Abstract
Magnetic reconnection is the underlying cause of stellar flares which are linked to regions of high magnetic activity, like star spots. To understand trends in stellar activity, we need to study how it is heightened by rapid rotation and deep convection in young low-mass stars. We analyze light curves of such stars observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to investigate trends in flare timing with starspot modulation signals. Trends in flare properties and spot modulation can provide a means to “localize” which face of a star flares more frequently and better understand their association with active regions. We present an analysis of light curves from M and K dwarfs with no companions from five nearby and young moving groups spanning ages ∼20–150 Myr. We discuss a technique to analyze the distribution of flares and star spots and describe our results, which reveal a tentative correlation.
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