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2012MNRAS.421.3189H - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 421, 3189-3205 (2012/April-3)
Observation and modelling of main-sequence star chromospheres – XVIII. Observations of the Ca II resonance lines and Hα line for dM4 stars and dK5 stars.
HOUDEBINE E.R.
Abstract (from CDS):
We cross-correlate the activity diagnostics, namely the Ca II resonance line characteristics, the Hα line characteristics and LX. We set new constraints on some empirical relationships between these parameters that are important for constraining the chromospheric modelling of these stars.
We study the Ca II line mean equivalent width (EW) as a function of absolute magnitude (Mv) for three spectral types: dK5, dM1 and dM4. We show that the magnetic activity level is rather constant with Mv for both dM4 and dK5 stars in contrast to dM1 stars for which the magnetic activity level increases with diminishing Mv. In other words, only dM1 stars show this particular dependence of the level of magnetic activity with Mv.
From the correlations of the magnetic activity indices with P/sin i, we find that the Ca II EW and LX grow increasingly faster as the spectral type increases from dK5, dM1 to dM4. The exponents in the Ca II–P/sin i correlations are -0.80, -1.53 and -3.72 for dK5 stars, dM1 stars and dM4 stars, respectively.
We also find that the X-ray luminosity grows faster than the chromospheric Ca II emission when the rotation rate increases. Moreover, we found that the exponent on P/sin i for both the Ca II and LX correlations is about twice smaller for dK5 stars than for dM1 stars. Therefore, the level of magnetic activity in dK5 and dM4 stars is more dependent on rotation than on the stellar radius, the opposite result to that found for dM1 stars.
Abstract Copyright: 2012 The Author Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society2012 RAS
Journal keyword(s): stars: chromospheres - stars: late-type - stars: magnetic field - stars: rotation
VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/MNRAS/421/3189): table1.dat table2.dat table3.dat table4.dat table5.dat table6.dat>
CDS comments: In tables 1, 3 and 5, GJ 1189 is a misprint for GJ 1186.
Simbad objects: 196
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