LkCa4 EXSPLOSYN K band Spectral Variations

This page hosts the full-resolution companion animations for my PhD thesis, Characterization of Young Active Stars for Identifying the Youngest Exoplanets.

K-band Spectral Comparison with Magnetic Field Effects

The animation below corresponds to Chapter 4.6, Figure 4.2X of my thesis.

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Description

This animation demonstrates magnetic effects across two distinct K-band wavelength regions: panel (a) focuses on the highly magnetically sensitive Ti lines, while panel (b) showcases the magnetically insensitive CO molecular bands. In both panels, SPIRou observations are shown in black, the $2\text{ kG}$ EXSPLOSYN model is in red, and a $2\text{ kG}$ two-component composite spectrum built using synmast is represented in cyan.