Fig. 1

Schematic description of the system geometry. lps and hsink are the expected thickness of the post-shock zone and the distance of the base of the slab from the transition region between the chromosphere and the stellar corona, respectively (see Sect. 2.2). sabs is the threshold below which, we assume the X-ray emission is fully absorbed (see Sect. 2.4).
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