More rapidly rotating PMS M dwarfs with light curves suggestive of orbiting clouds of material
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02/2018Author
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ST/R00824/1
ST/M001296/1
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In a previous paper, using data from K2 Campaign 2, we identified 11very low mass members of the ρ Oph and Upper Scorpius star-forming region as having periodic photometric variability and phased light curves showing multiple scallops or undulations. All the stars with the "scallop-shell" light curve morphology are mid-to-late M dwarfs without evidence of active accretion, and with photometric periods generally <1 day. Their phased light curves have too much structure to be attributed to non-axisymmetrically distributed photospheric spots and rotational modulation. We have now identified an additional eight probable members of the same star-forming region plus three stars in the Taurus star-forming region with this same light curve morphology and sharing the same period and spectral type range as the previous group. We describe the light curves of these new stars in detail and present their general physical characteristics. We also examine the properties of the overall set of stars in order to identify common features that might help elucidate the causes of their photometric variability.
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Stauffer , J , Rebull , L , David , T , Jardine , M , Collier Cameron , A , Cody , A M , Hillenbrand , L , Barrado , D , van Eyken , J , Melis , C & Briceno , C 2018 , ' More rapidly rotating PMS M dwarfs with light curves suggestive of orbiting clouds of material ' , Astronomical Journal , vol. 155 , no. 2 , 63 . https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa19d
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Astronomical Journal
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Peer reviewed
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0004-6256Type
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© 2018, American Astronomical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa19d
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