Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007apjs..171..304a&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 171, Issue 1, pp. 304-330.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Coronae, Stars: Individual (Hd 82210), Stars: Individual: Henry Draper Number: Hd 93497, Stars: Individual (Hd 111812), Stars: Individual (Hd 223460), Ultraviolet: Stars, X-Rays: Stars
Scientific paper
Chandra, FUSE, and HST STIS jointly have obtained spectra of four intermediate-mass giants (<~3 Msolar) crossing the Hertzsprung gap for the first time, passing through a ``rapid braking phase'' analogous to, but much briefer than, the more gradual prolonged decay of magnetic activity experienced by single low-mass stars like the Sun. All four giants display hot, dense coronal plasmas (6-30 MK, ~1012 cm-3), with near solar abundances. The UV spectra show a remarkable congruence of shapes of the 0.06-0.2 MK lines of Si IV, C IV, and N V, which further can be decomposed into narrow and broad Doppler components. The profile isomorphism extends to the yellow dwarf α1 Cen (G2 V), utilized as a solar surrogate. The broad component fraction of the total increases with LX/Lbol and is suggestive of persistent ``microflaring.'' Indeed, the most active of the targets, HR 9024 (G1 III), experienced a macroflare during the Chandra pointing, reaching a remarkable 100 MK. In prebraking phase 31 Com (G0 III) and solar proxy α1 Cen emission levels in the 0.03-0.3 MK ``transition zone'' regime are very similar to those of the 1-10 MK corona, but in the three cooler giants, the hotter plasma is dominant. The high coronal densities of all four giants contrast to much lower values (~1010 cm-3) at 0.15 MK from O IV line ratios, contrary to expectations for isobaric magnetic loops, but possibly analogous to the bimodal pressure behavior of certain solar impulsive flares.
Ayres Thomas R.
Brown Alexander
Hodges-Kluck Edmund
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