On the Temperature-Emission Measure Distribution in Stellar Coronae

Details On the Temperature-Emission Measure Distribution in Stellar Coronae On the Temperature-Emission Measure Distribution in Stellar Coronae

May 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006apj...643..438c&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 643, Issue 1, pp. 438-443.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Binaries: General, Stars: Coronae

Scientific paper

Strong peaks in the emission measure-temperature (EM-T ) distributions in the coronae of some binary stars are associated with the presence of hot (107 K), dense (up to 1013 cm -3) plasma. These peaks are very reminiscent of those predicted to arise in an impulsively heated solar corona. A coronal model comprised of many impulsively heated strands is adapted to stellar parameters. It is shown that the properties of the EM-T distribution can be accounted for in general terms provided the emission comes from many very small loops (length under 103 km) with intense magnetic fields (1 kG) distributed across part of the surface of the star. The heating requires events that generally dissipate between 1026 and 10 28 ergs, which is in the range of solar microflares. This implies that such stars must be capable of generating regions of localized intense magnetic fields.

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