Photometric light curves for seven rapidly-rotating K dwarfs in the Pleiades and Alpha Persei clusters

Details Photometric light curves for seven rapidly-rotating K dwarfs in the Pleiades and Alpha Persei clusters Photometric light curves for seven rapidly-rotating K dwarfs in the Pleiades and Alpha Persei clusters

Jun 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pasp...99..471s&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 99, June 1987, p. 471-481.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

36

Astronomical Photometry, Dwarf Stars, K Stars, Late Stars, Light Curve, Pleiades Cluster, Star Clusters, Stellar Rotation, Charge Coupled Devices, Electrophotometry, Starspots

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Light curves and period estimates were obtained for several Pleiades and Alpha Persei cluster K dwarfs which were identified as rapid rotators in earlier spectroscopic studies. A few of the stars have previously-published light curves, making it possible to study the long-term variability of the light-curve shapes. The general cause of the photometric variability observed for these stars is an asymmetric distribution of photospheric inhomogeneities (starspots). The presence of these inhomogeneities combined with the rotation of the star lead to the light curves observed. The photometric periods derived are thus identified with the rotation period of the star, making it possible to estimate equatorial rotational velocities for these K dwarfs. These data are of particular importance because the clusters are sufficiently young that stars of this mass should have just arrived on the main sequence. These data could be used to estimate the temperatures and sizes of the spot groups necessary to produce the observed light curves for these stars.

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