Bibcode
Salabert, D.; Régulo, C.; García, R. A.; Beck, P. G.; Ballot, J.; Creevey, O. L.; Pérez Hernández, F.; do Nascimento, J.-D., Jr.; Corsaro, E.; Egeland, R.; Mathur, S.; Metcalfe, T. S.; Bigot, L.; Ceillier, T.; Pallé, P. L.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 589, id.A118, 12 pp.
Fecha de publicación:
4
2016
Revista
Número de citas
48
Número de citas referidas
37
Descripción
The continuous photometric observations collected by the Kepler
satellite over 4 yr provide a wealth of data with an unequalled quantity
and quality for the study of stellar evolution of more than 200 000
stars. Moreover, the length of the dataset provides a unique source of
information for detecting magnetic activity and associated temporal
variability in the acoustic oscillations. In this regards, the Kepler
mission was awaited with great expectations. The search for the
signature of magnetic activity variability in solar-like pulsations
still remained unfruitful more than 2 yr after the end of the nominal
mission. Here, however, we report the discovery of temporal variability
in the low-degree acoustic frequencies of the young (1 Gyr-old) solar
analog KIC 10644253 with a modulation of about 1.5 yr with significant
temporal variations for the duration of the Kepler observations. The
variations agree with the derived photometric activity. The frequency
shifts extracted for KIC 10644253 are shown to result from the same
physical mechanisms involved in the inner subsurface layers as in the
Sun. In parallel, a detailed spectroscopic analysis of KIC 10644253 is
performed based on complementary ground-based, high-resolution
observations collected by the HERMES instrument mounted on the Mercator
telescope. Its lithium abundance and chromospheric activity 𝒮
index confirm that KIC 10644253 is a young and more active star than the
Sun.