Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21832607m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #326.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We used close white dwarf and M dwarf (WD+dM) binary systems as a method to understand the effect that close companions have on magnetic field generation in M dwarfs. We used a base sample of 1602 white dwarf - main sequence (WDMS) binaries from Rebassa-Mansergas et al. (2010) to aid in determining a set of color cuts using GALEX, SDSS, 2MASS, and UKIDSS colors. Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 8 (DR8) we constructed a sample of 1800 WD+dM pairs. We separated the dM and WD from each combined spectrum using an iterative technique that compares the WD and dM components to best-fit templates. Using the absolute height above the Galactic plane as a proxy for age and the Hα emission line as an indicator for magnetic activity, we investigated the age-activity relation for our sample. Our results show that M dwarfs in close binary systems have increased magnetic activity in both magnitude and duration compared to their field counterparts.
Morgan Dylan
Silvestri Nicole M.
West Andrew A.
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