Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-06-02
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 361 (2005) 1102
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09247.x
Measurements of ultraviolet line fluxes from Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer spectra of the K2-dwarf Epsilon Eri are reported. These are used to develop new emission measure distributions and semi-empirical atmospheric models for the chromosphere and lower transition region of the star. These models are the most detailed constructed to date for a main-sequence star other than the Sun. New ionisation balance calculations, which account for the effect of finite density on dielectronic recombination rates, are presented for carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and silicon. The results of these calculations are significantly different from the standard Arnaud & Rothenflug ion balance, particularly for alkali-like ions. The new atmospheric models are used to place constraints on possible First Ionisation Potential (FIP) related abundance variations in the lower atmosphere and to discuss limitations of single-component models for the interpretation of certain optically thick line fluxes.
Jordan Cathy
Sim Stuart A.
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