Multiperiodicity, modulations, and flip-flops in variable star light curves III. Carrier fit analysis of LQ Hydrae photometry for 1982-2014




Olspert N, Kapyla MJ, Pelt J, Cole EM, Hackman T, Lehtinen J, Henry GW

2015

 Astronomy and Astrophysics

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

ASTRON ASTROPHYS

ARTN A120

577

13

0004-6361

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425427



Conclusions. The evolution of the spot distribution of the object is found to be very chaotic, with no clear signs of an azimuthal dynamo wave that would persist over longer timescales, although the short-lived coherent structures occasionally observed do not rotate with the same speed as the mean spot distribution. The most likely explanation of the bimodal period distribution is attributed to the high-and low-latitude spot formation regions confirmed from Doppler imaging and Zeeman Doppler imaging.



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