Search Results - "Jeffers, Sandra V."
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Do Non-dipolar Magnetic Fields Contribute to Spin-down Torques?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2019)“…Main-sequence low-mass stars are known to spin down as a consequence of their magnetized stellar winds. However, estimating the precise rate of this spin-down…”
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Multiwavelength Campaign Observations of a Young Solar-type Star, EK Draconis. I. Discovery of Prominence Eruptions Associated with Superflares
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2024)“…Abstract Young solar-type stars frequently produce superflares, serving as a unique window into the young Sun-Earth environments. Large solar flares are…”
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Estimating Magnetic Filling Factors from Zeeman-Doppler Magnetograms
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2019)“…Low-mass stars are known to have magnetic fields that are believed to be of dynamo origin. Two complementary techniques are principally used to characterize…”
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Constraints on Magnetic Braking from the G8 Dwarf Stars 61 UMa and τ Cet
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-05-2023)“…Abstract During the first half of their main-sequence lifetimes, stars rapidly lose angular momentum to their magnetized winds, a process known as magnetic…”
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Modeling the Chromosphere and Transition Region of Planet-hosting Star GJ 436
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2023)“…Abstract Ahead of upcoming space missions intending to conduct observations of low-mass stars in the ultraviolet (UV) spectral region it becomes imperative to…”
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Stellar Activity Cycles
Published in Space science reviews (01-10-2023)“…The magnetic field of the Sun is generated by internal dynamo process with a cyclic period of 11 years or a 22 year magnetic cycle. The signatures of the Sun’s…”
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A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri
Published in Nature (London) (25-08-2016)“…A small planet of at least 1.3 Earth masses is orbiting Proxima Centauri with a period of about 11.2 days, with the potential for liquid water on its surface…”
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Coronal Mass Ejections and Type II Radio Emission Variability during a Magnetic Cycle on the Solar-type Star ϵ Eridani
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2022)“…Abstract We simulate possible stellar coronal mass ejection (CME) scenarios over the magnetic cycle of ϵ Eridani (18 Eridani; HD 22049). We use three separate…”
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The rotationally modulated polarization of ξ Boo A
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-02-2019)“…We have observed the active starξBoo A (HD 131156A) with high precision broadbandlinear polarimetry contemporaneously with circular spectropolarimetry. We find…”
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MAGNETICALLY CONTROLLED ACCRETION ON THE CLASSICAL T TAURI STARS GQ LUPI AND TW HYDRAE
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2013)“…We present high spectral resolution (R [approximate] 108,000) Stokes V polarimetry of the classical T Tauri stars (CTTSs) GQ Lup and TW Hya obtained with the…”
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The evolution of surface magnetic fields in young solar-type stars – I. The first 250 Myr
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-03-2016)“…The surface rotation rates of young solar-type stars vary rapidly with age from the end of the pre-main sequence through the early main sequence. Important…”
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A Transiting, Temperate Mini-Neptune Orbiting the M Dwarf TOI-1759 Unveiled by TESS
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2022)“…Abstract We report the discovery and characterization of TOI-1759 b, a temperate (400 K) sub-Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting the M dwarf TOI-1759 (TIC…”
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The open flux evolution of a solar-mass star on the main sequence
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2018)“…Abstract Magnetic activity is known to be correlated to the rotation period for moderately active main-sequence solar-like stars. In turn, the stellar rotation…”
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Asteroseismology and Spectropolarimetry of the Exoplanet Host Star λ Serpentis
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-10-2023)“…Abstract The bright star λ Ser hosts a hot Neptune with a minimum mass of 13.6 M ⊕ and a 15.5 day orbit. It also appears to be a solar analog, with a mean…”
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Two planets around Kapteyn's star: a cold and a temperate super-Earth orbiting the nearest halo red dwarf
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-09-2014)“…Exoplanets of a few Earth masses can be now detected around nearby low-mass stars using Doppler spectroscopy. In this Letter, we investigate the radial…”
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Slingshot prominences: coronal structure, mass loss and spin down
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NO EVIDENCE FOR ACTIVITY CORRELATIONS IN THE RADIAL VELOCITIES OF KAPTEYN'S STAR
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-10-2016)“…ABSTRACT Stellar activity may induce Doppler variability at the level of a few m s−1 which can then be confused by the Doppler signal of an exoplanet orbiting…”
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ɛ Eridani: an active K dwarf and a planet hosting star?. The variability of its large-scale magnetic field topology
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2014)“…The young K-dwarf ɛ Eridani is an example of a young active planet hosting star that has shown over long-term monitoring of its chromospheric emission to…”
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Stellar Activity Cycles
Published 25-09-2023“…The magnetic field of the Sun is generated by internal dynamo process with a cyclic period of 11 years or a 22 year magnetic cycle. The signatures of the Sun's…”
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Multiwavelength Campaign Observations of a Young Solar-type Star, EK Draconis. I. Discovery of Prominence Eruptions Associated with Superflares
Published 13-11-2023“…Young solar-type stars frequently produce superflares, serving as a unique window into the young Sun-Earth environments. Large solar flares are closely linked…”
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