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Predicted flux density arising at a nominal frequency of 670 MHz from SPI. The yellow (cross-hatched) areas correspond to the expected radio flux density, including (neglecting) free-free absorption from the thermal electrons in the stellar wind. The rows correspond to the expected emission for two different values of the coronal temperature, Tc= 4.7 MK (the nominal value; top row) and Tc= 2.5 MK (3σ lower limit; bottom row). The left and middle panels show the predicted flux density as a function of the stellar wind mass-loss rate for an unmagnetized planet (left) and a magnetized one with Bpl= 0.85 G (middle), with a vertical dashed line showing the nominal value, = 1.4
(see text for details). The right panels show the predicted flux density as a function of the planetary magnetic field for the aforementioned nominal value of
, and a vertical dashed line corresponds to the nominal value of the magnetic field, Bpl= 0.85 G. Red areas correspond to values MA ≥ 1, that is, where the planet is in the super-Alfvénic regime; therefore model predictions are not valid. The horizontal dash-dotted lines correspond to the 3σ detection threshold of our observations (where σ = 30 μJy b−1).
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