HAZMAT. I. FUV and NUV emission in early M stars Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Shkolnik E.L.
  2. Barman T.S.
  3. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The spectral energy distribution, variability, and evolution of the high-energy radiation from an M dwarf planet host is crucial in understanding the planet's atmospheric evolution and habitability and in interpreting the planet's spectrum. The star's extreme-UV (EUV), far-UV (FUV), and near-UV (NUV) emission can chemically modify, ionize, and erode the atmosphere over time. This makes determining the lifetime exposure of such planets to stellar UV radiation critical for both the evolution of a planet's atmosphere and our potential to characterize it. Using the early M star members of nearby young moving groups, which sample critical ages in planet formation and evolution, we measure the evolution of the GALEX NUV and FUV flux as a function of age. The median UV flux remains at a "saturated" level for a few hundred million years, analogous to that observed for X-ray emission. By the age of the Hyades Cluster (650Myr), we measure a drop in UV flux by a factor of 2-3 followed by a steep drop from old (several Gyrs) field stars. This decline in activity beyond 300Myr follows roughly t^-1^. Despite this clear evolution, there remains a wide range, of 1-2 orders of magnitude, in observed emission levels at every age. These UV data supply the much-needed constraints to M dwarf upper-atmosphere models, which will provide empirically motivated EUV predictions and more accurate age-dependent UV spectra as inputs to planetary photochemical models.

Keywords
  1. early-type-stars
  2. m-stars
  3. stellar-spectral-types
  4. ultraviolet-astronomy
  5. stellar-distance
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2014AJ....148...64S
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/148/64
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51480064

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2015-01-05T13:09:15Z
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