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Starspots: A Key to the Stellar Dynamo [PDF]
Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2005 Magnetic activity similar to that of the Sun is observed on a variety of cool stars with external convection envelopes. Stellar rotation coupled with convective motions generate strong magnetic fields in the stellar interior and produce a multitude of ...
Berdyugina Svetlana V.
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ON SUNSPOT AND STARSPOT LIFETIMES [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2014 We consider the lifetimes of spots on the Sun and other stars from the standpoint of magnetic diffusion. While normal magnetic diffusivity predicts lifetimes of sunspots that are too large by at least two orders of magnitude, turbulent magnetic diffusivity accounts for both the functional form of the solar empirical spot-lifetime relation and for the ...
S. J. Bradshaw, P. Hartigan
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The Astronomical Journal, 2016 ABSTRACT By analyzing K2 short-cadence observations, we detect starspots on WASP-85A, the host star of the hot Jupiter WASP-85Ab. The detection of recurring starspot occultation events indicates that the planet’s orbit is aligned with the star’s rotational axis ( λ
T. Močnik +4 more
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The microlensing signatures of starspots [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2002 Point lens microlensing events with impact parameter close to the source stellar radius allow the observer to study the surface brightness profile of the lensed source. We have examined the effect of photospheric star spots on multicolour microlensing lightcurves and investigated the detectability of such spots in different wavebands as a function of ...
Hendry, M. A. +2 more
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2010 AbstractStarspots are being observed with many different techniques but not always with coherent results. In particular not if model-dependent data analysis must be employed, e.g. through two-dimensional spot modelling of one-dimensional photometric light curves. I review the zoo of currently available physical spot parameters, i.e.
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Highlights of Astronomy, 1986 AbstractThe general methodology to detect and study solar-like surface inhomogeneities on stars is presented. The most significant observations and typical results are discussed with particular emphasis on the inferred physical characteristics of starspots and plages and differential rotation, as compared to solar values.
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3D Radiative MHD Simulations of Starspots [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 Abstract There are no direct spatially resolved observations of spots on stars other than the Sun, and starspot properties are inferred indirectly through lightcurves and spectropolarimetric data. We present the first self-consistent 3D radiative MHD computations of starspots on G2V, K0V, and M0V stars, which will help us to better ...
Mayukh Panja +2 more
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Doppler Imaging of Starspots [PDF]
International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1983 ABSTRACTWe discuss a newly-developed technique for spatially resolving starspots on some of the more rapidly rotating RS CVn stars. Basically, the method uses high resolution, very high signal-to-noise spectral line profiles and exploits the Doppler velocity correspondence between position across the stellar disk and wavelength position across a ...
Steven S. Vogt, G. Donald Penrod
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The STELLA Robotic Observatory on Tenerife
Advances in Astronomy, Volume 2010, Issue 1, 2010., 2010 The Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) inaugurated the robotic telescopes STELLA‐I and STELLA‐II (STELLar Activity) on Tenerife on May 18, 2006. The observatory is located on the Izaña ridge at an elevation of 2400 m near the German Vacuum Tower Telescope.
Klaus G. Strassmeier +12 more
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