The Mega-MUSCLES Treasury Survey: X-ray to infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of a representative sample of M dwarfs

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Autori principali: Wilson, David J., Froning, Cynthia S., Duvvuri, Girish M., Youngblood, Allison, France, Kevin, Brown, Alexander, Berta-Thompson, Zachory, Schneider, P. Christian, Buccino, Andrea P., Linsky, Jeffrey, Loyd, R. O. Parke, Miguel, Yamila, Newton, Elisabeth, Pineda, J. Sebastian, Redfield, Seth, Roberge, Aki, Rugheimer, Sarah, Vieytes, Mariela C.
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author Wilson, David J.
Froning, Cynthia S.
Duvvuri, Girish M.
Youngblood, Allison
France, Kevin
Brown, Alexander
Berta-Thompson, Zachory
Schneider, P. Christian
Buccino, Andrea P.
Linsky, Jeffrey
Loyd, R. O. Parke
Miguel, Yamila
Newton, Elisabeth
Pineda, J. Sebastian
Redfield, Seth
Roberge, Aki
Rugheimer, Sarah
Vieytes, Mariela C.
author_facet Wilson, David J.
Froning, Cynthia S.
Duvvuri, Girish M.
Youngblood, Allison
France, Kevin
Brown, Alexander
Berta-Thompson, Zachory
Schneider, P. Christian
Buccino, Andrea P.
Linsky, Jeffrey
Loyd, R. O. Parke
Miguel, Yamila
Newton, Elisabeth
Pineda, J. Sebastian
Redfield, Seth
Roberge, Aki
Rugheimer, Sarah
Vieytes, Mariela C.
contents We present 5-1x10^7 Angstrom spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for twelve M dwarf stars covering spectral types M0-M8. Our SEDs are provided for community use as a sequel to the Measurements of the Ultraviolet Spectral Characteristics of Low-mass Exoplanetary Systems (MUSCLES) survey. The twelve stars include eight known exoplanet hosts and four stars chosen to fill out key parameter space in spectral type and rotation period. The SEDs are constructed from Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet spectroscopy and XMM Newton, Chandra and/or Swift X-ray observations and completed with various model data, including Lyman alpha reconstructions, PHOENIX optical models, APEC coronal models and Differential Emission Measure models in the currently-unobservable Extreme Ultraviolet. We provide a complete overview of the Mega-MUSCLES program, including a description of the observations, models, and SED construction. The SEDs are available as MAST High-Level Science Products and we describe the various data products here. We also present ensemble measurements from our sample that are of particular relevance to exoplanet science, including the high-energy fluxes in the habitable zone and the FUV/NUV ratio. Combined with MUSCLES, Mega-MUSCLES provides SEDs covering a wide range of M\,dwarf spectral types and ages such that suitable proxies for any M dwarf planet host of interest may be found in our sample. However, we find that ultraviolet and X-ray fluxes can vary even between stars with similar parameters, such that observations of each exoplanet host star will remain the gold standard for interpreting exoplanet atmosphere observations.
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spellingShingle The Mega-MUSCLES Treasury Survey: X-ray to infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of a representative sample of M dwarfs
Wilson, David J.
Froning, Cynthia S.
Duvvuri, Girish M.
Youngblood, Allison
France, Kevin
Brown, Alexander
Berta-Thompson, Zachory
Schneider, P. Christian
Buccino, Andrea P.
Linsky, Jeffrey
Loyd, R. O. Parke
Miguel, Yamila
Newton, Elisabeth
Pineda, J. Sebastian
Redfield, Seth
Roberge, Aki
Rugheimer, Sarah
Vieytes, Mariela C.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
We present 5-1x10^7 Angstrom spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for twelve M dwarf stars covering spectral types M0-M8. Our SEDs are provided for community use as a sequel to the Measurements of the Ultraviolet Spectral Characteristics of Low-mass Exoplanetary Systems (MUSCLES) survey. The twelve stars include eight known exoplanet hosts and four stars chosen to fill out key parameter space in spectral type and rotation period. The SEDs are constructed from Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet spectroscopy and XMM Newton, Chandra and/or Swift X-ray observations and completed with various model data, including Lyman alpha reconstructions, PHOENIX optical models, APEC coronal models and Differential Emission Measure models in the currently-unobservable Extreme Ultraviolet. We provide a complete overview of the Mega-MUSCLES program, including a description of the observations, models, and SED construction. The SEDs are available as MAST High-Level Science Products and we describe the various data products here. We also present ensemble measurements from our sample that are of particular relevance to exoplanet science, including the high-energy fluxes in the habitable zone and the FUV/NUV ratio. Combined with MUSCLES, Mega-MUSCLES provides SEDs covering a wide range of M\,dwarf spectral types and ages such that suitable proxies for any M dwarf planet host of interest may be found in our sample. However, we find that ultraviolet and X-ray fluxes can vary even between stars with similar parameters, such that observations of each exoplanet host star will remain the gold standard for interpreting exoplanet atmosphere observations.
title The Mega-MUSCLES Treasury Survey: X-ray to infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of a representative sample of M dwarfs
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.07394