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The Active Radio Star HD 36705

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

O. B. Slee ,
G. J. Nelson ,
J . L. Innis ,
R. T. Stewart ,
A. Vaughan  and
A. E. Wright
O. B. Slee
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
G. J. Nelson
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
J . L. Innis
Affiliation:
Monash University, Melbourne
R. T. Stewart
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
A. Vaughan
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
A. E. Wright
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney
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Abstract

The single G8V active chromosphere star HD36705 (AB Dor) was observed at 8.4 GHz with the Parkes 64 m telescope during three observing sessions involving a total of 21 days in the interval 1985 December to 1986 February. Subsequent photometric observations were made of the star with the 0.25 m and 0.45 m telescopes of the Monash Observatory in 1986 March-April. Two strong radio flares, each lasting three days, were detected; they yielded peak radio powers of P8.4≈4×109 W Hz-1, comparable with the microwave power emitted by the RS CVn binaries. Significant circular polarization of 13% left-hand was measured on only one of the six active days. The 8.4 GHz flux density showed smooth variation over an interval of several hours, consistent with the flare source being partly occulted by the stellar disk as the star rotated. When all the radio data was phase-binned using the known rotation period of 0.514 day we found two radio maxima corresponding to radio sources at stellar longitudes ~180° apart. The subsequent photometric data showed intensity variations that were consistent with the starspots at the same approximate longitudes. We thus interpret our radio curve as showing the presence of comparatively small (<0.5 D*) radio sources in the corona above the star spots. The upper limit to source diameter gives a peak brightness temperature ≥2×l010 K, which can be achieved by gyro-synchrotron emission only if the source is optically thick and the electrons, with average energy ~ 2 MeV, have a hard energy spectrum. The observed radiation can be due only to very high harmonics of the gyro-frequency, leading to an estimate for the magnetic field strength of ~30G.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , 1986 , pp. 312 - 316
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1986

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