Corona(e) of AR Lacertae. I. The Temperature and Abundance Distribution

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Stars: Binaries: Eclipsing, Stars: Abundances, Stars: Coronae, Stars: Individual Constellation Name: Ar Lacertae, X-Rays: Stars

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X-ray spectra of the RS CVn binary AR Lac, obtained from simultaneous observations with the ROSAT PSPC and the ASCA SIS and GIS detectors, have been analyzed to study the coronal temperature and abundance distribution. The spectra were jointly fitted with plasma emission models to the following possible temperature distributions: (a) one with discrete multitemperature emission components, (b) a continuous emission measure with a power-law dependence on temperature, and (c) a continuous emission distribution parameterized by the sum of a sixth-order Chebyshev polynomial. We find that (i) solar abundance plasma models with either discrete or continuous emission measure (CEM) distributions are rejected, (ii) the best fit is obtained with a two-temperature (2T) plasma emission model with an underabundance of the elements 0, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe by a factor of 3-4 relative to the solar photospheric values, and (iii) the best-fit CEM distribution also has similarly reduced abundances but fits the data less well than the 2T model. These results are confirmed even when the Fe-L region, which is subject to uncertainties in the atomic physics, is excluded from the fit. We consider optical depth effects as unlikely to be the explanation for the observed weakness of the line complexes relative to the continuum. Analysis of the spectral data during the primary and secondary eclipses shows that the emission measure of the high-temperature component in the 2T models appears to be more affected by the primary eclipse than the low-temperature component, suggesting that part of the former is concentrated in structures that are spatially more compact.

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