Coronal heating in flare stars: Resonant MHD absorption?

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May 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...444..350m&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 444, no. 1, p. 350-362

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Coronal Loops, Flare Stars, Heating, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Resonance, Stellar Radiation, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Stars, X Rays, Exosat Satellite, Heao 2, Periodic Variations, Rosat Mission, X Ray Absorption

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We report on the occurrence of periodicity in X-rays from certain flare stars. Statistically significant periods in the range 70-200 s are present in Einstein data for EQ Vir, Proxima Cen, and AD Leo. Periodicities are also present (although with lower statistical significance) in ROSAT data for AD Leo, and in EXOSAT data for EQ Vir and AD Leo. In UV Cet, we also find periodicity in Einstein data, but with lower statistical significance than for the above three stars: however, the UV Cet X-ray period is close to a period discovered by Gary et al. (1982) in microwaves in the close companion L726-8A. We argue that the properties of magnetic loops in flare stars are such that the variations in a single magnetic loop may be detectable in integrated flux. The period which we find in the X-ray flux from Proxima Cen is consistent with a global Alfven wave resonance in a large loop whose properties were derived some years ago by Haisch (1983) using an entirely different line of reasoning from what we use here. The periods, amplitudes, and durations of the variations which we have found in X-ray emission are consistent with the hypothesis that resonant absorption of MHD waves is occurring at certain times in coronal loops in the above four stars.

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