Predictions of Astrometric Jitter for Sun-like Stars. III. Fast Rotators
2022-08-02 | journal article; research paper. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Sowmya, K.; Nèmec, N.-E.; Shapiro, A. I.; Işık, E.; Krivova, N. A.; Solanki, S. K.
- Abstract
- A breakthrough in exoplanet detections is foreseen with the unprecedented astrometric measurement capabilities offered by instrumentation aboard the Gaia space observatory. Besides, astrometric discoveries of exoplanets are expected from the planned space mission, Small-JASMINE. In this setting, the present series of papers focuses on estimating the effect of the magnetic activity of G2V-type host stars on the astrometric signal. This effect interferes with the astrometric detections of Earth-mass planets. While the first two papers considered stars rotating at the solar rotation rate, this paper focuses on stars having solar effective temperature and metallicity but rotating faster than the Sun, and consequently more active. By simulating the distribution of active regions on such stars using the Flux Emergence And Transport model, we show that the contribution of magnetic activity to the astrometric measurements becomes increasingly significant with increasing rotation rates. We further show that the jitter for the most variable periodic Kepler stars is high enough to be detected by Gaia. Furthermore, due to a decrease in the facula-to-spot area ratio for more active stars, the magnetic jitter is found to be spot dominated for rapid rotators. Our simulations of the astrometric jitter have the potential to aid the interpretation of data from Gaia and upcoming space astrometry missions.
- Issue Date
- 2-August-2022
- Journal
- The Astrophysical Journal
- ISSN
- 0004-637X
- eISSN
- 1538-4357
- Language
- English
- Sponsor
- European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
EC ∣ European Research Council (ERC)https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781
EC ∣ European Research Council (ERC)https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000781