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A catalog of stellar Lyman-alpha fluxesWe present a catalog of stellar Ly-alpha emission fluxes, based on new and archival images obtained with the IUE spacecraft. The catalog includes 227 stars with detectable Ly-alpha emission fluxes, and upper limits on the Ly-alpha emission flux for another 48 stars. Multiple flux measurements are given for 52 stars. We present a model for correcting the observed Ly-alpha flux for attenuation by the local interstellar medium, and we apply this model to derive intrinsic Ly-alpha fluxes for 149 catalog stars which are located in low H I column density directions of the local interstellar medium. In our catalog, there are 14 late-A and early-F stars at B-V = 0.29 or less that show detectable emission at Ly-alpha. We find a linear correlation between the intrinsic Ly-alpha flux and C II 1335 A flux for stars with B-V greater than 0.60, but the A and F stars deviate from this relation in the sense that their Ly-alpha flux is too low. We also find a good correlation between Ly-alpha strength and coronal X-ray emission. This correlation holds over most of the H-R diagram, even for the F stars, where an X-ray deficit has previously been found relative to the transition region lines of C II and C IV.
Document ID
19930051603
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Landsman, Wayne
(Hughes/STX Corp.; NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Simon, Theodore
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 408
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A35600
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1823
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-146
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-30446
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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