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From CoRoT 102899501 to the Sun. A time evolution model of chromospheric activity on the main sequence

P. Gondoin·D. Gandolfi·M. Fridlund·A. Frasca·E. W. Guenther·A. Hatzes·H. J. Deeg·H. Parviainen·P. Eigmueller·M. Deleuil
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Using a model based on the rotational modulation of the visibility of active regions, we analyse the high-accuracy CoRoT lightcurve of the active young star CoRoT102899501. Spectroscopic follow-up observations are used to derive its fundamental parameters. We compare its chromospheric activity level with a model of chrosmospheric activity evolution established by combining relationships between the R'HK index and the Rossby number with a recent model of stellar rotation evolution on the main sequence. We measure the spot coverage of the stellar surface as a function of time, and find evidence for a tentative increase from 5-14% at the beginning of the observing run to 13-29% 35 days later. A high level of magnetic activity on CoRoT102899501 is corroborated by a strong emission in the Balmer and Ca II HK lines (logR'HK ~ -4). The starspots used as tracers of the star rotation constrain the rotation period to 1.625+/-0.002 days and do not show evidence for differential rotation. The effective temperature (Teff=5180+/-80 K), surface gravity (logg=4.35+/-0.1), and metallicity ([M/H]=0.05+/-0.07 dex) indicate that the object is located near the evolutionary track of a 1.09+/-0.12 M_Sun pre-main sequence star at an age of 23+/-10 Myrs. This value is consistent with the "gyro-age" of about 8-25 Myrs, inferred using a parameterization of the stellar rotation period as a function of colour index and time established for the I-sequence of stars in stellar clusters. We conclude that the high magnetic activity level and fast rotation of CoRoT102899501 are manifestations of its stellar youth consistent with its estimated evolutionary status and with the detection of a strong Li I 6707.8 A absorption line in its spectrum. We argue that a magnetic activity level comparable to that observed on CoRoT102899501 could have been present on the Sun at the time of planet formation.

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P. Gondoin, D. Gandolfi, M. Fridlund, A. Frasca, E. W. Guenther, A. Hatzes, H. J. Deeg, H. Parviainen, P. Eigmueller, M. Deleuil. 2012-10-11. From CoRoT 102899501 to the Sun. A time evolution model of chromospheric activity on the main sequence. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%2F201219101

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