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The Curious Case of Dark Faculae on M Dwarf Stars
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A solar energy research paper on The Curious Case of Dark Faculae on M Dwarf Stars.
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Original abstract
The study of exoplanet atmospheres has brought a renewed interest in stellar astrophysics. Specifically, stellar magnetic activity from the host star contaminates exoplanet atmosphere transmission spectra, as evidenced by observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. The stellar surface magnetic features in the form of dark spots caused by large concentrations of surface magnetic fields and more diffuse and extended faculae caused by small-scale magnetic field concentrations change the apparent size of the star in a wavelength-dependent way. This spot and faculae contribution to the change in transit depth contaminates the planetary signal. Here we study the transition from bright faculae on G- and K-dwarfs to dark faculae on M-dwarfs. This dark appearance of faculae is in significant contrast to the conventional picture that faculae are brighter than the quiet star region as they are on the Sun. We use the 3D radiative magnetohydrodynamics code MURaM to simulate faculae, and calculate the faculae spectra with the MPS-ATLAS radiative transfer code. We present a qualitative explanation for the transition from dark to bright faculae attributing it to shallower flux tubes and reduced vertical temperature gradients at the surfaces of M dwarfs relative to the Sun.
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