Stellar Activity in Coeval Open Clusters: Praesepe and the Hyades

1998 ◽  
Vol 506 (1) ◽  
pp. 347-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Barrado y Navascués ◽  
John R. Stauffer ◽  
Sofia Randich
Keyword(s):  
Open Clusters ◽  
Stellar Activity

scholarly journals Stellar activity with LAMOST. III. Temporal variability pattern in Pleiades, Praesepe, and Hyades

2020 ◽  
Vol 495 (3) ◽  
pp. 2949-2965
Author(s):  
Xiang-Song Fang ◽  
Christian Moni Bidin ◽  
Gang Zhao ◽  
Li-Yun Zhang ◽  
Yerra Bharat Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Active Regions ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Open Clusters ◽  
M Dwarfs ◽  
Stellar Activity ◽  
Cool Star ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
Variation Patterns ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Chromospheric Emission

ABSTRACT We present the results from a systematic study of temporal variation of stellar activity in young late-type stars. We used multi-epoch LAMOST (Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope) low-resolution spectra of over 300 member candidates in three young open clusters: Pleiades, Praesepe, and Hyades. The spectral measurements of TiO band strength near 7050 Å (TiO2) and equivalent width of H α line (EWH α) are used as the tracers of cool spot coverage and chromospheric emission strength, respectively. The analysis of time-variation patterns of these two tracers suggested that there exist detectable variabilities in TiO2 and EWH α, and their time-scales are in the wide range from days to years. Results showed that more active stars, younger and fast rotators, tend to have larger activity variations. There is a tendency of anticorrelation between temporal variations in TiO2 and EWH α. Also, appreciable anticorrelation in the rotational phase between H α emission and K2 brightness is detected in some M dwarfs, indicating spatial co-location of the plages with cool star-spots; however, cool stars do not always show such co-location features. Furthermore, spot coverage and H α emission were evident at all rotational phases of several M dwarfs, indicating a basal level of activity, perhaps due to many small and randomly located active regions in the atmosphere.

scholarly journals Stellar activity with LAMOST – II. Chromospheric activity in open clusters

2018 ◽  
Vol 476 (1) ◽  
pp. 908-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang-Song Fang ◽  
Gang Zhao ◽  
Jing-Kun Zhao ◽  
Yerra Bharat Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Open Clusters ◽  
Stellar Activity ◽  
Chromospheric Activity

scholarly journals Planets around evolved intermediate-mass stars

2018 ◽  
Vol 619 ◽  
pp. A2 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Delgado Mena ◽  
C. Lovis ◽  
N. C. Santos ◽  
J. Gomes da Silva ◽  
A. Mortier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Cluster ◽  
Open Clusters ◽  
Periodic Signal ◽  
Red Giants ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Inverse Slope ◽  
Stellar Activity ◽  
Intermediate Mass Stars ◽  
Red Giant

Aims. The aim of this work is to search for planets around intermediate-mass stars in open clusters using data from an extensive survey with more than 15 yr of observations. Methods. We obtain high-precision radial velocities (RV) with the HARPS spectrograph for a sample of 142 giant stars in 17 open clusters. We fit Keplerian orbits when a significant periodic signal is detected. We also study the variation of stellar activity indicators and line-profile variations to discard stellar-induced signals. Results. We present the discovery of a periodic RV signal compatible with the presence of a planet candidate in the 1.15 Gyr open cluster IC 4651 orbiting the 2.06 M⊙ star No. 9122. If confirmed, the planet candidate would have a minimum mass of 7.2 MJ and a period of 747 days. However, we also find that the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the cross-correlation function (CCF) varies with a period close to the RV, casting doubts on the planetary nature of the signal. We also provide refined parameters for the previously discovered planet around NGC 2423 No. 3, but show evidence that the bisector inverse slope (BIS) of the CCF is correlated with the RV during some of the observing periods. We consider this fact as a warning that this might not be a real planet and that the RV variations could be caused by stellar activity and/or pulsations. Finally, we show that the previously reported signal by a brown dwarf around NGC 4349 No. 127 is presumably produced by stellar activity modulation. Conclusions. The long-term monitoring of several red giants in open clusters has allowed us to find periodic RV variations in several stars. However, we also show that the follow-up of this kind of stars should last more than one orbital period to detect long-term signals of stellar origin. This work highlights the fact that although it is possible to detect planets around red giants, large-amplitude, long-period RV modulations do exist in such stars that can mimic the presence of an orbiting planetary body. Therefore, we need to better understand how such RV modulations behave as stars evolve along the red giant branch and perform a detailed study of all the possible stellar-induced signals (e.g., spots, pulsations, granulation) to comprehend the origin of RV variations.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between the BÖöhm-Vitense Gap and Stellar Activity in Open Clusters

