Far-Ultraviolet Continuum of G-Type Stars: A Signature of the Temperature Minimum Region

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Nov 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apj...508..370f&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 508, Issue 1, pp. 370-379.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Atmospheres, Stars: Chromospheres, Stars: Late-Type, Ultraviolet: Stars

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The main results of a program of systematic comparison between observed and computed UV spectral energy distributions of field G-type stars are illustrated. We constructed the UV observed energy distributions for 53 G stars, starting from the IUE Uniform Low Dispersion Archive (ULDA) and computed the corresponding theoretical fluxes by using the atmospheric parameters from the Catalogue of [Fe/H] Determinations (1996 edition) and a Kurucz grid of model fluxes. From the comparison between observations and classical models, a UV excess shortward of 2000 Å is evident for all the program stars. The UV continuum in the region 1600-2000 Å can be described by synthetic fluxes computed from semiempirical models based on the temperature minimum concept. Values for the T_min/T_eff ratio on the order of 0.80 are suitable for the interpretation of the observed fluxes. The residual discrepancies shortward of 1600 Å are suggested to be effects of the chromosphere, on the basis of a comparison with the Maltby et al. semiempirical model of the Sun.

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