Stellar Characterization and a Chromospheric Activity Analysis of a K2 Sample of Planet-Hosting Stars

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Hauptverfasser: Loaiza-Tacuri, V., Cunha, Katia, Smith, Verne V., Quispe-Huaynasi, F., Costa-Almeida, Ellen, Ghezzi, Luan, Melendez, Jorge
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author Loaiza-Tacuri, V.
Cunha, Katia
Smith, Verne V.
Quispe-Huaynasi, F.
Costa-Almeida, Ellen
Ghezzi, Luan
Melendez, Jorge
author_facet Loaiza-Tacuri, V.
Cunha, Katia
Smith, Verne V.
Quispe-Huaynasi, F.
Costa-Almeida, Ellen
Ghezzi, Luan
Melendez, Jorge
contents Effective temperatures, surface gravities, and iron abundances were derived for 109 stars observed by the K2 mission using equivalent width measurements of Fe I and Fe II lines. Calculations were carried out in LTE using Kurucz model atmospheres. Stellar masses and radii were derived by combining the stellar parameters with Gaia DR3 parallaxes, V-magnitudes, and isochrones. The derived stellar and planetary radii have median internal precision of 1.8%, and 2.3%, respectively. The radius gap near $\rm R_{planet}\sim 1.9 R_\oplus$ was detected in this K2 sample. Chromospheric activity was measured from the Ca II H and K lines using the Values of $\log R^\prime_{\rm HK}$ were investigated as a function of stellar rotational period (P$_{rot}$) and we found that chromospheric activity decreases with increasing P$_{rot}$, although there is a large scatter in $\log R^\prime_{\rm HK}$ ($\sim$0.5) for a given P$_{rot}$. Activity levels in this sample reveal a paucity of F & G dwarfs with intermediate activity levels (Vaughan-Preston gap). The effect that stellar activity might have on the derivation of stellar parameters was investigated by including magnetically-sensitive Fe I lines in the analysis and we find no significant differences between parameters with and without magnetically-sensitive lines, although the more active stars ($\log R^\prime _{\rm HK}>-5.0$) exhibit a larger scatter in the differences in $T_{\rm eff}$ and [Fe/H].
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spellingShingle Stellar Characterization and a Chromospheric Activity Analysis of a K2 Sample of Planet-Hosting Stars
Loaiza-Tacuri, V.
Cunha, Katia
Smith, Verne V.
Quispe-Huaynasi, F.
Costa-Almeida, Ellen
Ghezzi, Luan
Melendez, Jorge
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Effective temperatures, surface gravities, and iron abundances were derived for 109 stars observed by the K2 mission using equivalent width measurements of Fe I and Fe II lines. Calculations were carried out in LTE using Kurucz model atmospheres. Stellar masses and radii were derived by combining the stellar parameters with Gaia DR3 parallaxes, V-magnitudes, and isochrones. The derived stellar and planetary radii have median internal precision of 1.8%, and 2.3%, respectively. The radius gap near $\rm R_{planet}\sim 1.9 R_\oplus$ was detected in this K2 sample. Chromospheric activity was measured from the Ca II H and K lines using the Values of $\log R^\prime_{\rm HK}$ were investigated as a function of stellar rotational period (P$_{rot}$) and we found that chromospheric activity decreases with increasing P$_{rot}$, although there is a large scatter in $\log R^\prime_{\rm HK}$ ($\sim$0.5) for a given P$_{rot}$. Activity levels in this sample reveal a paucity of F & G dwarfs with intermediate activity levels (Vaughan-Preston gap). The effect that stellar activity might have on the derivation of stellar parameters was investigated by including magnetically-sensitive Fe I lines in the analysis and we find no significant differences between parameters with and without magnetically-sensitive lines, although the more active stars ($\log R^\prime _{\rm HK}>-5.0$) exhibit a larger scatter in the differences in $T_{\rm eff}$ and [Fe/H].
title Stellar Characterization and a Chromospheric Activity Analysis of a K2 Sample of Planet-Hosting Stars
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08128