Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...408..305l&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 408, no. 1, p. 305-322.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
37
Astronomical Catalogs, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Stellar Radiation, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Ultraviolet Emission, A Stars, Chromosphere, F Stars, Interstellar Extinction, Iue
Scientific paper
We present a catalog of stellar Ly-alpha emission fluxes, based on new and archival images obtained with the IUE spacecraft. The catalog includes 227 stars with detectable Ly-alpha emission fluxes, and upper limits on the Ly-alpha emission flux for another 48 stars. Multiple flux measurements are given for 52 stars. We present a model for correcting the observed Ly-alpha flux for attenuation by the local interstellar medium, and we apply this model to derive intrinsic Ly-alpha fluxes for 149 catalog stars which are located in low H I column density directions of the local interstellar medium. In our catalog, there are 14 late-A and early-F stars at B-V = 0.29 or less that show detectable emission at Ly-alpha. We find a linear correlation between the intrinsic Ly-alpha flux and C II 1335 A flux for stars with B-V greater than 0.60, but the A and F stars deviate from this relation in the sense that their Ly-alpha flux is too low. We also find a good correlation between Ly-alpha strength and coronal X-ray emission. This correlation holds over most of the H-R diagram, even for the F stars, where an X-ray deficit has previously been found relative to the transition region lines of C II and C IV.
Landsman Wayne
Simon Theodore
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