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Sounding stellar cycles with Kepler - preliminary results from ground-based chromospheric activity measurements
Due to its unique long-term coverage and high photometric precision,
observations from the Kepler asteroseismic investigation will provide us with
the possibility to sound stellar cycles in a number of solar-type stars with
asteroseismology. By comparing these measurements with conventional
ground-based chromospheric activity measurements we might be able to increase
our understanding of the relation between the chromospheric changes and the
changes in the eigenmodes.
In parallel with the Kepler observations we have therefore started a
programme at the Nordic Optical Telescope to observe and monitor chromospheric
activity in the stars that are most likely to be selected for observations for
the whole satellite mission. The ground-based observations presented here can
be used both to guide the selection of the special Kepler targets and as the
first step in a monitoring programme for stellar cycles. Also, the
chromospheric activity measurements obtained from the ground-based observations
can be compared with stellar parameters such as ages and rotation in order to
improve stellar evolution models.Comment: submitted to the proceedings of the IAU symposium No. 264, 200
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Age and helium content of the open cluster NGC 6791 from multiple eclipsing binary members. I. Measurements, methods, and first results
Earlier measurements of the masses and radii of the detached eclipsing binary
V20 in the open cluster NGC 6791 were accurate enough to demonstrate that there
are significant differences between current stellar models. Here we improve on
those results and add measurements of two additional detached eclipsing
binaries, the cluster members V18 and V80. The enlarged sample sets much
tighter constraints on the properties of stellar models than has hitherto been
possible, thereby improving both the accuracy and precision of the cluster age.
We employed (i) high-resolution UVES spectroscopy of V18, V20 and V80 to
determine their spectroscopic effective temperatures, [Fe/H] values, and
spectroscopic orbital elements, and (ii) time-series photometry from the Nordic
Optical Telescope to obtain the photometric elements. The masses and radii of
the V18 and V20 components are found to high accuracy, with errors on the
masses in the range 0.27-0.36% and errors on the radii in the range 0.61-0.92%.
V80 is found to be magnetically active, and more observations are needed to
determine its parameters accurately. The metallicity of NGC 6791 is measured
from disentangled spectra of the binaries and a few single stars to be [Fe/H]=
+0.29 \pm 0.03 (random) \pm 0.07 (systematic). The cluster reddening and
apparent distance modulus are found to be E(B - V) = 0.160 \pm 0.025 and (m -
M)V = 13.51 \pm 0.06 . A first model comparison shows that we can constrain the
helium content of the NGC 6791 stars, and thus reach a more accurate age than
previously possible. It may be possible to constrain additional parameters, in
particular the C, N, and O abundances. This will be investigated in paper II.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&
Detection of Solar-like Oscillations in the G7 Giant Star xi Hya
We report the firm discovery of solar-like oscillations in a giant star. We
monitored the star xi Hya (G7III) continuously during one month with the
CORALIE spectrograph attached to the 1.2m Swiss Euler telescope. The 433
high-precision radial-velocity measurements clearly reveal multiple oscillation
frequencies in the range 50 - 130 uHz, corresponding to periods between 2.0 and
5.5 hours. The amplitudes of the strongest modes are slightly smaller than 2
m/s. Current model calculations are compatible with the detected modes.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication as a letter in A&
Plasma wave measurements for the Mariner to Venus and Mercury Final report of the Plasma Wave Instrument Science Advisory Team for the 1973 Mercury/Venus mission design
Very low frequency electric and magnetic wave measurements for Mariner Venus Mercury 1973 missio
Fixed-delay Interferometry for Doppler Extra-solar Planet Detection
We present a new technique based on fixed-delay interferometry for high
throughput, high precision and multi-object Doppler radial velocity (RV)
surveys for extra-solar planets. The Doppler measurements are conducted through
monitoring the stellar fringe phase shifts of the interferometer. High Doppler
sensitivity is achieved through optimizing the optical delay in the
interferometer and reducing photon noise by measuring multiple fringes over a
broadband. This broadband operation is performed through coupling the
interferometer with a low to medium resolution post-disperser. The total
Doppler sensitivity of this approach is, in theory, independent of dispersing
power of the post-disperser, which allows development of new generation RV
machines with much reduced size, high stability and low cost compared to
echelles. This technique has the potential to improve RV survey efficiency by
2-3 orders of magnitude over cross-dispersed echelle spectroscopy approach to
allow a full sky RV survey for planets once the instrument is operated as a
multi-object instrument and optimized for high throughput.
The simple interferometer response potentially allows this technique to be
operated at other wavelengths independent of popular iodine reference sources
to search for planets around early type stars, white dwarfs, and M, L and T
dwarfs for the first time.Comment: Accepted to ApJ Letters for publication, 11 pages, 2 figure
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