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Debris disks among Kepler solar rotational analog stars
(American Astronomical Society, 2018-12-21) Martins, Bruno Leonardo Canto; Silva Sobrinho, R.; Costa, A. D. da; Leão, Izan de Castro; Silva, D. Freire da; Teixeira, M. A.; Souza, M. Gomes de; Freitas, D. Freire da; Bravo, J. P.; Chagas, M. L. das; Medeiros, José Renan de
Observations of circumstellar disks provide a powerful tool for our understanding of planetary system dynamics. Analogs to the solar system asteroid belts, debris disks result from the collision of the remaining solid material of the planet formation process. Even if the presence of disks is now reported for hundreds of stars, its detection around stars similar to the Sun is still very sparse. We report the results of a search for debris disks around Kepler stars with surface physical parameters close to solar values, including rotation period, using observations by the Wide-field infrared Survey Explorer. From the entire sample of Kepler stars, 881 targets were identified with these parameters and only six of them (KIC 1868785, 7267949, 7435796, 10533222, 11352643, and KIC 11666436) show unambiguous infrared excess, for which we determined as debris disk physical parameters. Interestingly, the present study reveals traces of debris disks much more massive and brighter than the solar system zodiacal dust, probably resulting from recent violent collisional events, orbiting stars with ages around the solar values.
Kepler rapidly rotating giant stars
(American Astronomical Society, 2015) Costa, A. D.; Martins, B. L. Canto; Bravo, J. P.; Paz-Chinchón, F.; Chagas, M. L. das; Leão, I. C.; Oliveira, G. Pereira de; Silva, R. Rodrigues da; Roque, S.; Oliveira, L. L. A. de; Silva, D. Freire da; Medeiros, José Renan de
Rapidly rotating giant stars are relatively rare and may represent important stages of stellar evolution, resulting from stellar coalescence of close binary systems or accretion of substellar companions by their hosting stars. In the present Letter, we report 17 giant stars observed in the scope of the Kepler space mission exhibiting rapid rotation behavior. For the first time, the abnormal rotational behavior for this puzzling family of stars is revealed by direct measurements of rotation, namely from photometric rotation period, exhibiting a very short rotation period with values ranging from 13 to 55 days. This finding points to remarkable surface rotation rates, up to 18 times the rotation of the Sun. These giants are combined with six others recently listed in the literature for mid-infrared (IR) diagnostics based on Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer information, from which a trend for an IR excess is revealed for at least one-half of the stars, but at a level far lower than the dust excess emission shown by planet-bearing main-sequence stars.
On the incidence of wise infrared excess among solar analog, twin, and sibling stars
(The American Astronomical Society, 2017) Costa, A. D. da; Martins, Bruno Leonardo Canto; Leão, Izan Castro; Lima Jr, J. E.; Silva, D. Freire da; Freitas, D. B. de; Medeiros, José Renan de
This study presents a search for infrared (IR) excess in the 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 μm bands in a sample of 216 targets, composed of solar sibling, twin, and analog stars observed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. In general, an IR excess suggests the existence of warm dust around a star. We detected 12 μm and/or 22 μm excesses at the 3σ level of confidence in five solar analog stars, corresponding to a frequency of 4.1% of the entire sample of solar analogs analyzed, and in one out of 29 solar sibling candidates, confirming previous studies. The estimation of the dust properties shows that the sources with IR excesses possess circumstellar material with temperatures that, within the uncertainties, are similar to that of the material found in the asteroid belt in our solar system. No photospheric flux excess was identified at the W1 (3.4 μm) and W2 (4.6 μm) WISE bands, indicating that, in the majority of stars of the present sample, no detectable dust is generated. Interestingly, among the 60 solar twin stars analyzed in this work, no WISE photospheric flux excess was detected. However, a null-detection excess does not necessarily indicate the absence of dust around a star because different causes, including dynamic processes and instrument limitations, can mask its presence.
Rotation period distribution of CoRoT and Kepler Sun-like stars
(Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015) Leão, Izan de Castro; Pasquini, L.; Lopes, C. E. Ferreira; Neves, V.; Valcarce, A. A. R.; Oliveira, L. L. A. de; Silva, D. Freire da; Freitas, D. B. de; Martins, Bruno Leonardo Canto; Janot-Pacheco, E.; Baglin, A.; Medeiros, José Renan de
Aims. We study the distribution of the photometric rotation period (Prot), which is a direct measurement of the surface rotation at active latitudes, for three subsamples of Sun-like stars: one from CoRoT data and two from Kepler data. For this purpose, we identify the main populations of these samples and interpret their main biases specifically for a comparison with the solar Prot. Methods. Prot and variability amplitude (A) measurements were obtained from public CoRoT and Kepler catalogs, which were combined with public data of physical parameters. Because these samples are subject to selection effects, we computed synthetic samples with simulated biases to compare with observations, particularly around the location of the Sun in the Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram. Publicly available theoretical grids and empirical relations were used to combine physical parameters with Prot and A. Biases were simulated by performing cutoffs on the physical and rotational parameters in the same way as in each observed sample. A crucial cutoff is related with the detectability of the rotational modulation, which strongly depends on A. Results. The synthetic samples explain the observed Prot distributions of Sun-like stars as having two main populations: one of young objects (group I, with ages younger than ~1 Gyr) and another of main-sequence and evolved stars (group II, with ages older than ~1 Gyr). The proportions of groups I and II in relation to the total number of stars range within 64–84% and 16–36%, respectively. Hence, young objects abound in the distributions, producing the effect of observing a high number of short periods around the location of the Sun in the HR diagram. Differences in the Prot distributions between the CoRoT and Kepler Sun-like samples may be associated with different Galactic populations. Overall, the synthetic distribution around the solar period agrees with observations, which suggests that the solar rotation is normal with respect to Sun-like stars within the accuracy of current data.

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