Sleuthing the Dynamo. II. Hubble Space Telescope Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Observations of Solar-Type Dwarfs in Young Galactic Clusters
Abstract
Far-ultraviolet (1150-1670 Å) spectra of three solar-type dwarfs in the young galactic clusters α Persei and the Pleiades were obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph (G140L mode). Time series of Si IV λ1393 show erratic variability on timescales of tens of minutes. An X-ray/C IV flux-flux diagram displays a power-law slope of ~2, up to the level of the most active cluster stars. These fall systematically below the extrapolation owing to X-ray ``saturation.'' In rotation-activity diagrams, the X-rays plateau above ~15 km s-1 (P~3 days), while C IV continues to rise until ~35-50 km s-1 (P~1-1.5 days). Such behavior is significant for understanding the magnetic ``dynamo'' at high rotational velocities and is relevant for predicting the ionizing environment bathing newly formed planets around low-mass main-sequence stars.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1086/307894
- Bibcode:
- 1999ApJ...525..240A
- Keywords:
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- OPEN CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS: INDIVIDUAL (α PERSEI;
- PLEIADES);
- STARS: CORONAE;
- STARS: ROTATION;
- ULTRAVIOLET: STARS;
- open clusters and associations: individual (α Persei;
- Pleiades);
- Stars: Coronae;
- Stars: Rotation;
- Ultraviolet: Stars