Multiple and changing cycles of active stars II. Results

Details Multiple and changing cycles of active stars II. Results Multiple and changing cycles of active stars II. Results

2009-04-10

arxiv.org/abs/0904.1747v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Accepted to Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We study the time variations of the cycles of 20 active stars based on decades-long photometric or spectroscopic observations. A method of time-frequency analysis, as discussed in a companion paper, is applied to the data. Fifteen stars definitely show multiple cycles; the records of the rest are too short to verify a timescale for a second cycle. The cycles typically show systematic changes. For three stars, we found two cycles in each of them that are not harmonics, and which vary in parallel, indicating that a common physical mechanism arising from a dynamo construct. The positive relation between the rotational and cycle periods is confirmed for the inhomogeneous set of active stars. Stellar activity cycles are generally multiple and variable.

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