Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets. II. Physical Properties of ∼1000 Cool Stars from the SPOCS Catalog

2007 ◽  
Vol 168 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genya Takeda ◽  
Eric B. Ford ◽  
Alison Sills ◽  
Frederic A. Rasio ◽  
Debra A. Fischer ◽  
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1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 645-652
Author(s):  
V. Straižys ◽  
R. F. Garrison ◽  
R. A. Bell ◽  
M. Golay ◽  
A. Heck ◽  
...  

During the report period (1982–1984) several symposia, colloquia, and workshops in the field of stellar classification were held. These include: IAU Symposium No. 111 ”Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities” (Como, May 24 29, 1984, ed. D. S. Hayes et al.), IAU Colloquium No. 76 “The Nearby Stars and the Stellar Luminosity Function” (Middletown, June 13-16, 1983, ed. A. G. Davis Philip and A. R. Upgren), IAU Colloquium No. 78 “Astronomy with Schmidt-Type Telescopes” (Asiago, August 30-September 2, 1983, ed. M. Capaccioli), the workshop “The MK Process and Stellar Classification” (Toronto, June 6-10, 1983, ed. R. F. Garrison), the Colloquium ”Cool Stars with Excess of Heavy Elements” (Strasbourg, July 3-6, 1984).


2020 ◽  
Vol 635 ◽  
pp. A74 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Southworth ◽  
A. J. Bohn ◽  
M. A. Kenworthy ◽  
C. Ginski ◽  
L. Mancini

Context. Binarity is a widespread phenomenon around solar-type stars, including the host stars of transiting extrasolar planets. Aims. We performed a detailed study of six transiting planetary systems with relatively bright stars close enough to affect observations of these systems. These contaminants were characterised in a companion work. Methods. We used theoretical spectra to propagate the observed K-band light ratios into the optical passbands used to observe these systems. Light curves were analysed whilst taking the contaminating light and its uncertainty into account. We present and applied a method to correct the velocity amplitudes of the host stars for the presence of contaminating light. Results. We determined the physical properties of six systems (WASP-20, WASP-70, WASP-8, WASP-76, WASP-2, and WASP-131) whilst accounting for contaminating light. In the case of WASP-20, the measured physical properties are very different for the three scenarios considered: ignoring binarity, planet transits brighter star, and planet transits fainter star. In the other five cases, our results are very similar to those obtained when neglecting contaminating light. We used our results to determine the mean correction factors to planet radius, ⟨XR⟩, mass, ⟨XM⟩, and density, ⟨Xρ⟩, caused by nearby objects. We find ⟨XR⟩ = 1.009 ± 0.045, which is smaller than literature values because we were able to reject the possibility that the planet orbits the fainter star in all but one case. We find ⟨XM⟩ = 1.031 ± 0.019, which is larger than ⟨XR⟩ because of the strength of the effect of contaminating light on the radial velocity measurements of the host star. We find ⟨Xρ⟩ = 0.995 ± 0.046: the small size of this correction is due to two effects: the corrections on planet radius and mass partially cancel; and some nearby stars are close enough to contaminate the light curves of the system but not radial velocities of the host star. These corrections can be applied to samples of transiting hot Jupiters to statistically remove biases due to light contamination. Conclusions. We conclude that binarity of planet host stars is important for the small number of transiting hot Jupiters with a very bright and close nearby star, but it has only a small effect on population-level studies of these objects.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (S314) ◽  
pp. 213-219
Author(s):  
G. Chauvin

AbstractWith the development of high contrast imaging techniques and instruments, vast efforts have been devoted during the past decades to detect and characterize lighter, cooler and closer companions to nearby stars, and ultimately image new planetary systems. Complementary to other planet-hunting techniques, this approach has opened a new astrophysical window to study the physical properties and the formation mechanisms of brown dwarfs and planets. In this review, I will briefly describe the different observing techniques and strategies used, the main samples of targeted nearby stars, finally the main results obtained so far about exoplanet discoveries characterization of their physical properties, and study of their occurrence and possible formation and evolution mechanisms.


1994 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Steven H. Saar

I review information from a variety of sources, including magnetic field measurements, Doppler imaging, and various photometric and spectroscopic survey and monitoring programs for clues concerning the physical properties, spatial structure, variability and evolution of magnetic regions and associated activity on cool stars. Based on these data, I sketch a scenario of what the surfaces of cool stars look like as a function of spectral type and age/rotation/activity level.


