected for field M dwarfs; as in previous studies, we find that late-type M dwarfs remain active for longer than their early-type counterparts. While the TESS light curves for approximate to 20% of our targets show modulations consistent with rotation, TESS systematics are not well enough understood for confident measurements of rotation periods (P (rot)) longer than half the length of an observing sector. We report periods for 12 stars for which we measure P (rot) less than or similar to 15 days or find confirmation for the TESS-derived P (rot) in the literature. Our sample of 21 P (rot), which includes periods from the literature, is consistent with our targets being spun-down field stars. Finally, we examine the H alpha-to-bolometric luminosity distribution for our sample. Two stars are rotating fast enough to be magnetically saturated, but are not, hinting at the possibility that fast rotators may appear inactive in H alpha.
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