Detection of flare like events and their relationship to presumed SPOT regions on V471 Tau - A solar-stellar connection

Details Detection of flare like events and their relationship to presumed SPOT regions on V471 Tau - A solar-stellar connection Detection of flare like events and their relationship to presumed SPOT regions on V471 Tau - A solar-stellar connection

Apr 1983

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 267, April 15, 1983, p. 655-664.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Dwarf Stars, Eclipsing Binary Stars, Flare Stars, Starspots, Stellar Flares, X Ray Astronomy, Astronomical Photometry, K Stars, Stellar Coronas, Tables (Data), X Ray Spectra

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Since its discovery as an eclipsing binary with a white dwarf companion by Nelson and Young (1970), V471 Tau (BD + 16 deg 516) has been an object of considerable importance. The K dwarf companion has been the subject of intensive studies because it demonstrates many of the properties normally attributed to classical RS CVn stars. In the present investigation, it is demonstrated that the K dwarf companion exhibits also flaring properties which characterize the BY Dra stars. In a sense, V471 Tau may be the critical link by providing information that the distinctions between RS CVn phenomena and BY Dra phenomena are artificial and misleading, arising entirely from historical processes. Observations in the optical and the X-ray wavelength regions are reported. A study of the occurrence times of flare events in terms of the ephemeris of the photometric wave which is known to migrate through the light curve of V471 Tau reveals a strong correlation, suggesting that the flares occur near regions of the K dwarf where spot groups are inferred.

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