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On the existence of hot coronae around cool stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

R. Hammer*
Affiliation:
Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Schöneckstr. 6, D-7800 Freiburg, FRG

Abstract

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A star cannot have a solar-like corona if the available mechanical energy flux in the chromosphere is either too large or decreases outward more rapidly than the pressure. This result might be relevant for hybrid stars and cool giants.

Type
Stellar Coronae: Chromospheres of Cool Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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