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M9矮星1 RXS J115928的X射线辐射. 5 -524717 -主序结束时的准静止日冕活动

X-ray emission from the M9 dwarf 1RXS J115928.5-524717 - Quasi-quiescent coronal activity at the end of the main sequence

J. Robrade, J. H. M. M. Schmitt

摘要:

研究方法:我们分析了1 RXS J115928.5-524717的XMM-牛顿观测,这是一颗光谱类型为M9的超冷矮星,并将其X射线性质与其他类似的极晚型恒星进行了比较。结果:在所有EPIC探测器中,我们在软X射线能量下清楚地检测到1 RXS J115928.5-524717。在观测过程中只有微小的变化,我们将X射线发射归因于准静态活动。日冕等离子体可以用双温模型很好地描述,在太阳金属丰度为2 MK和6 MK,X射线光度为L_x = 1.0 x 10^26 erg/s的0.2-2.0 keV波段。相应的活动水平log L_x/L_bol = -4.1,表明这是一颗中等活动的恒星。总的来说,来自非常低质量恒星的X射线活动显示出与大质量恒星相似的趋势,尽管它们的内部结构不同。1RXSJ115928.5-524717是继LHS 2065之后,第二颗在准静止状态下以可检测水平发射X射线的超冷M9矮星。虽然这两颗恒星在绝对数量上都很微弱,但它们的X射线都相当活跃,这意味着它们存在一个有效的发电机机制,能够产生磁场活动和日冕X射线发射。

英文摘要:

Methods: We analyse an XMM-Newton observation of 1RXS J115928.5-524717, an ultracool dwarf with spectral type M9 and compare its X-ray properties to those of other similar very late-type stars. Results: We clearly detected 1RXS J115928.5-524717 at soft X-ray energies in all EPIC detectors. Only minor variability was present during the observation and we attribute the X-ray emission to quasi-quiescent activity. The coronal plasma is described well by a two-temperature model at solar metallicity with temperatures of 2 MK and 6 MK and an X-ray luminosity of about L_x = 1.0 x 10^26 erg/s in the 0.2-2.0 keV band. The corresponding activity level of log L_x/L_bol = -4.1 points to a moderately active star. Altogether, X-ray activity from very low-mass stars shows similar trends to more massive stars, despite their different interior structure. 1RXSJ115928.5-524717 is, after LHS 2065, the second ultracool M9 dwarf that emits X-rays at detectable levels in quasi-quiescence. While faint in absolute numbers,both stars are rather X-ray active, implying the existence of an efficient dynamo mechanisms that is capable of creating magnetic activity and coronal X-ray emission.

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