scholarly journals Quiescent and flaring lyman-α radiation of host stars and effects on exoplanets

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (S320) ◽  
pp. 391-396
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Linsky ◽  
Kevin France ◽  
Yamila Miguel ◽  
Lisa Kaltenegger
Keyword(s):  
Emission Lines ◽  
Late Type ◽  
Chemical Abundances ◽  
Interstellar Absorption ◽  
Ultraviolet Spectra ◽  
M Stars ◽  
Host Stars ◽  
Stars Flare ◽  
Photochemical Models

AbstractLyman-α radiation dominates the ultraviolet spectra of G, K, and M stars and is a major photodissociation source for H2O, CO2, and CH4 in the upper atmospheres of exoplanets. We obtain intrinsic Lyman-α line fluxes for late-type stars by correcting for interstellar absorption or by scaling from other spectroscopic observables. When stars flare, all emission lines brighten by large factors as shown by HST spectra. We describe photochemical models of the atmosphere of the mini-Neptune GJ 436b (Miguel et al. 2015) that show the effects of flaring Lyman-α fluxes on atmospheric chemical abundances.

scholarly journals Extensions of the Wilson-Bappu Effect Among Very Luminous Stars

1978 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Robert E. Stencel
Keyword(s):  
Emission Lines ◽  
Full Width ◽  
Half Maximum ◽  
Late Type ◽  
New Class ◽  
Line Core ◽  
M Stars ◽  
Type Giant

Twenty years ago, Wilson and Bappu (1957) published their observational correlation of MVand the logarithm of the full width at half maximum of the CaII K-line central emission for G, K and M stars. The technique was stated to have ± 0m.5 accuracy, while a tabulation of MV(K) by Wilson (1976) suggests the error may only be ± 0m.3. This accuracy makes the approach valuable for late-type supergiants since other methods suffer from comparable errors. However, for F through M supergiants (Ia, 0), circumstellar absorption obscures the chromospheric K-line core emission and excludes such objects from the Wilson-Bappu correlation. I report here on a new class of emission lines in late-type giant and supergiant spectra that exhibit MVcorrelated widths, yet are detectable among the brightest stars.

Redshifts of high-temperature emission lines in the far-ultraviolet spectra of late-type stars

1983 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 801 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Ayres ◽  
R. E. Stencel ◽  
J. L. Linsky ◽  
T. Simon ◽  
C. Jordan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Late Type ◽  
Ultraviolet Spectra ◽  
Far Ultraviolet

scholarly journals Reconstructing the Stellar UV and EUV Emission that Controls the Chemistry of Exoplanet Atmospheres

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S293) ◽  
pp. 309-314
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Linsky ◽  
Kevin France ◽  
Tom Ayres
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Ultraviolet Radiation ◽  
Extreme Ultraviolet ◽  
Planetary Atmospheres ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Euv Emission ◽  
M Stars ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation ◽  
Host Stars

AbstractLyman-α and extreme-ultraviolet radiation from exoplanet host stars are critically important for evaluating the phototchemistry of planetary atmospheres, but these emissions are largely or completely absorbed by hydrogen in the interstellar medium. We describe a new technique for estimating the intrinsic Lyman-α and EUV fluxes of F, G, K, and M stars using correlations with observable emission lines.

scholarly journals Are “realistic” model atmospheres realistic enough?

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S265) ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bengt Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Realistic Model ◽  
Considerable Progress ◽  
Observational Methods ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Mixing Length ◽  
Late Type ◽  
Chemical Abundances ◽  
Stellar Spectra ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Major Break

AbstractDuring the latest decades the number of papers on stellar chemical abundances has increased dramatically. This is basically reflecting the very great achievements in telescope- and spectrometer-construction technology. The analysis of the resulting stellar spectra, however, is still not up to the standard that is offered by the observational methods. Recent significant advances in the analysis methods (i.e., in constructing model atmospheres and model spectra to compare with the observed ones) is reviewed with the emphasis on the application to abundance analysis of late-type stars. It is found that the very considerable progress that have been made beyond mixing-length convection and LTE is a major break-through for physically consistent modeling. Still, however, further steps must be taken, in particular for the cooler stars, before the situation is fully satisifactory.

scholarly journals Giant planets around AF and M stars

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (S299) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
Julien Rameau ◽  
Gaël Chauvin ◽  
Anne-Marie Lagrange ◽  
Philippe Delorme ◽  
Justine Lannier
Keyword(s):  
Giant Planets ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Late Type ◽  
M Dwarfs ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Planetary Mass ◽  
Nearby Stars ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
M Stars ◽  
The One

AbstractWe present the results of two three-year surveys of young and nearby stars to search for wide orbit giant planets. On the one hand, we focus on early-type and massive, namely β Pictoris analogs. On the other hand, we observe late type and very low mass stars, i.e., M dwarfs. We report individual detections of new planetary mass objects. According to our deep detection performances, we derive the observed frequency of giant planets between these two classes of parent stars. We find frequency between 6 to 12% but we are not able to assess a/no correlation with the host-mass.

