X-ray activity cycles in stellar coronae

Details X-ray activity cycles in stellar coronae X-ray activity cycles in stellar coronae

2007-02-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702520v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

proceedings of Coronae of Stars and Accretion Disks, Bonn, Dec. 2006, to be published in MmSAI

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We present updated results from the ongoing XMM-Newton monitoring program of moderately active, solar-like stars to investigate stellar X-ray activity cycles; here we report on the binary systems Alpha Cen A/B and 61 Cyg A/B. For 61 Cyg A we find a coronal X-ray cycle which clearly reflects the chromospheric activity cycle and is in phase with a ROSAT campaign performed in the 1990s. 61 Cyg A is the first example of a persistent coronal cycle observed on a star other than the Sun. The changes of its coronal properties during the cycle resemble the solar behaviour. The coronal activity of 61 Cyg B is more irregular, but also follows the chromospheric activity. Long-term variability is also present on Alpha Cen A and B. We find that Alpha Cen A, a G2 star very similar to our Sun, fainted in X-rays by at least an order of magnitude during the observation program. This behaviour has never been observed before on Alpha Cen A, but is rather similar to the X-ray behaviour of the Sun. The X-ray emission of the Alpha Cen system is dominated in our observations by Alpha Cen B, which might also have an activity cycle indicated by a significant fainting since 2005.

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