Stellar activity with LAMOST. III. Temporal variability pattern in Pleiades, Praesepe, and Hyades

Abstract

We present the results from a systematic study of temporal variation of stellar activity in young late-type stars. We used multi-epoch LAMOST low-resolution spectra of over 300 member candidates in three young open clusters: Pleiades, Praesepe, and Hyades. The spectral measurements of TiO band strength near 7050 Å (TiO2) and equivalent width of Hα line (EW Hα ) are used as the tracers of cool-spot coverage and chromospheric emission strength, respectively. The analysis of time-variation patterns of these two tracers suggested there exist detectable variabilities in TiO2 and EW Hα , and their time-scales are in the wide range from days to years. Results showed that more active stars, younger and fast rotators, tend to have larger activity variations. There is a tendency of anti-correlation between temporal variations in TiO2 and EW Hα . Also, appreciable anti-correlation in the rotational phase between Hα emission and K2 brightness is detected in some M dwarfs, indicating spatial co-location of the plages with cool starspots, however, cool stars do not always show such co-location features. Furthermore, spot coverage and Hα emission were evident at all rotational phases of several M dwarfs, indicating a basal level of activity, perhaps due to many small and randomly located active regions in the atmosphere.

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