Publication Date:
2019-08-28
Description:
A method is presented by which the geometric extent of the chromospheres around late-type stars can be estimated from measurements of the total emission-line flux and line ratios within the C II (UV 0.01) multiplet. Application of this technique to a sample of 15 late-type stars indicates a clear difference in the radial extent of the chromospheres around coronal and noncoronal stars. The former stars appear to have very thin chromospheres (of no more than 0.1 percent of the photospheric radius), while the latter stars have chromospheres extending, on average, out to 2.5 photospheric radii. This, in principle, provides information for understanding structural differences between late-type giant and supergiant stars with and without coronae, and could lead to an understanding of the mass-loss mechanisms involved.
Keywords:
ASTROPHYSICS
Type:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X); 289; 676-680
Format:
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