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Table 2

Atmospheric parameters of the irradiated M dwarf in AA Dor.

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
Parameter θ < 20° 20° < θ < 70° 70° < θ

Teff (K) day side 19 200 18 300 14 300
Dilution factor 0.060 0.049 0.021

Teff (K) night side 2000 ± 500
log g (cm s-2) 5.25 ± 0.25
FdM/FsdO (at 5000 Å, ϕ = 0.47) 0.07 ± 0.02

Abundances log (nX /nH) + × Solar

He –1.69 0.88 0.38 0.24
C –4.30 0.02 0.11 0.19
N –4.89 0.06 0.04 0.19
O –3.94 0.01 0.03 0.23

Notes. Surface abundances are also listed with respect to the solar abundances (Asplund et al. 2009).

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