Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...450..401f&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal v.450, p.401
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
113
Stars: Activity, Stars: Coronae, Stars: Late-Type
Scientific paper
Using the ROSAT telescope, we have detected X-ray emission from 87% of all known K and M dwarfs within 7 pc of the Sun. Analysis of this volume-limited sample of K and M dwarfs reveals no evidence for a decrease in coronal heating efficiency (as measured by Lx/L bol) among the lowest mass, presumably fully convective, late-M dwarfs. Furthermore, our results indicate that those stars which exhibit little chromospheric activity (i.e., dM and dK stars) do indeed have cooler and weaker coronae than the more active dMe stars. While we also see a correlation between coronal temperature/strength and metallicity (and presumably age), no such correlation is seen with kinematic class. The latter result leads us to suggest that kinematic class is a poor age indicator for the nearby stars.
Fleming Thomas Anthony
Giampapa Mark S.
Schmitt Juergen H. M. M.
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