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25 April 2024

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Estimating the Ultraviolet Emission of M dwarfs with Exoplanets from Ca II and H$alpha$
Katherine Melbourne ; Allison Youngblood ; Kevin France ; C. S. Froning ; J. Sebastian Pineda ; Evgenya L. Shkolnik ; David J. Wilson ; Brian E. Wood ; Sarbani Basu ; Aki Roberge ; Joshua E. Schlieder ; P. Wilson Cauley ; R. O. Parke Loyd ; Elisabeth R. Newton ; Adam Schneider ; Nicole Arulanantham ; Zachory Berta-Thompson ; Alexander Brown ; Andrea P. Buccino ; Eliza Kempton ; Jeffrey L. Linsky ; Sarah E. Logsdon ; Pablo Mauas ; Isabella Pagano ; Sarah Peacock ; Seth Redfield ; Sarah Rugheimer ; P. Christian Schneider ; D. J. Teal ; Feng Tian ; Dennis Tilipman ; Mariela Vieytes ;
Date:	16 Sep 2020
Abstract:	M dwarf stars are excellent candidates around which to search for exoplanets, including temperate, Earth-sized planets. To evaluate the photochemistry of the planetary atmosphere, it is essential to characterize the UV spectral energy distribution of the planet’s host star. This wavelength regime is important because molecules in the planetary atmosphere such as oxygen and ozone have highly wavelength dependent absorption cross sections that peak in the UV (900-3200 $ {A}$). We seek to provide a broadly applicable method of estimating the UV emission of an M dwarf, without direct UV data, by identifying a relationship between non-contemporaneous optical and UV observations. Our work uses the largest sample of M dwarf star far- and near-UV observations yet assembled. We evaluate three commonly-observed optical chromospheric activity indices -- H$alpha$ equivalent widths and log$_{10}$ L$_{Halpha}$/L$_{bol}$, and the Mount Wilson Ca II H&K S and R$’_{HK}$ indices -- using optical spectra from the HARPS, UVES, and HIRES archives and new HIRES spectra. Archival and new Hubble Space Telescope COS and STIS spectra are used to measure line fluxes for the brightest chromospheric and transition region emission lines between 1200-2800 $ {A}$. Our results show a correlation between UV emission line luminosity normalized to the stellar bolometric luminosity and Ca II R$’_{HK}$ with standard deviations of 0.31-0.61 dex (factors of $sim$2-4) about the best-fit lines. We also find correlations between normalized UV line luminosity and H$alpha$ log$_{10}$ L$_{Halpha}$/L$_{bol}$ and the S index. These relationships allow one to estimate the average UV emission from M0 to M9 dwarfs when UV data are not available.
Source:	arXiv, 2009.07869
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