Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21830605w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #306.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The time resolution and high etendue of LSST will revolutionize studies of a wide variety of astrophysical objects, not the least among them the dark, cool denizens of our Galaxy: low mass stars. LSST will discover unprecedented numbers of very cool stars, allowing us to trace their distribution and characterize the population as never before. Time resolved observations of these stars will open a new window into magnetic activity at the bottom of the Main Sequence-- allowing us to measure the M dwarf flare rate and trace activity as a function of stellar rotation and age throughout the Galaxy. These measurements have far-reaching consequences, from providing feedback to basic dynamo theory, to broadening our understanding of the stellar radiation environments in which planets evolve.
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