Bibcode
Mathur, Savita; García, Rafael A.; Salabert, David; Ballot, Jerôme; Régulo, C.; Metcalfe, Travis S.; Baglin, Annie
Bibliographical reference
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 271, Issue 1, pp. 012045 (2011).
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Description
It is well known that in the Sun, the frequencies and amplitudes of
acoustic modes vary throughout the solar cycle. Indeed, while the
magnetic activity goes towards its maximum, the frequencies of the modes
increase and their amplitudes decrease. We have analyzed data from the
CoRoT mission on a few stars that exhibit solar-like oscillations. The
study of HD49933 (observed during 60 days and 137 days spanning a total
of 400 days) showed a modulation of the maximum amplitude per radial
mode and the frequency shifts of the modes, showing magnetic activity in
this rapidly rotating star. Moreover, both properties vary in an
anticorrelated way and the data allowed us to establish a lower limit
for the activity-cycle period of 120 days. Measurements in Ca H and K
lines confirmed that this star is in the "active stars" category. We
will also discuss the results obtained for other targets such as
HD181420 and HD49835 for which we have investigated a similar behavior.
Related projects
Helio and Astero-Seismology and Exoplanets Search
The principal objectives of this project are: 1) to study the structure and dynamics of the solar interior, 2) to extend this study to other stars, 3) to search for extrasolar planets using photometric methods (primarily by transits of their host stars) and their characterization (using radial velocity information) and 4) the study of the planetary
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