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Iue spectra of f and late a stars
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Linsky, J. L. Marstad, N. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) spectra of alpha CMi (F5 IV-V), beta Cas (F2 IV), alpha Car (F0 Ib), and gamma Boo (A7 III) in the context of the question as to whether chromospheres disappear in the early F late A portions of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Both alpha CMi (Procyon) and beta Cas show bright emission line spectra indicative of chromospheres and transition regions, but neither alpha Car (Canopus) nor gamma Boo show any evidence of emission in their SWP spectra or at the Mg II lines, despite very deep exposures. Alpha CMi has emission line fluxes roughly 6 times those of the quiet Sun, but the rapidly rotating delta Scuti type variable beta Cas has surface fluxes 10 to 50 times those of the quiet Sun. Upper limits on emission line fluxes for alpha Car are 4 to 20 and for gamma Boo 15 to 80 times the quiet Sun. It is concluded that the apparent absence of emission lines in the spectra of alpha Car and gamma Boo should not be interpreted as due to the absence of nonradiatively heated outer atmospheres in stars hotter than spectral type F0, but rather to the inability to see emission lines with IUE against a background of scattered light and a bright photospheric absorption line spectrum either in low or high dispersion. |
| File Size | 443895 |
| Page Count | 9 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810017387 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0rr6nz6s |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Stellar Spectra Chromosphere Hertzsprung-russell Diagram Ultraviolet Spectra Stellar Temperature Emission Spectra A Stars Late Stars Iue Flux Rate Line Spectra F Stars Ultraviolet Astronomy Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
