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Detecting activity cycles of late-type dwarfs in Kepler data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

Krisztián Vida
Affiliation:
Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege M. str. 15–17. Hungary email: vidakris@konkoly.hu, olah@konkoly.hu
Katalin Oláh
Affiliation:
Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege M. str. 15–17. Hungary email: vidakris@konkoly.hu, olah@konkoly.hu
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Abstract

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Using data of fast-rotating active dwarf stars in the Kepler database, we perform time-frequency analysis of the light curves in order to search for signs of activity cycles. We use the phenomenon that the active region latitudes vary with the cycle (like the solar butterfly diagram), which causes the observed rotation period to change as a consequence of differential rotation. We find cycles in 8 cases of the 39 promising targets with periods between of 300–900 days.

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