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  • 标题:Flares, Rotation, and Planets of the AU Mic System from TESS Observations
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  • 作者:Emily A.Gilbert ; Thomas Barclay ; Elisa V.Quintana
  • 期刊名称:The Astronomical journal
  • 印刷版ISSN:0004-6256
  • 电子版ISSN:1538-3881
  • 出版年度:2022
  • 卷号:163
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:1-13
  • DOI:10.3847/1538-3881/ac23ca
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:American Institute of Physics
  • 摘要:AU Mic is a young (∼24 Myr), pre-main-sequence M dwarf star that was observed in the first month of science observations of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and reobserved 2 years later. This target has photometric variability from a variety of sources that is readily apparent in the TESS light curves; spots induce modulation in the light curve, flares are present throughout (manifesting as sharp rises with slow exponential decay phases), and transits of AU Mic b may be seen by eye as dips in the light curve. We present a combined analysis of both TESS Sector 1 and Sector 27 AU Mic light curves including the new 20 s cadence data from TESS Year 3. We compare flare rates between both observations and analyze the spot evolution, showing that the activity levels increase slightly from Sector 1 to Sector 27. Furthermore, the 20 s data collection allows us to detect more flares, smaller flares, and better resolve flare morphology in white light as compared to the 2 minute data collection mode. We also refine the parameters for AU Mic b by fitting three additional transits of AU Mic b from Sector 27 using a model that includes stellar activity. We show that the transits exhibit clear transit timing variations with an amplitude of ∼80 s. We also detect three transits of a 2.8 R⊕ planet, AU Mic c, which has a period of 18.86 days.
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