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A Decade of Solar High-Fidelity Spectroscopy and Precise Radial Velocities from HARPS-N
X. Dumusque, K. Al Moulla, M. Cretignier +53
We recently released 10 years of HARPS-N solar telescope and the goal of this manuscript is to present the different optimisations made to the data reduction, to describe data cura…
Measuring the Suns radial velocity variability due to supergranulation over a magnetic cycle
Niamh K. O'Sullivan, Suzanne Aigrain, Michael Cretignier +9
In recent years supergranulation has emerged as one of the biggest challenges for the detection of Earth-twins in radial velocity planet searches. We used eight years of Sun-as-a-s…
Stellar surface information from the Ca II H&K lines -- II. Defining better activity proxies
M. Cretignier, N. C. Hara, A. G. M. Pietrow +6
In our former paper I, we showed on the Sun that different active regions possess unique intensity profiles on the Ca II H & K lines. We now extend the analysis by showing how thos…
Measuring stellar surface rotation and activity with the PLATO mission -- I. Strategy and application to simulated light curves
S. N. Breton, A. F Lanza, S. Messina +20
The Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars mission (PLATO) will allow us to measure surface rotation and monitor photometric activity of tens of thousands of main sequence so…
Modelling stochastic and quasi-periodic behaviour in stellar time-series: Gaussian process regression versus power-spectrum fitting
Niamh K. O'Sullivan, Suzanne Aigrain
As the hunt for an Earth-like exoplanets has intensified in recent years, so has the effort to characterise and model the stellar signals that can hide or mimic small planetary sig…
Stellar surface information from the Ca II H&K lines I. Intensity profiles of the solar activity components
M. Cretignier, A. G. M. Pietrow, S. Aigrain
The detection of Earth-like planets with the radial-velocity method is currently limited by the presence of stellar activity signatures. On rotational timescales, spots and plages…
The spectral impact of magnetic activity on disk-integrated HARPS-N solar observations: exploring new activity indicators
A. P. G. Thompson, C. A. Watson, R. D. Haywood +21
Stellar activity is the major roadblock on the path to finding true Earth-analogue planets with the Doppler technique. Thus, identifying new indicators that better trace magnetic a…
K2 photometry and HERMES spectroscopy of the blue supergiant rho Leo: rotational wind modulation and low-frequency waves
C. Aerts, D. M. Bowman, S. Simon-Diaz +10
We present an 80-d long uninterrupted high-cadence K2 light curve of the B1Iab supergiant rho Leo (HD 91316), deduced with the method of halo photometry. This light curve reveals a…
Beyond the Kepler/K2 bright limit: variability in the seven brightest members of the Pleiades
T. R. White, B. J. S. Pope, V. Antoci +20
The most powerful tests of stellar models come from the brightest stars in the sky, for which complementary techniques, such as astrometry, asteroseismology, spectroscopy, and inte…
Rotation in the Pleiades with K2: II. Multi-Period Stars
L. M. Rebull, J. R. Stauffer, J. Bouvier +15
We use K2 to continue the exploration of the distribution of rotation periods in Pleiades that we began in Paper I. We have discovered complicated multi-period behavior in Pleiades…
Rotation in the Pleiades with K2: I. Data and First Results
L. M. Rebull, J. R. Stauffer, J. Bouvier +16
Young (125 Myr), populous (1000 members), and relatively nearby, the Pleiades has provided an anchor for stellar angular momentum models for both younger and older stars. We use…