Issue |
A&A
Volume 383, Number 1, FebruaryIII 2002
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Page(s) | 210 - 217 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011693 | |
Published online | 15 February 2002 |
On X-ray variability in ROSAT-PSPC observations of F7-K2 stars
1
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Astronomiche, Sez. di Astronomia, Università di Palermo, Piazza del Parlamento 1, 90134 Palermo, Italy e-mail: marino@oapa.astropa.unipa.it; peres@oapa.astropa.unipa.it
2
Osservatorio Astronomico G. S. Vaiana, Piazza del Parlamento 1, 90134 Palermo, Italy e-mail: gmicela@oapa.astropa.unipa.it; sciorti@oapa.astropa.unipa.it
Corresponding author: A. Marino, marino@oapa.astropa.unipa.it
Received:
27
August
2001
Accepted:
27
November
2001
We have analyzed the X-ray variability of dF7-dK2 stars in the solar neighborhood detected with
the pointed ROSAT-PSPC observations. Our data base is the sample of all stars listed in the CNS3
catalog (Gliese & Jahreiβ 1991) having a color between 0.5 and 0.9; it includes 70
pointed observations of 40 distinct stars or multiple systems. We have applied the unbinned
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test on all X-ray photon time series of our sample: only 10 observations
relative to 8 distinct stars are variable at a confidence level greater than 99% and 4 of
them belong to multiple systems. For the subsample of 9 stars observed both at the beginning and
at the end of the mission, we can study the variability on time scale of years and compare
amplitude variations at short and long time scales. Our analysis suggests that, for these stars,
the X-ray variability is more likely on longer time scale. All the stars variable on long time
scale, and not on short time scale, are relatively quiet and similar to the Sun, suggesting that
the variations may be due to cycles. The comparison of our results with those previously
obtained for dM stars shows that the amplitude of variability of X-ray emission from dF7-dK2
stars is smaller than that observed in dM stars.
Key words: stars: coronae / stars: late-type / X-rays: stars / galaxy: solar neighbourhood
© ESO, 2002
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