Measuring the magnetic fields in the chromospheres of low-mass stars
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| author | Cang, Tianqi Petit, Pascal Donati, Jean-François Tian, Hui Fu, Jianning Li, Hao Bellotti, Stefano Hu, Xueying Ma, Xiaoyu Ariste, Arturo Lopez Xing, Keyu Morin, Julien Lu, Hongpeng Zong, Weikai |
| author_facet | Cang, Tianqi Petit, Pascal Donati, Jean-François Tian, Hui Fu, Jianning Li, Hao Bellotti, Stefano Hu, Xueying Ma, Xiaoyu Ariste, Arturo Lopez Xing, Keyu Morin, Julien Lu, Hongpeng Zong, Weikai |
| contents | Magnetic fields in the upper atmospheres of solar-like stars are believed to provide an enormous amount of energy to power the hot coronae and drive large-scale eruptions that could impact the habitability of planetary systems around these stars. However, these magnetic fields have never been routinely measured on stars beyond the solar system. Through decade-long spectropolarimetric observations, we have now achieved the measurements of magnetic fields in the lower and middle chromospheres of three M-dwarfs. Our results indicate that the line-of-sight component of the chromospheric magnetic fields can reach up to hundreds of Gauss, whose sign frequently opposes that of the photospheric field. The measurements highlight the magnetic field complexity and the variation with height close to the surface of these M-dwarfs. They provide critical constraints on the energy budget responsible for heating and eruptions of stellar upper atmospheres, and enable assessments of how stellar magnetic activity may affect exoplanet environments. |
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| spellingShingle | Measuring the magnetic fields in the chromospheres of low-mass stars Cang, Tianqi Petit, Pascal Donati, Jean-François Tian, Hui Fu, Jianning Li, Hao Bellotti, Stefano Hu, Xueying Ma, Xiaoyu Ariste, Arturo Lopez Xing, Keyu Morin, Julien Lu, Hongpeng Zong, Weikai Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Magnetic fields in the upper atmospheres of solar-like stars are believed to provide an enormous amount of energy to power the hot coronae and drive large-scale eruptions that could impact the habitability of planetary systems around these stars. However, these magnetic fields have never been routinely measured on stars beyond the solar system. Through decade-long spectropolarimetric observations, we have now achieved the measurements of magnetic fields in the lower and middle chromospheres of three M-dwarfs. Our results indicate that the line-of-sight component of the chromospheric magnetic fields can reach up to hundreds of Gauss, whose sign frequently opposes that of the photospheric field. The measurements highlight the magnetic field complexity and the variation with height close to the surface of these M-dwarfs. They provide critical constraints on the energy budget responsible for heating and eruptions of stellar upper atmospheres, and enable assessments of how stellar magnetic activity may affect exoplanet environments. |
| title | Measuring the magnetic fields in the chromospheres of low-mass stars |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08891 |