Revisiting the activity-rotation relation for evolved stars

TL;DR

This study investigates the activity-rotation relation in evolved stars using multiple proxies, revealing similarities with dwarf stars and providing insights into their magnetic dynamo mechanisms.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive analysis of activity-rotation relations in evolved stars across different proxies, highlighting a common dynamo mechanism with dwarfs.

Findings

Evolved stars follow a similar power-law activity-rotation relation as dwarfs.

No significant activity level differences between red giant branch and red clump stars.

NUV activity levels in giants are comparable to G- and K-type dwarfs.

Abstract

The magnetic dynamo mechanism of giant stars remains an open question, which can be explored by investigating their activity-rotation relations with multiple proxies. By using the data from the LAMOST and \emph{GALEX} surveys, we carried out a comprehensive study of activity-rotation relations of evolved stars based on \cahk lines, $\rm{H\alpha}$ lines and near ultraviolet (NUV) emissions. Our results show that evolved stars and dwarfs obey a similar power-law in the unsaturated region of the activity-rotation relation, indicating a common dynamo mechanism in both giant and dwarfs. There is no clear difference in the activity levels between red giant branch stars and red clump stars, nor between single giants and those in binaries. Additionally, our results show that the NUV activity levels of giants are comparable to those of G- and K-type dwarfs and are higher than those of M dwarfs.