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400
α Cen B
300

200
RV [m/s]

100

-100

-200

-300
3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400
JD - 2450000
-4.86 400
α Cen B α Cen B
-4.88 300 3218 m/s/dex
-4.9
200
-4.92

RV [m/s]
log R’HK

100
-4.94
0
-4.96
-100
-4.98
-5 -200

-5.02 -300
3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 -5.02 -5 -4.98 -4.96 -4.94 -4.92 -4.9 -4.88 -4.86
JD - 2450000 log R’HK
8 400
α Cen B α Cen B
6 300 58 m/s/(m/s)

4 200
BIS [m/s]

RV [m/s]

2 100

0 0

-2 -100

-4 -200

-6 -300
3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
JD - 2450000 BIS [m/s]
6.33 400
α Cen B α Cen B
6.32 300 6323 m/s/(km/s)
6.31
200
FWHM [km/s]

6.3
RV [m/s]

100
6.29
0
6.28
-100
6.27
6.26 -200

6.25 -300
3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.3 6.31 6.32 6.33
JD - 2450000 FWHM [km/s]
Fig. B.24. Activity indictors and correlations with HARPS RVs for α Cen B (2 h binned data, secular acceleration substracted, see Sect. 4.1).

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