Mass loss by active late-type stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Late Stars, Plasma Dynamics, Stellar Activity, Stellar Mass Ejection, X Ray Astronomy, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Winds

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A solution for a plasma flow in slowly diverging coronal rays is used to calculate the mass loss by stars with surface activity under the assumption that streamers occupy 1/4 of the stellar surface on the level where the wind originates. It is shown that the mass loss values are not less than 10 exp -11 solar mass/yr for active dwarfs and are still larger for K-type subgiants in RS CVn-type binary systems. These mass-loss values, which are 2-3 orders of magnitude larger than the solar one, characterize late-type stars with the observed magnetic fluxes close to maximal ones. The implications of these results are discussed.

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