The stellar rotation–activity relationship in fully convective M dwarfs

NJ Wright, ER Newton, PKG Williams… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The coronal activity–rotation relationship is considered to be a proxy for the underlying
stellar dynamo responsible for magnetic activity in solar and late-type stars. While this has …

Fundamental parameters and spectral energy distributions of young and field age objects with masses spanning the stellar to planetary regime

JC Filippazzo, EL Rice, J Faherty, KL Cruz… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We combine optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared spectra and photometry to construct
expanded spectral energy distributions for 145 field age (> 500 Myr) and 53 young (lower …

The rotation and galactic kinematics of mid M dwarfs in the solar neighborhood

ER Newton, J Irwin, D Charbonneau… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Rotation is a directly observable stellar property, and it drives magnetic field generation and
activity through a magnetic dynamo. Main-sequence stars with masses below approximately …

The solar neighborhood. XLV. The stellar multiplicity rate of M dwarfs within 25 pc

JG Winters, TJ Henry, WC Jao… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results of the largest, most comprehensive study ever done of the stellar
multiplicity of the most common stars in the Galaxy, the red dwarfs. We have conducted an …

The 10 parsec sample in the Gaia era

C Reylé, K Jardine, P Fouqué, JA Caballero… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The nearest stars provide a fundamental constraint for our understanding of stellar
physics and the Galaxy. The nearby sample serves as an anchor where all objects can be …

The solar neighborhood. xxxvii. the mass–luminosity relation for main-sequence m dwarfs

GF Benedict, TJ Henry, OG Franz… - The Astronomical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a mass–luminosity relation (MLR) for red dwarfs spanning a range of masses
from 0.62${{\mathcal M}} _ {\odot} $ to the end of the stellar main sequence at …

Metallicity and temperature indicators in M dwarf K-band spectra: Testing new and updated calibrations with observations of 133 solar neighborhood M dwarfs

B Rojas-Ayala, KR Covey, PS Muirhead… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present K-band spectra for 133 nearby (d< 33 ps) M dwarfs, including 18 M dwarfs with
reliable metallicity estimates (as inferred from an FGK type companion), 11 M dwarf planet …

Magnetic cycles and rotation periods of late-type stars from photometric time series

AS Mascareño, R Rebolo, JIG Hernández - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016 - aanda.org
Aims. We investigate the photometric modulation induced by magnetic activity cycles and
study the relationship between rotation period and activity cycle (s) in late-type (FGKM) stars …

Further defining spectral type “Y” and exploring the low-mass end of the field brown dwarf mass function

JD Kirkpatrick, CR Gelino, MC Cushing… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of another seven Y dwarfs from the Wide-field Infrared Survey
Explorer (WISE). Using these objects, as well as the first six WISE Y dwarf discoveries from …

A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation

T Trifonov, JA Caballero, JC Morales, A Seifahrt… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Spectroscopy of transiting exoplanets can be used to investigate their atmospheric
properties and habitability. Combining radial velocity (RV) and transit data provides …