Topological changes in the magnetic field of LQ Hya during an activity minimum
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Article Title | Topological changes in the magnetic field of LQ Hya during an activity minimum |
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ERA Journal ID | 1050 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Lehtinen, J. J. (Author), Kapyla, M. J. (Author), Hackman, T. (Author), Kochukhov, O. (Author), Willamo, T. (Author), Marsden, S. C. (Author), Jeffers, S. V. (Author), Henry, G. W. (Author) and Jetsu, L. (Author) |
Journal Title | Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal |
Journal Citation | 660, pp. 1-12 |
Article Number | A141 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | EDP Sciences |
Place of Publication | France |
ISSN | 0004-6361 |
1432-0746 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936780 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2022/04/aa36780-19/aa36780-19.html |
Abstract | Aims. Previous studies have related surface temperature maps, obtained with the Doppler imaging (DI) technique, of LQ Hya with long-term photometry. Here, we compare surface magnetic field maps, obtained with the Zeeman Doppler imaging (ZDI) technique, with contemporaneous photometry, with the aim of quantifying the star's magnetic cycle characteristics. Methods. We inverted Stokes IV spectropolarimetry, obtained with the HARPSpol and ESPaDOnS instruments, into magnetic field and surface brightness maps using a tomographic inversion code that models high signal-to-noise ratio mean line profiles produced by the least squares deconvolution (LSD) technique. The maps were compared against long-term ground-based photometry acquired with the T3 0.40 m Automatic Photoelectric Telescope (APT) at Fairborn Observatory, which offers a proxy for the spot cycle of the star, as well as with chromospheric Ca ¯II H&K activity derived from the observed spectra. Results. The magnetic field and surface brightness maps reveal similar patterns relative to previous DI and ZDI studies: non-axisymmetric polar magnetic field structure, void of fields at mid-latitudes, and a complex structure in the equatorial regions. There is a weak but clear tendency of the polar structures to be linked with a strong radial field and the equatorial ones with the azimuthal field. We find a polarity reversal in the radial field between 2016 and 2017 that is coincident with a spot minimum seen in the long-term photometry, although the precise relation of chromospheric activity to the spot activity remains complex and unclear. The inverted field strengths cannot be easily related with the observed spottedness, but we find that they are partially connected to the retrieved field complexity. Conclusions. This field topology and the dominance of the poloidal field component, when compared to global magnetoconvection models for rapidly rotating young suns, could be explained by a turbulent dynamo, where differential rotation does not play a major role (so-called 2 or 2 dynamos) and axi- and non-axisymmetric modes are excited simultaneously. The complex equatorial magnetic field structure could arise from the twisted (helical) wreaths often seen in these simulations, while the polar feature would be connected to the mostly poloidal non-axisymmetric component that has a smooth spatial structure. |
Keywords | Polarization; Stars: Activity; Stars: imaging; Starspots |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Turku, Finland |
Aalto University, Finland | |
University of Helsinki, Finland | |
Uppsala University, Sweden | |
Centre for Astrophysics | |
Max Planck Society, Germany | |
Tennessee State University, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7vxq/topological-changes-in-the-magnetic-field-of-lq-hya-during-an-activity-minimum
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