We wrote and used an automated flare detection Python script to search for super-flares on main sequence stars of types A,F,G,K and M in Kepler's long-cadence data from Q0 to Q17.We studied the statistical propert...We wrote and used an automated flare detection Python script to search for super-flares on main sequence stars of types A,F,G,K and M in Kepler's long-cadence data from Q0 to Q17.We studied the statistical properties of the occurrence rate of super-flares.For the G-type data set,we compared our results with the previous results of Okamoto et al.by splitting the data set into four rotational bands.We found similar power-law indices for the flare frequency distribution.Hence,we show that inclusion of a high-pass filter,sample biases,gyrochronology and completeness of flare detection is of no significance,as our results are similar to those of Okamoto et al.We estimated that a super-flare on G-type dwarfs with energy of 10^(35) erg occurs on a star once every 4360 yr.We found 4637 super-flares on 1896 G-type dwarfs.Moreover,we identified 321,1125,4538 and 5445 super-flares on 136,522,770 and 312 dwarfs of types A,F,K and M,respectively.We ascertained that the occurrence rate(dN/dE)of super-flares versus flare energy,E,shows a power-law distribution with dN/dE∝E^(-α),whereα■2.0 to 2.1 for the spectral types from F-type to M-type stars.In contrast,the obtainedα■1.3 for A-type stars suggests that the flare conditions differ from those of the other spectral-type stars.We note an increase in flare incidence rate in F-type to M-type stars and a decrease in A-type to F-type stars.展开更多
We download the Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope Data Release 8(LAMOST DR8)low resolution catalog for 6,478,063 AFGK type stars and plot the figures of effective temperature,gravitational acce...We download the Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope Data Release 8(LAMOST DR8)low resolution catalog for 6,478,063 AFGK type stars and plot the figures of effective temperature,gravitational acceleration and metal abundance.Some small and medium mass stars are evolved from pre-main sequence or main sequence stage to planetary nebula stage or white dwarf stage by the stellar evolution code MESA.We analyze the observed statistical data and model calculation results,and then obtain some basic conclusions preliminarily.Most red giant and asymptotic giant branch stars with log g less than 0.85 have poor metal abundance.Most hot A type main-sequence stars are metal-rich stars with log g from 3.5 to 4.5.The conclusions are reasonable within a certain error range.The theory of a gap area in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for stellar evolutions of medium mass stars is reflected in the statistical plots.The central core hydrogen burning stage and the central core helium burning stage correspond to the peak structures in the statistical plots for gravitational acceleration.The metal abundances among A,F,G and K type stars have a wide distribution.We cannot simply replace the metal abundances of these stars with the metal abundance of the Sun when doing fine research work.展开更多
基金operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy,Inc.,under NASA contract NAS5-26555provided by the NASA Office of Space Science via grant NNX13AC07Gthe financial support of her PhD scholarship,held at Queen Mary University of London。
文摘We wrote and used an automated flare detection Python script to search for super-flares on main sequence stars of types A,F,G,K and M in Kepler's long-cadence data from Q0 to Q17.We studied the statistical properties of the occurrence rate of super-flares.For the G-type data set,we compared our results with the previous results of Okamoto et al.by splitting the data set into four rotational bands.We found similar power-law indices for the flare frequency distribution.Hence,we show that inclusion of a high-pass filter,sample biases,gyrochronology and completeness of flare detection is of no significance,as our results are similar to those of Okamoto et al.We estimated that a super-flare on G-type dwarfs with energy of 10^(35) erg occurs on a star once every 4360 yr.We found 4637 super-flares on 1896 G-type dwarfs.Moreover,we identified 321,1125,4538 and 5445 super-flares on 136,522,770 and 312 dwarfs of types A,F,K and M,respectively.We ascertained that the occurrence rate(dN/dE)of super-flares versus flare energy,E,shows a power-law distribution with dN/dE∝E^(-α),whereα■2.0 to 2.1 for the spectral types from F-type to M-type stars.In contrast,the obtainedα■1.3 for A-type stars suggests that the flare conditions differ from those of the other spectral-type stars.We note an increase in flare incidence rate in F-type to M-type stars and a decrease in A-type to F-type stars.
基金Funding for the project has been provided by the National Development and Reform Commissionthe support of NSFC through grant 11803004。
文摘We download the Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope Data Release 8(LAMOST DR8)low resolution catalog for 6,478,063 AFGK type stars and plot the figures of effective temperature,gravitational acceleration and metal abundance.Some small and medium mass stars are evolved from pre-main sequence or main sequence stage to planetary nebula stage or white dwarf stage by the stellar evolution code MESA.We analyze the observed statistical data and model calculation results,and then obtain some basic conclusions preliminarily.Most red giant and asymptotic giant branch stars with log g less than 0.85 have poor metal abundance.Most hot A type main-sequence stars are metal-rich stars with log g from 3.5 to 4.5.The conclusions are reasonable within a certain error range.The theory of a gap area in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for stellar evolutions of medium mass stars is reflected in the statistical plots.The central core hydrogen burning stage and the central core helium burning stage correspond to the peak structures in the statistical plots for gravitational acceleration.The metal abundances among A,F,G and K type stars have a wide distribution.We cannot simply replace the metal abundances of these stars with the metal abundance of the Sun when doing fine research work.
