Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aj....122.1954o&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 4, pp. 1954-1964.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Activity, Stars: Atmospheres, Stars: Spots, Techniques: Spectroscopic
Scientific paper
We present results from a study of starspots on active stars using a pair of vibrational-rotational absorption lines of the OH molecule near 1.563 μm. We detect excess OH absorption due to dark, cool starspots on several active stars of the RS CVn and BY Dra classes. Our results for the single-lined spectroscopic binaries II Pegasi, V1762 Cygni, and λ Andromedae augment those from a previous study that used a less sensitive detector. In this study, we were able for the first time to use molecular absorption features to measure starspot properties on double-lined spectroscopic binaries. Measuring the equivalent widths of these OH lines in inactive giant and dwarf stars of spectral types G, K, and M, we find that the total equivalent width of the line pair increases approximately linearly as effective temperature decreases from 5000 to 3000 K. We measure starspot filling factors by fitting the spectra of active stars with linear combinations of comparison star spectra representing the spot and nonspot regions of the star.
Mines Jonathan K.
Neff James E.
O'Neal Douglas
Saar Steven H.
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