decadal variations of sun-like stars (“solar variability after dark”)
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Decadal variations of Sun-like stars (“solar variability after dark”). Wes Lockwood, Lowell Observatory Gregory Henry, TSU. Robotic photometry 1993-2014. 4 telescopes measure 300 Sun-like stars. Lou Boyd, input. Greg Henry, output. Tennessee State Univ. telescopes at Fairborn Observatory. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Decadal variations of Sun-like stars
(“solar variability after dark”)
Wes Lockwood, Lowell ObservatoryGregory Henry, TSU
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Robotic photometry 1993-2014
Tennessee State Univ. telescopes at Fairborn Observatory
Lou Boyd, input
Greg Henry, output
4 telescopes measure 300 Sun-like stars
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18 Sco, still our favorite solar twin
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18 Sco, the “solar twin”Fairborn observations 2000 – 2013 20124
Range ~0.1%
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18 Sco minus star A
18 Sco minus star B
18 Sco minus rejected star C
star A minus rejected star C
rejected star C minus star B
star B minus star A(selected best comp pair)
Range ~0.15%
Range ~0.08%
Range ~0.13%
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18 Sco’s Ca II and brightness variation vs. SORCE SIM surprise
b mag
y mag
S index
b y
b, y, and S are positively correlated in 18 Sco, as we find for most solar age stars...
…but SIM suggests b and y should vary differently
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The larger sample
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Variability of the “solar twins”
b (472 nm ) y (571 nm)
A few stars have “negative” net variance due to comp. star variability
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Variance in b / variance in y
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Could we detect the Sun’s variability? Yes, but only for about 30% of the comparison star pairs
Cumulative distribution of comp. star rms
measurement noise
b y
ACRIM data degraded to 18 Sco window and precision
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18 Sco brightness - activity variation
Solar cycle 23brighter
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Activity-brightness correlation
122 stars 28 stars
Age
The enlarged sample confirms earlier results
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Detection sensitivityS/N of detection falls rapidly for σ < 0.0003 mag rms
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18 Sco minus each comp. star
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Comp. star differential mags
Best pairA and B
b
y
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1984-2007: Measuring sunlike stars
night by night year by year
Lowell 0.5-m telescope
Brian Skiff, observer
1200 nights, 15 years, 6000 data sets,32 program stars, one (!) observer
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What we measure
Location of Strömgren b & y passbands
b y
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Activity-brightness correlations
HK activity brightness variation
AgeAge
Age
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Stellar activity & brightness variation
Ca II
(b+y)/2
comp. star
HD 1835 - a non-cycling starHD 1835 - a non-cycling star
HD1835 - a non-cycling star HD10476 – a cycling star
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A 45 - year perspectiveHD 1835 - a non-cycling star HD 10476 – a cycling star
Ca II
(b+y)/2
comp. star
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Stellar activity & brightness variation
Ca II
(b+y)/2
comp. star
HD1835 - a non-cycling star HD10476 – a cycling star
1%
10%
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Stellar activity & brightness variation
Ca II
(b+y)/2
comp. star
HD1835 - a non-cycling star HD10476 – a cycling star
1%
10%
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Ratio of brightness & activity variation
Positive correlation
Negative correlation
Sun
18 Sco
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Why this is a tough problem: stellar variability across the HR
diagram
Here’s the Sun
Illustration by M. Grenon