Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs
Magnetic activity and rotation are related to the age of low-mass main-sequence stars. To further constrain these relations, we study a sample of 574 main-sequence stars members of common proper motion pairs with white dwarfs, identified thanks to Gaia astrometry. We use the white dwarfs as age indi...
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairsRebassa Mansergas, Alberto|||0000-0002-6153-7173Maldonado, JesúsRaddi, Roberto|||0000-0002-9090-9191Torres Gil, Santiago|||0000-0001-5777-5251Hoskin, MatthewCunningham, TimHollands, MarkRen, JuanjuanGänsicke, Boris T.Tremblay, P. E.Camisassa, María Eugenia|||0000-0002-3524-190XLow mass starsWhite dwarf starsStars -- EvolutionBinaries: generalStars: activityStars: low-massWhite dwarfsEstels nansEstels -- EvolucióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísicaMagnetic activity and rotation are related to the age of low-mass main-sequence stars. To further constrain these relations, we study a sample of 574 main-sequence stars members of common proper motion pairs with white dwarfs, identified thanks to Gaia astrometry. We use the white dwarfs as age indicators, while the activity indexes and rotational velocities are obtained from the main-sequence companions using standard procedures. We find that stars older than 5 Gyr do not display H a nor Ca II H&K emission unless they are fast rotators due to tidal locking from the presence of unseen companions and that the rotational velocities tend to decrease over time, thus supporting the so-called gyrochronology. However, we also find moderately old stars (2–6 Gyr) that are active presumably because they rotate faster than they should for their given ages. This indicates that they may be suffering from weakened magnetic braking or that they possibly evolved through wind accretion processes in the past. The activity fractions that we measure for all stars younger than 5 Gyr range between 10 and 40 per cent. This is line with the expectations, since our sample is composed of F, G, K, and early M stars, which are thought to have short (<2 Gyr) activity lifetimes. Finally, we observe that the H a fractional luminosities and the RHK indexes for our sample of (slowly rotating) stars show a spread (-4 >log(LH a/Lbol); log(RHK) > -5) typically found in inactive M stars or weakly active/inactive F, G, K stars.This work has been partially supported by the (Spanish Ministerio de Asuntos Economicos ´ y Transformacion´ Digital) MINECO grant PID2020-117252GB-I00 and by the AGAUR/Generalitat de Catalunya grant SGR-386/2021. RR acknowledges support from Grant RYC2021-030837-I funded by MCIN/(Agencia Estatal de Investigacion) ´ AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by ‘European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR’. MEC acknowledges grant RYC2021-032721-I, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the ‘European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR’. MAH was supported by grant ST/V000853/1 from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 101020057).Peer ReviewedOxford University Press20232023-10-0620242024-01-10journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/399108https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3050reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3991082026-05-27T15:37:01Z |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs Rebassa Mansergas, Alberto|||0000-0002-6153-7173 Low mass stars White dwarf stars Stars -- Evolution Binaries: general Stars: activity Stars: low-mass White dwarfs Estels nans Estels -- Evolució Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs |
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Main-sequence companions to white dwarfs - II. The age-activity-rotation relation from a sample of Gaia common proper motion pairs |
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Rebassa Mansergas, Alberto|||0000-0002-6153-7173 Maldonado, Jesús Raddi, Roberto|||0000-0002-9090-9191 Torres Gil, Santiago|||0000-0001-5777-5251 Hoskin, Matthew Cunningham, Tim Hollands, Mark Ren, Juanjuan Gänsicke, Boris T. Tremblay, P. E. Camisassa, María Eugenia|||0000-0002-3524-190X |
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Rebassa Mansergas, Alberto|||0000-0002-6153-7173 |
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Rebassa Mansergas, Alberto|||0000-0002-6153-7173 Maldonado, Jesús Raddi, Roberto|||0000-0002-9090-9191 Torres Gil, Santiago|||0000-0001-5777-5251 Hoskin, Matthew Cunningham, Tim Hollands, Mark Ren, Juanjuan Gänsicke, Boris T. Tremblay, P. E. Camisassa, María Eugenia|||0000-0002-3524-190X |
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Maldonado, Jesús Raddi, Roberto|||0000-0002-9090-9191 Torres Gil, Santiago|||0000-0001-5777-5251 Hoskin, Matthew Cunningham, Tim Hollands, Mark Ren, Juanjuan Gänsicke, Boris T. Tremblay, P. E. Camisassa, María Eugenia|||0000-0002-3524-190X |
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Low mass stars White dwarf stars Stars -- Evolution Binaries: general Stars: activity Stars: low-mass White dwarfs Estels nans Estels -- Evolució Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica |
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Low mass stars White dwarf stars Stars -- Evolution Binaries: general Stars: activity Stars: low-mass White dwarfs Estels nans Estels -- Evolució Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica |
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Magnetic activity and rotation are related to the age of low-mass main-sequence stars. To further constrain these relations, we study a sample of 574 main-sequence stars members of common proper motion pairs with white dwarfs, identified thanks to Gaia astrometry. We use the white dwarfs as age indicators, while the activity indexes and rotational velocities are obtained from the main-sequence companions using standard procedures. We find that stars older than 5 Gyr do not display H a nor Ca II H&K emission unless they are fast rotators due to tidal locking from the presence of unseen companions and that the rotational velocities tend to decrease over time, thus supporting the so-called gyrochronology. However, we also find moderately old stars (2–6 Gyr) that are active presumably because they rotate faster than they should for their given ages. This indicates that they may be suffering from weakened magnetic braking or that they possibly evolved through wind accretion processes in the past. The activity fractions that we measure for all stars younger than 5 Gyr range between 10 and 40 per cent. This is line with the expectations, since our sample is composed of F, G, K, and early M stars, which are thought to have short (<2 Gyr) activity lifetimes. Finally, we observe that the H a fractional luminosities and the RHK indexes for our sample of (slowly rotating) stars show a spread (-4 >log(LH a/Lbol); log(RHK) > -5) typically found in inactive M stars or weakly active/inactive F, G, K stars. |
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