2 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
The Curious Case of Dark Faculae on M Dwarf Stars
Alexander~I. ~Shapiro, Sara~Seager, Sami~K. ~Solanki +6
The study of exoplanet atmospheres has brought a renewed interest in stellar astrophysics. Specifically, stellar magnetic activity from the host star contaminates exoplanet atmosph…
astro-ph.SR2026
Sensitivity of spectral lines to granulation: from the Sun to K-type stars
V. Vasilyev, K. Sowmya, A. I. Shapiro +7
Stellar granulation produces radial-velocity (RV) jitter at the 1 m/s level in Sun-like stars, limiting Earth-analog detection. A route beyond this limit is to weight spectral line…