Activity and Magnetism in Stars, Brown Dwarfs, and Planets

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Ansgar Reiners
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2011 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 191640036

• Final Report Year: 2016

Final Report Abstract

No abstract available

Publications

• A catalogue of rotation and activity in early-M stars. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 143. 2012, Number 4, 93.
  A. Reiners, N. Joshi, & B. Goldman
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/143/4/93)
• Observations of Cool-Star Magnetic Fields. Living Reviews in Solar Physics, Vol. 9. 2012, 1.
  A. Reiners
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.12942/lrsp-2012-1)
• Three-dimensional simulations of near-surface convection in main-sequence stars - II. Properties of granulation and spectral lines. , 2013, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 558. 2013, Article Number A49.
  B. Beeck, R. H. Cameron, A. Reiners, M. Schüussler
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321345)
• Exploring the magnetic field complexity in M dwarfs at the boundary to full convection. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 563. 2014, Article Number A35.
  D. Shulyak, A. Reiners, U. Seemann, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322136)
• Generalized investigation of the rotation-activity relation: Favouring rotation period instead of Rossby Number. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 794.2014, Number 2, 144.
  A. Reiners, M. Sch¨ ussler, V.M. Passegger
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/794/2/144)
• Two planets around Kapteyn’s star : a cold and a temperate super-Earth orbiting the nearest halo red-dwarf. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Vol. 443. 2014, Issue 1, pp. L89–L93.
  G. Anglada-Escud´e, P. Arriagada, M. Tuomi, M. Zechmeister, et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu076)
• A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri. Nature, Vol. 536. 2016, pp. 437–440.
  M. Zechmeister, L. F. Sarmiento, et al.
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19106)
• The IAG solar flux atlas: Accurate wavelengths and absolute convective blueshift in Standard solar spectra. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 587. 2016, Article Number A65.
  A. Reiners, N. Mrotzek, U. Lemke, J. Hinrichs, K. Reinsch
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527530)