Ross 128 - GL 447. A possible activity cycle for a slow-rotating fully convective star
Abstract
Context. Long-term chromospheric activity in slow-rotating fully convective stars has scarcely been explored. Ross 128 (Gl 447) is a slow-rotator and inactive dM4 star that has been extensively observed. It hosts the fourth closest extrasolar planet.
Aims: Ross 128 is an ideal target to test dynamo theories in slow-rotating low-mass stars.
Methods: To characterize the magnetic activity of Ross 128, we studied the SK-indexes derived from CASLEO, HARPS, FEROS, UVES, and X-shooter spectra. Using the generalized Lomb-Scargle and CLEAN periodograms, we analyzed the whole SK time-series obtained between 2004 and 2018. We performed a similar analysis for the Na I-index, and we analyzed its relation with the SK-index.
Results: From both indexes, we obtain a possible activity cycle with a period of about five years, which is one of a small handful of activity cycles that have been reported for a slow-rotating fully convective star.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201936030
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1907.05728
- Bibcode:
- 2019A&A...628L...1I
- Keywords:
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- stars: activity;
- stars: late-type;
- techniques: spectroscopic;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publiacation in A&