Why the observed spin evolution of older-than-solar-like stars might not require a dynamo mode change
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Author(s)
Kotorashvili, Ketevan
Blackman, Eric G
Owen, James E
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The spin evolution of main-sequence stars has long been of interest for basic stellar evolution, stellar ageing, stellar activity, and consequent influence on companion planets. Observations of older-than-solar late-type main-sequence stars have been interpreted to imply that a change from a dipole-dominated magnetic field to one with more prominent higher multipoles might be necessary to account for the data. The spin-down models that lead to this inference are essentially tuned to the Sun. Here, we take a different approach that considers individual stars as fixed points rather than just the Sun. We use a time-dependent theoretical model to solve for the spin evolution of low-mass main-sequence stars that includes a Parker-type wind and a time-evolving magnetic field coupled to the spin. Because the wind is exponentially sensitive to the stellar mass over radius and the coronal base temperature, the use of each observed star as a separate fixed point is more appropriate and, in turn, produces a set of solution curves that produces a solution envelope rather than a simple line. This envelope of solution curves, unlike a single line fit, is consistent with the data and does not unambiguously require a modal transition in the magnetic field to explain it.
Date Issued
2023-06
Date Acceptance
2023-03-29
Citation
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2023, 522 (1), pp.1583-1590
ISSN
0035-8711
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
1583
End Page
1590
Journal / Book Title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume
522
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2023 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Ketevan Kotorashvili, Eric G Blackman, James E Owen, Why the observed spin evolution of older-than-solar-like stars might not require a dynamo mode change, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 522, Issue 1, June 2023, Pages 1583–1590 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad981
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Subjects
ANGULAR-MOMENTUM EVOLUTION
Astronomy & Astrophysics
CA-II EMISSION
DEPENDENCE
MASS-LOSS
ORIGIN
Physical Sciences
ROTATION
Science & Technology
stars: late-type
stars: low-mass
stars: mass-loss
stars: solar-type
SUN
WEAKENED MAGNETIC BRAKING
WINDS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-04-06