Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-01-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Scientific paper
10.1086/175879
Using new and archival spectra from the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, we have searched for evidence of chromospheric and transition region emission in six stars of mid- to late-A spectral type. Two of the stars, alpha Aql (A7 IV-V) and alpha Cep (A7 IV-V), show emission in the C~II 1335 A doublet, confirming the presence of hot plasma with temperatures comparable to that of the solar transition region. Using radiative equilibrium photospheric models, we estimate the net surface fluxes in the C II emission line to be 9.4 X 10^4 erg/cm/cm/s for alpha Aql and 6.5 X 10^4 erg/cm/cm/s for alpha Cep. These are comparable to fluxes observed in early to mid-F-type dwarfs, indicating that significant upper atmospheric heating is present in at least some stars as hot as ~8000 K (B-V=0.22). We find no evidence for the blue-shifted emission reported by Simon et al (1994). We estimate the basal flux level to be about 30% of that seen in early~F stars, and that the bulk of the emission is not basal in origin. We conclude that the basal flux level drops rapidly for B-V < 0.3, but that magnetic activity may persist to B-V as small as 0.22.
Linsky Jeffrey L.
Matthews Lynn Diane
Walter Frederick M.
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