Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1996
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HST Proposal ID #6551
Physics
Hst Proposal Id #6551 Cool Stars
Scientific paper
We propose a far-UV spectroscopic survey of K2-K4 giants. Hotcoronae (T> 10^6 K) are rare or absent in single giant starsto the right of a boundary in the H-R diagram near K0(``Linsky-Haisch dividing line''). The early-K giants aresuch slow rotators that the absence of Dynamo-generatedmagnetic activity is natural. Nevertheless, Gamma Draconis(K5 III) unexpectedly was detected in the coronal proxy C IVby HST/GHRS, and subsequently was discovered as a faintX-ray source in a deep ROSAT pointing. The basis for thecoronal emission is unknown, given the presumed lack of Dynamoaction. However, the X-ray/C IV ratio of Gamma Dra falls on acontinuum of values; extending from the active K0 ``Clump''giants like Beta Ceti, down to the old red giant Alpha Boo (K1III) in the depths of the ``coronal graveyard.'' GHRS/G140Lreconnaissance of high-excitation FUV emissions (Si IV, C IV,and N V) can be conducted at sensitivity levels orders ofmagnitude better than possible prior to HST. Such a surveyof single red giants would provide a unique perspective on thebreadth of activity to the right of the L-H boundary. Italso would record the fluoresced 4th-positive system of CO,a key tracer of thermal inhomogeneities in late-typeatmospheres. Seven candidates fall in the magnitude rangeV < 3. Three--Beta UMi, Epsilon Sco, and Epsilon Crv--willbe observed, consistent with the TAC allocation.
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