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Relations between photospheric structure and X-ray emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

M. Kürster
M. Kürster*
Affiliation:
Max–Planck–Institut für extraterrestrische Physik D–85740 Garching, Germany

Abstract

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The relation between photospheric and coronal active regions in late–type stars is studied from two different points of departure. First, I report on 5 years of ROSAT X–ray monitoring of the active young K–star AB Dor. I compare the X–ray data with 16 years of V–band brightness monitoring showing a 10–year decline between 1978 and 1989 and a subsequent rise phase. Quite differently, the X–ray flux of AB Dor (while exhibiting strong variability on time scales of minutes to weeks) reveals no pronounced long–term trend over the 5 years of the program. This supports the concept of a saturated corona. Second, I present rotationally modulated ROSAT X–ray light curves of three active stars (AB Dor, CF Tuc, YY Men) and compare them with contemporaneous Doppler images. I demonstrate that it is possible to explain the X–ray light curves by coronal emission regions that are spatially related with photospheric active regions. I discuss the concept of X–ray bright loops connecting the major star spot complexes.

Type
Session IV: “Outer Atmospheric Structure”
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 176: Stellar Surface Structure , 1996 , pp. 477 - 484
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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