scholarly journals Ionization balance of Ti in the photospheres of the Sun and four late-type stars

2011 ◽  
Vol 413 (3) ◽  
pp. 2184-2198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Bergemann
Keyword(s):  
The Sun ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S289) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Maria Bergemann ◽  
Aldo Serenelli ◽  
Gregory Ruchti

AbstractA common approach to determining distances to stars without astrometric information is to compare stellar evolution models with parameters obtained from spectroscopic techniques. This method is routinely applied in the context of large-scale stellar surveys out to distances of several kpc. However, systematic errors may arise because of inaccurate spectroscopic parameters. We explore the effects of non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) on the determination of surface gravities and metallicities for a large sample of metal-poor stars within approximately 10 kpc of the Sun. Using the improved Teff scale, we then show that stellar parameters estimated based on the widely used method of 1D LTE excitation-ionization balance of Fe results in distances which are systematically in error. For metal-poor giants, [Fe/H] ~ −2 dex, the distances can be overestimated by up to 70%. We compare the results with those from the Radial Velocity Experiment Survey catalogue (rave) for the stars in common, and find similar offsets.


1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 707-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Jugaku ◽  
Shiro Nishimura

AbstractWe continued our search for partial (incomplete) Dyson spheres associated with 50 solar-type stars (spectral classes F, G, and K) within 25 pc of the Sun. No candidate objects were found.


1971 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Hyland

Until the last six years few infrared observations of astronomical objects (other than the Sun and planets) had been attempted. Those few were primarily concerned with obtaining bolometric corrections and effective temperatures, the variation of bolometric magnitudes of late-type variables, and the derivation of the laws of interstellar extinction.


1983 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 161-164
Author(s):  
Theodore Simon ◽  
Ann Merchant Boesgaard

The difficulties of measuring magnetic fields in late-type stars other than the sun are well known, as one is reminded by other contributions to these Proceedings. This Symposium nevertheless comes at a very opportune time, as we are now at the point where we can begin to explore the relationship of stellar magnetism to flare activity and quiescent cool star chromospheres, transition regions (TRs), and coronae.


2003 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 273-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Asplund

I describe recent progress in terms of 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres and 3D line formation and their applications to stellar abundance analyses of late-type stars. Such 3D studies remove the free parameters inherent in classical 1D investigations (mixing length parameters, macro- and microturbulence) yet are highly successful in reproducing a large arsenal of observational constraints such as detailed line shapes and asymmetries. Their potential for abundance analyses is illustrated by discussing the derived oxygen abundances in the Sun and in metal-poor stars, where they seem to resolve long-standing problems as well as significantly alter the inferred conclusions.


1991 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 330-332
Author(s):  
James E. Neff

Several groups at this meeting are presenting maps of the spatial distribution of either brightness or effective temperature in the photospheres of rapidly-rotating, late-type stars. It is generally believed that structure seen in these maps traces the magnetic topology, in analogy with the Sun. We expect the structure of the outer atmospheres (i.e., chromosphere and corona) of these stars to be even more directly tied to the magnetic topology; the magnetic structure is three-dimensional. In order to probe the radial dimension of stellar atmospheres, we need to combine maps of the spatial distribution of emission from chromospheres and coronae with these detailed photospheric maps.Along with collaborators at Armagh, Catania, Boulder, Paris, Helsinki, and Stony Brook, I have been obtaining high-dispersion ultraviolet spectra of several rapidly-rotating, late-type stars using the IUE spacecraft. I discuss results for two stars, El Eridani and HD 199178, for which photospheric maps are presented elsewhere at this conference.


2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (S328) ◽  
pp. 198-203
Author(s):  
Heidi Korhonen ◽  
Krisztián Vida ◽  
Martin Leitzinger ◽  
Petra Odert ◽  
Orsolya Eszter Kovács

AbstractCoronal mass ejections (CMEs) are explosive events that occur basically daily on the Sun. It is thought that these events play a crucial role in the angular momentum and mass loss of late-type stars, and also shape the environment in which planets form and live. Stellar CMEs can be detected in optical spectra in the Balmer lines, especially in Hα, as blue-shifted extra emission/absorption. To increase the detection probability one can monitor young open clusters, in which the stars are due to their youth still rapid rotators, and thus magnetically active and likely to exhibit a large number of CMEs. Using ESO facilities and the Nordic Optical Telescope we have obtained time series of multi-object spectroscopic observations of late-type stars in six open clusters with ages ranging from 15 Myrs to 300 Myrs. Additionally, we have studied archival data of numerous active stars. These observations will allow us to obtain information on the occurrence rate of CMEs in late-type stars with different ages and spectral types. Here we report on the preliminary outcome of our studies.


1995 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 367-368
Author(s):  
A. G. Shcherbakov ◽  
Z. A. Shcherbakova ◽  
I. Ilyin ◽  
I. Tuominen

He I, λ 10830 å observations of late-type stars provide valuable information about the chromospheric and low chromospheric-coronal transition regions. High resolution measurements of the helium λ 10830 å line profile offer a convenient way to survey the coronal emission of the Sun as a point source, as well as a variety of stars (O'Brien and Lambert, 1986, Shcherbakov and Shcherbakova, 1991).


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S293) ◽  
pp. 382-384
Author(s):  
Heidi Korhonen ◽  
Jan Marie Andersen ◽  
Silva Järvinen

AbstractLate-type stars exhibit cool regions on their surface, the stellar equivalent of sunspots. These dark starspots can also mimic the radial velocity variations caused by orbiting planets, making it at times difficult to distinguish between planets and activity signatures. The amount of spots on the Sun and other cool stars changes cyclically during an activity cycle, which has length varying from about a year to longer than the solar 11 years. In this work we investigate the influence of varying amount of starspots on the sparsely sampled radial velocity observations - which are the norm in the radial velocity studies searching for exoplanets on wide orbits. We study two simulated cases: one with a random spot configuration, and one where the spot occurrence is concentrated. In addition we use Doppler images of young solar analogue V889 Her as a high activity case.


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