The California-Kepler Survey. XI. Activity Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Isaacson H.
  2. Kane S.R.
  3. Carter B.
  4. Howard A.W.
  5. Weiss L.
  6. Petigura E.A.,Fulton B.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Surveys of exoplanet host stars are valuable tools for assessing population level trends in exoplanets, and their outputs can include stellar ages, activity, and rotation periods. We extracted chromospheric activity measurements from the California-Kepler Survey Gaia survey spectra in order to probe connections between stellar activity and fundamental stellar properties. Building on the California Kepler Survey's legacy of 1189 planet host star stellar properties including temperature, surface gravity metallicity, and isochronal age, we add measurements of the CaII H and K lines as a proxy for chromospheric activity for 879 planet hosting stars. We used these chromospheric activity measurements to derive stellar rotation periods. We find a discrepancy between photometrically derived and activity-derived rotation periods for stars on the Rossby Ridge. These results support the theory of weakened magnetic braking. We find no evidence for metallicity-dependent activity relations, within the metallicity range of -0.2 to +0.3 dex. With our single epoch spectra we identify stars that are potentially in Maunder minimum-like state using a combination of log(R_HK_^'^) and position below the main sequence. We do not yet have the multiyear time series needed to verify stars in Maunder minimum-like states. These results can help inform future theoretical studies that explore the relationship between stellar activity, stellar rotation, and magnetic dynamos.

Keywords
  1. multiple-stars
  2. exoplanets
  3. photometry
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. spectroscopy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2024ApJ...961...85I
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History

2026-05-22T12:40:14Z
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2026-05-22T11:44:31Z
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2026-05-22T12:40:14Z
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