Analyzing Light Curves of M-Dwarf Stars

Using light-curve data collected by the NASA Kepler Space Telescope, it is possible to create an algorithm to count the number of flares from M-dwarf stars. Kepler was launched almost ten years ago with the purpose of discovering exoplanets including those orbiting M-dwarf stars. M-dwarf stars are low mass main sequence stars with a surface temperature of about 3,500 K and have frequent flares. We have analyzed the light-curves to search for correlations between number of flares, rotation period, and other properties such as temperature. We have found correlations between a number of the properties.