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2023MNRAS.522.1394G - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 522, 1394-1410 (2023/June-2)

A search for thermal gyro-synchrotron emission from hot stellar coronae.

GOLAY W.W., MUTEL R.L., LIPMAN D. and GUDEL M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We searched for thermal gyro-synchrotron radio emission from a sample of five radio-loud stars whose X-ray coronae contain a hot ($T_e\gt 10^7\,$K) thermal component. We used the JVLA to measure Stokes I and V/I spectral energy distributions (SEDs) over the frequency range 15 - 45 GHz, determining the best-fitting model parameters using power-law and thermal gyro-synchrotron emission models. The SEDs of the three chromospherically active binaries (Algol, UX Arietis, HR 1099) were well-fit by a power-law gyro-synchrotron model, with no evidence for a thermal component. However, the SEDs of the two weak-lined T Tauri stars (V410 Tau, HD 283572) had a circularly polarized enhancement above 30 GHz that was inconsistent with a pure power-law distribution. These spectra were well-fit by summing the emission from an extended coronal volume of power-law gyro-synchrotron emission and a smaller region with thermal plasma and a much stronger magnetic field emitting thermal gyro-synchrotron radiation. We used Bayesian inference to estimate the physical plasma parameters of the emission regions (characteristic size, electron density, temperature, power-law index, and magnetic field strength and direction) using independently measured radio sizes, X-ray luminosities, and magnetic field strengths as priors, where available. The derived parameters were well-constrained but somewhat degenerate. The power-law and thermal volumes in the pre-main-sequence stars are probably not co-spatial, and we speculate they may arise from two distinct regions: a tangled-field magnetosphere where reconnection occurs and a recently discovered low-latitude poloidal magnetic field, respectively.

Abstract Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms:general - stars: coronae - radio continuum: stars - magnetic fields - plasmas - techniques: spectroscopic

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