Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...229..661t&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 229, Apr. 15, 1979, p. 661-668.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22
Coronas, Early Stars, Ubv Spectra, X Ray Sources, Solar X-Rays, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Models, Stellar Winds, X Ray Telescopes
Scientific paper
Results are presented for observations of Alpha Lyr (Vega) and Eta Boo with an imaging X-ray telescope during two rocket flights. It is found that Vega and Eta Boo are soft X-ray sources with respective luminosities of approximately 3 x 10 to the 28th erg/s (0.15-0.8 keV) and 1 x 10 to the 29th erg/s (0.15-1.5 keV). Surface X-ray luminosities of about 640,000 erg/sq cm per sec for Vega and 300,000 erg/sq cm per sec for Eta Boo are estimated and shown to fall within the range of solar coronal X-ray emission. It is concluded that in view of the substantially larger surface areas of these stars, the relatively large total soft X-ray luminosity (as compared with that of the sun) can in both cases be understood as resulting from a moderately active corona, although the Vega observation is in severe conflict with simple models for X-ray emission from single main-sequence stars.
Fabricant Dan
Gorenstein Paul
Harnden Frank R. Jr.
Rosner Robert
Topka Kenneth
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