2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (4) ◽  
pp. 5416-5441
Author(s):  
A Castro González ◽  
E Díez Alonso ◽  
J Menéndez Blanco ◽  
John H Livingston ◽  
Jerome P de Leon ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We analysed the photometry of 20 038 cool stars from campaigns 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the K2 mission in order to detect, characterize, and validate new planetary candidates transiting low-mass stars. We present a catalogue of 25 new periodic transit-like signals in 22 stars, of which we computed the parameters of the stellar host for 19 stars and the planetary parameters for 21 signals. We acquired speckle and AO images, and also inspected archival Pan-STARRS1 images and Gaia DR2 to discard the presence of close stellar companions and to check possible transit dilutions due to nearby stars. False positive probability (FPP) was computed for 22 signals, obtaining FPP < $1{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ for 17. We consider 12 of them as statistically validated planets. One signal is a false positive and the remaining 12 signals are considered as planet candidates. 20 signals have an orbital period of P$_{\rm orb} \lt 10\,\mathrm{ d}$, 2 have $10\, \mathrm{ d} \lt $  P$_{\rm orb} \lt 20\, \mathrm{ d}$, and 3 have P$_{\rm orb} \gt 20\, \mathrm{ d}$. Regarding radii, 11 candidates and validated planets have computed radius R < 2R⊕, 9 have 2R⊕ < R < 4R⊕, and 1 has R > 4R⊕. Two validated planets and two candidates are located in moderately bright stars ($\rm \mathit{ m}_{kep}\lt 13$) and two validated planets and three candidates have derived orbital radius within the habitable zone according to optimistic models. Of special interest is the validated warm super-Earth K2-323 b (EPIC 248616368 b) with T$_{\rm eq} = 318^{+24}_{-43} \, \mathrm{ K}$, S$_{\rm p} = 1.7\pm 0.2 \, \mathrm{ S}_{\oplus }$, and R$_{\rm p} = 2.1\pm 0.1 \, \mathrm{ R}_{\oplus }$, located in an m$\rm _{kep}$ = 14.13 star.


1976 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 365-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Hauck
Keyword(s):  

The Ap stars are numerous - the photometric systems tool It would be very tedious to review in detail all that which is in the literature concerning the photometry of the Ap stars. In my opinion it is necessary to examine the problem of the photometric properties of the Ap stars by considering first of all the possibility of deriving some physical properties for the Ap stars, or of detecting new ones. My talk today is prepared in this spirit. The classification by means of photoelectric photometric systems is at the present time very well established for many systems, such as UBV, uvbyβ, Vilnius, Geneva and DDO systems. Details and methods of classification can be found in Golay (1974) or in the proceedings of the Albany Colloquium edited by Philip and Hayes (1975).


Author(s):  
Frederick A. Murphy ◽  
Alyne K. Harrison ◽  
Sylvia G. Whitfield

The bullet-shaped viruses are currently classified together on the basis of similarities in virion morphology and physical properties. Biologically and ecologically the member viruses are extremely diverse. In searching for further bases for making comparisons of these agents, the nature of host cell infection, both in vivo and in cultured cells, has been explored by thin-section electron microscopy.


Author(s):  
K.P.D. Lagerlof

Although most materials contain more than one phase, and thus are multiphase materials, the definition of composite materials is commonly used to describe those materials containing more than one phase deliberately added to obtain certain desired physical properties. Composite materials are often classified according to their application, i.e. structural composites and electronic composites, but may also be classified according to the type of compounds making up the composite, i.e. metal/ceramic, ceramic/ceramie and metal/semiconductor composites. For structural composites it is also common to refer to the type of structural reinforcement; whisker-reinforced, fiber-reinforced, or particulate reinforced composites [1-4].For all types of composite materials, it is of fundamental importance to understand the relationship between the microstructure and the observed physical properties, and it is therefore vital to properly characterize the microstructure. The interfaces separating the different phases comprising the composite are of particular interest to understand. In structural composites the interface is often the weakest part, where fracture will nucleate, and in electronic composites structural defects at or near the interface will affect the critical electronic properties.


Author(s):  
James Mark ◽  
Kia Ngai ◽  
William Graessley ◽  
Leo Mandelkern ◽  
Edward Samulski ◽  
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