The ROSAT All-Sky Survey of active binary coronae. I - Quiescent fluxes for the RS Canum Venaticorum systems

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Jun 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apjs...86..599d&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 86, no. 2, p. 599-609.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

190

Binary Stars, Late Stars, Proportional Counters, Rosat Mission, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Stellar Coronas, Stellar Orbits, X Ray Stars, X Ray Telescopes

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One hundred and thirty-six RS CV(n) active binary systems were observed with the ROSAT Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) during the All-Sky Survey component of the mission. The entire sky was surveyed, which represents the largest sample of RS CV(n) systems observed to date at any wavelength, including X-rays. X-ray surface fluxes for the RS CV(n) systems are found to lie in the range 10 exp 4 to 10 exp 8 ergs/sq cm seconds. Surface flux as a function of (B - V) color is reported. A decrease in surface flux with increasing rotation period for the entire sample is observed. The rotation period provides the best stellar or orbital parameter to predict the X-ray surface flux level. The absence of correlation of F(x) or L(x) with Gamma is noted due to the fact that the coronal heating mechanism for these active stars must be magnetic in character, and the magnetic field depends on the interaction between convection and differential rotation inside the star. X-ray properties of the RS CV(n) systems with 6 cm radio and C IV UV emission systems is compared.

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