2000 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 1296-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L. Rachford ◽  
R. Canterna
Keyword(s):  
Open Clusters ◽  
Stellar Activity ◽  
The Relationship

Observations of neutral hydrogen in open clusters

1967 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Th. Schmidt-Kaler ◽  
R. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Open Clusters

Neutral hydrogen is found in every young cluster observed, usually extending beyond the optical diameter, and in some cases showing expanding motions.

scholarly journals Formation rate of LB-1-like systems through dynamical interactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ataru Tanikawa ◽  
Tomoya Kinugawa ◽  
Jun Kumamoto ◽  
Michiko S Fujii
Keyword(s):  
Open Cluster ◽  
Formation Rate ◽  
Open Clusters ◽  
Type Star ◽  
Dynamical Mechanism ◽  
Milky Way Galaxy ◽  
Triple Systems ◽  
Stellar Collisions ◽  
Solar Metallicity ◽  
Helium Star

Abstract We estimate formation rates of LB-1-like systems through dynamical interactions in the framework of the theory of stellar evolution before the discovery of the LB-1 system. The LB-1 system contains a ∼70 ${M_{\odot}}$ black hole (BH), a so-called pair instability (PI) gap BH, and a B-type star with solar metallicity, and has nearly zero eccentricity. The most efficient formation mechanism is as follows. In an open cluster, a naked helium star (with ∼20 ${M_{\odot}}$) collides with a heavy main sequence star (with ∼50 ${M_{\odot}}$) which has a B-type companion. The collision results in a binary consisting of the collision product and the B-type star with a high eccentricity. The binary can be circularized through the dynamical tide with radiative damping of the collision product envelope. Finally, the collision product collapses to a PI-gap BH, avoiding pulsational pair instability and pair instability supernovae because its He core is as massive as the pre-colliding naked He star. We find that the number of LB-1-like systems in the Milky Way galaxy is ∼0.01(ρoc/104 ${M_{\odot}}$ pc−3), where ρoc is the initial mass densities of open clusters. If we take into account LB-1-like systems with O-type companion stars, the number increases to ∼0.03(ρoc/104 ${M_{\odot}}$ pc−3). This mechanism can form LB-1-like systems at least ten times more efficiently than the other mechanisms: captures of B-type stars by PI-gap BHs, stellar collisions between other types of stars, and stellar mergers in hierarchical triple systems. We conclude that no dynamical mechanism can explain the presence of the LB-1 system.

Sixteen Open Clusters Discovered with Sample-based Clustering Search of Gaia DR2

2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (1009) ◽  
pp. 034502 ◽  
Author(s):  
ChaoJie Hao ◽  
Ye Xu ◽  
ZhenYu Wu ◽  
ZhiHong He ◽  
ShuaiBo Bian
Keyword(s):  
Open Clusters ◽  
Clustering Search ◽  
Gaia Dr2

scholarly journals A study of the Czernik 2 and NGC 7654 open clusters using CCD UBV photometric and Gaia EDR3 data

2021 ◽  
Vol 366 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Akbulut ◽  
S. Ak ◽  
T. Yontan ◽  
S. Bilir ◽  
T. Ak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Clusters

scholarly journals Ages of Galactic and Extragalactic Star Clusters of Various Abundances

1983 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.D. Cannon
Keyword(s):  
Star Clusters ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Open Clusters ◽  
Simultaneous Solution ◽  
Low Mass Stars ◽  
Cluster Systems ◽  
Distant Cluster ◽  
Low Mass

In this review I shall concentrate mainly on globular star clusters in our Galaxy since these are the objects for which most work has been done recently, both observationally and theoretically. However, I shall also discuss briefly the oldest open clusters and clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. Little can be said about more distant cluster systems, since the only observations available are of integrated colours or spectra and these seem to be rather unreliable indicators of age. It is perhaps worth pointing out that the title may be slightly misleading; the problem is not so much to determine the ages of clusters of known abundances, as to obtain the best simultaneous solution for both age and composition, since some of the most important abundances (notably helium and oxygen) are virtually unobservable in little-evolved low mass stars.

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