On the coronae of rapidly rotating stars. IV - Coronal activity in F dwarfs and implications for the onset of the dynamo

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Dwarf Stars, Dynamo Theory, F Stars, Magnetohydrodynamics, Stellar Coronas, Stellar Rotation, X Ray Sources, Heao 2, Stellar Spectra

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X-ray observations of 14 early F dwarfs are reported and these stars are used, together with a complete sample from the literature, to examine how the characteristics of coronal X-ray emission vary from dwarfs of spectral type A through G. Evidence for a rotation-activity relation in stars redder than B - V = 0.45 is found. Stellar duplicity and age, except insofar as they influence the rotation rate, do not appear to be important in determining the coronal X-ray flux level in F dwarfs. It is suggested that the appearance of a relation between rotation and activity at B - V = 0.45 indicates the turn-on of a solar-like dynamo. The high X-ray surface fluxes and small variance thereof for dwarfs with B - V = 0.3-0.45 are also discussed.

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