scholarly journals Twenty years of observations of PM 1-188: Its chemical abundances and extraordinary kinematics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Peña ◽  
Liliana Hernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco Ruiz-Escobedo
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Planetary Nebula ◽  
Central Star ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Type I ◽  
Chemical Abundances ◽  
Line Intensities ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Spectrophotometric Data

Abstract The analysis of 20 years of spectrophotometric data of the double shell planetary nebula PM 1-188 is presented, aiming to determine the time evolution of the emission lines and the physical conditions of the nebula, as a consequence of the systematic fading of its [WC 10] central star whose brightness has declined by about 10 mag in the past 40 years. Our main results include that the [O iii], [O ii], [N ii] line intensities are increasing with time in the inner nebula as a consequence of an increase in electron temperature from 11 000 K in 2005 to more than 14 000 K in 2018, due to shocks. The intensity of the same lines are decreasing in the outer nebula, due to a decrease in temperature, from 13 000 K to 7000 K, in the same period. The chemical composition of the inner and outer shells was derived and they are similar. Both nebulae present subsolar O, S and Ar abundances, while they are He, N and Ne rich. For the outer nebula the values are 12+log He/H = 11.13 ± 0.05, 12+log O/H = 8.04 ± 0.04, 12+log N/H = 7.87 ± 0.06, 12+log S/H = 7.18 ± 0.10 and 12+log Ar = 5.33 ± 0.16. The O, S and Ar abundances are several times lower than the average values found in disc non-Type I PNe, and are reminiscent of some halo PNe. From high resolution spectra, an outflow in the N-S direction was found in the inner zone. Position-velocity diagrams show that the outflow expands at velocities in the −150 to 100 km s−1 range, and both shells have expansion velocities of about 40 km s−1.

scholarly journals P-MaNGA Galaxies: emission-lines properties – gas ionization and chemical abundances from prototype observations

2015 ◽  
Vol 449 (1) ◽  
pp. 867-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Belfiore ◽  
R. Maiolino ◽  
K. Bundy ◽  
D. Thomas ◽  
C. Maraston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emission Lines ◽  
Chemical Abundances ◽  
Gas Ionization

scholarly journals The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs

2018 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. A171 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Luque ◽  
G. Nowak ◽  
E. Pallé ◽  
D. Kossakowski ◽  
T. Trifonov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bimodal Distribution ◽  
Photometric Data ◽  
M Dwarfs ◽  
Visual Channel ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Periodic Signals ◽  
M Stars ◽  
Host Stars

We announce the discovery of two planetary companions orbiting around the low-mass stars Ross 1020 (GJ 3779, M4.0V) and LP 819-052 (GJ 1265, M4.5V). The discovery is based on the analysis of CARMENES radial velocity (RV) observations in the visual channel as part of its survey for exoplanets around M dwarfs. In the case of GJ 1265, CARMENES observations were complemented with publicly available Doppler measurements from HARPS. The datasets reveal two planetary companions, one for each star, that share very similar properties: minimum masses of 8.0 ± 0.5 M⊕ and 7.4 ± 0.5 M⊕ in low-eccentricity orbits with periods of 3.023 ± 0.001 d and 3.651 ± 0.001 d for GJ 3779 b and GJ 1265 b, respectively. The periodic signals around 3 d found in the RV data have no counterpart in any spectral activity indicator. Furthermore, we collected available photometric data for the two host stars, which confirm that the additional Doppler variations found at periods of approximately 95 d can be attributed to the rotation of the stars. The addition of these planets to a mass-period diagram of known planets around M dwarfs suggests a bimodal distribution with a lack of short-period low-mass planets in the range of 2–5 M⊕. It also indicates that super-Earths (>5 M⊕) currently detected by RV and transit techniques around M stars are usually found in systems dominated by a single planet.

scholarly journals Radio Emission from Flares in Single Late-type Stars

1995 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
Arnold O. Benz
Keyword(s):  
Radio Emission ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Relativistic Electrons ◽  
Late Type ◽  
Loss Cone ◽  
Magnetically Trapped ◽  
Stellar Flares ◽  
Gyrosynchrotron Emission ◽  
M Stars

AbstractRadio observations provide the most direct information on non-thermal electrons in stellar flares and in the coronae of late-type stars. Radio emissions of single main-sequence F, G, and of many K stars have recently been discovered, in addition to the well-known dwarf M stars. Their long-duration radio flares with low circular polarization, slow variations and broad bandwidth can be attributed to gyrosynchrotron emission of mildly relativistic electrons. The same holds for the low-level (‘quiescent’) radio emission. On the other hand, highly polarized radio flares of M stars have been interpreted by coherent emissions from loss-cone instabilities of magnetically trapped electrons. These conjectures are consistent with recent VLBI observations. The identification of the radio emission process allows to estimate the high-energy component of the flare and compare it to the total flare energy. The weakly polarized radio emission may serve as a proxy for hard X-ray signatures of relativistic electrons. The fraction of primary energy released into energetic electrons then appears to be large and similar to solar flares.

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