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A New Asteroseismic $\textit{Kepler}$ Benchmark Constrains the Onset of Weakened Magnetic Braking in Mature Sun-Like Stars

Authors :
Bhalotia, Vanshree
Huber, Daniel
van Saders, Jennifer L.
Metcalfe, Travis S.
Stassun, Keivan G.
White, Timothy R.
Børsen-Koch, Víctor Aguirre
Ball, Warrick H.
Basu, Sarbani
Serenelli, Aldo M.
Sawczynec, Erica
Guzik, Joyce A.
Howard, Andrew W.
Isaacson, Howard
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Stellar spin down is a critical yet poorly understood component of stellar evolution. In particular, results from the Kepler Mission imply that mature age, solar-type stars have inefficient magnetic braking, resulting in a stalled spin down rate. However, a large number of precise asteroseismic ages are needed for mature ($\geq$ 3Gyr) stars in order to probe the regime where traditional and stalled spin-down models differ. In this paper, we present a new asteroseismic benchmark star for gyrochronology discovered using reprocessed Kepler short cadence data. KIC 11029516 (Papayu) is a bright ($K_{p}$ = 9.6 mag) solar-type star with well-measured rotation period (21.1$\pm$0.8 days) from spot modulation using 4 years of Kepler long cadence data. We combine asteroseismology and spectroscopy to obtain $T_{eff}=5888\pm100$ K, $\rm{[Fe/H]} = 0.30 \pm 0.06\,$ dex, $M = 1.24 \pm 0.05 M_{\odot}$, $R = 1.34 \pm 0.02 R_{\odot}$ and age of 4.0 $\pm$ 0.4 Gyr, making Papayu one of the most similar stars to the Sun in terms of temperature and radius with an asteroseismic age and a rotation period measured from spot modulation. We find that Papayu sits at the transition of where traditional and weakened spin-down models diverge. A comparison with stars of similar zero-age main-sequence temperatures supports previous findings that weakened spin-down models are required to explain the ages and rotation periods of old solar-type stars.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2405.12362
Document Type :
Working Paper