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Contact Binary Stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract:
Ultraviolet and X-ray surveys of the W Ursae Majoris type stars are reviewed. These systems exhibit extended coronas and transition regions that are confined close to the optically determined surfaces. Correlations of X-ray activity with period or rotational velocity indicate a turn-over or saturation of emission at the short periods or high velocities found in the W UMa-type systems. For a number of systems, ultraviolet emission appears to be anti-correlated with the strength of X-ray emission. These observations are discussed in terms of solar structures, activity, and evolution.
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- Session III: Observed Activity in Related Objects
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 71: Activity in Red-Dwarf Stars , 1983 , pp. 447 - 461
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- Copyright © Reidel 1983
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