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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…
The GAPS Programme at TNG. LXI. Atmospheric parameters and elemental abundances of TESS young exoplanet host stars
S. Filomeno, K. Biazzo, M. Baratella +26
The study of exoplanets at different evolutionary stages can shed light on their formation, migration, and evolution. The determination of exoplanet properties depends on the prope…
The Mean Longitudinal Magnetic Field and its Uses in Radial-Velocity Surveys
F. Rescigno, A. Mortier, X. Dumusque +14
This work focuses on the analysis of the mean longitudinal magnetic field as a stellar activity tracer in the context of small exoplanet detection and characterisation in radial-ve…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XXXV. Fundamental properties of transiting exoplanet host stars
K. Biazzo, V. D'Orazi, S. Desidera +38
Exoplanetary properties depend on stellar properties: to know the planet with accuracy and precision it is necessary to know the star as accurately and precisely as possible. Our i…
Twenty-year monitoring of the surface magnetic fields of chemically peculiar stars
M. Giarrusso, M. Cecconi, R. Cosentino +5
Magnetic chemically peculiar stars of the main sequence can present rotational periods as long as many decades. Here we report the results of an observational campaign started in 2…
Estimating Magnetic Filling Factors From Simultaneous Spectroscopy and Photometry: Disentangling Spots, Plage, and Network
T. W. Milbourne, D. F. Phillips, N. Langellier +21
State of the art radial velocity (RV) exoplanet searches are limited by the effects of stellar magnetic activity. Magnetically active spots, plage, and network regions each have di…
Three Years of HARPS-N High-Resolution Spectroscopy and Precise Radial Velocity Data for the Sun
X. Dumusque, M. Cretignier, D. Sosnowska +35
The solar telescope connected to HARPS-N has been observing the Sun since the summer of 2015. Such high-cadence, long-baseline data set is crucial for understanding spurious radial…
The GAPS Programme at TNG -- XXV. Stellar atmospheric parameters and chemical composition through GIARPS optical and near-infrared spectra
M. Baratella, V. D'Orazi, K. Biazzo +20
The detailed chemical composition of stars is important in many astrophysical fields, among which the characterisation of exoplanetary systems. Previous studies seem to indicate an…
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…
Testing the Spectroscopic Extraction of Suppression of Convective Blueshift
M. Miklos, T. W. Milbourne, R. D. Haywood +21
Efforts to detect low-mass exoplanets using stellar radial velocities (RVs) are currently limited by magnetic photospheric activity. Suppression of convective blueshift is the domi…
Temporal evolution and correlations of optical activity indicators measured in Sun-as-a-star observations
J. Maldonado, D. F. Phillips, X. Dumusque +29
(Abridged) We perform a detailed study of the main optical activity indicators (Ca II H & K, Balmer lines, Na I D D, and He I D) measured for the Sun…
Three years of Sun-as-a-star radial-velocity observations on the approach to solar minimum
A. Collier Cameron, A. Mortier, D. Phillips +33
The time-variable velocity fields of solar-type stars limit the precision of radial-velocity determinations of their planets' masses, obstructing detection of Earth twins. Since 20…
HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. X. The non-saturated regime of the stellar activity-rotation relationship for M-Dwarfs
E. González-Álvarez, G. Micela, J. Maldonado +22
Aims. We aim to extend the relationship between X-ray luminosity (Lx) and rotation period (Prot) found for main-sequence FGK stars and test whether it also holds for early-M dwarfs…
HARPS-N Solar Radial-Velocity Variations Are Dominated By Large, Bright Magnetic Regions
T. W. Milbourne, R. D. Haywood, D. F. Phillips +37
State of the art radial-velocity (RV) exoplanet searches are currently limited by RV signals arising from stellar magnetic activity. We analyze solar observations acquired over a 3…
The solar-like "Second Spectrum" and the polarised metal lines in emission of the post-AGB binary 89 Herculis
F. Leone, M. Gangi, M. Giarrusso +6
We studied the polarised spectrum of the post-AGB binary system 89\,Herculis on the basis of data collected with the high resolution \emph{Catania Astrophysical Observatory Spectro…
HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. VII. Rotation and activity of M-Dwarfs from time-series high-resolution spectroscopy of chromospheric indicators
A. Suárez Mascareño, R. Rebolo, J. I. González Hernández +28
We aim to investigate the presence of signatures of magnetic cycles and rotation on a sample of 71 early M-dwarfs from the HADES RV programme using high-resolution time-series spec…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG XV. A substellar companion around a K giant star identified with quasi-simultaneous HARPS-N and GIANO measurements
E. González - Álvarez, L. Affer, G. Micela +34
Context. Identification of planetary companions of giant stars is made difficult because of the astrophysical noise, that may produce radial velocity (RV) variations similar to tho…
The HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N@TNG. III. Flux-flux and activity-rotation relationships of early-M dwarfs
J. Maldonado, G. Scandariato, B. Stelzer +23
(Abridged) Understanding stellar activity in M dwarfs is crucial for the physics of stellar atmospheres as well as for ongoing radial velocity exoplanet programmes. Despite the inc…
The HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N@TNG IV. Time resolved analysis of the Ca ii H&K and Hα chromospheric emission of low-activity early-type M dwarfs
G. Scandariato, J. Maldonado L. Affer, K. Biazzo +22
M dwarfs are prime targets for planet search programs, particularly of those focused on the detection and characterization of rocky planets in the habitable zone. Understanding the…
H-activity and ages for stars in the SARG survey
E. Sissa, R. Gratton, S. Desidera +7
Stellar activity influences radial velocity (RV) measurements and can also mimic the presence of orbiting planets. As part of the search for planets around the components of wide b…
Coordinated X-ray and Optical observations of Star-Planet Interaction in HD 17156
A. Maggio, I. Pillitteri, G. Scandariato +14
The large number of close-in Jupiter-size exoplanets prompts the question whether star-planet interaction (SPI) effects can be detected. We focused our attention on the system HD 1…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. X. Differential abundances in the XO-2 planet hosting binary
K. Biazzo, R. Gratton, S. Desidera +26
Binary stars hosting exoplanets are a unique laboratory where chemical tagging can be performed to measure with high accuracy the elemental abundances of both stellar components, w…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. VII. Putting exoplanets in the stellar context: magnetic activity and asteroseismology of Bootis A
F. Borsa, G. Scandariato, M. Rainer +34
Aims. We observed the Boo system with the HARPS-N spectrograph to test a new observational strategy aimed at jointly studying asteroseismology, the planetary orbit, and star-pl…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N@TNG V. A comprehensive analysis of the XO-2 stellar and planetary systems
M. Damasso, K. Biazzo, A. S. Bonomo +56
XO-2 is the first confirmed wide stellar binary system where the almost twin components XO-2N and XO-2S have planets. This stimulated a detailed characterization study of the stell…