HAZMAT. V. UV and X-ray evolution of K stars Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Richey-Yowell T.
  2. Shkolnik E.L.
  3. Schneider A.C.
  4. Osby E.
  5. Barman T.,Meadows V.S.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Knowing the high-energy radiation environment of a star over a planet's formation and evolutionary period is critical in determining if that planet is potentially habitable and if any biosignatures could be detected, as UV radiation can severely change or destroy a planet's atmosphere. Current efforts for finding a potentially habitable planet are focused on M stars, yet K stars may offer more habitable conditions due to decreased stellar activity and more distant and wider habitable zones (HZs). While M star activity evolution has been observed photometrically and spectroscopically, there has been no dedicated investigation of K star UV evolution. We present the first comprehensive study of the near-UV, far-UV, and X-ray evolution of K stars. We used members of young moving groups and clusters ranging in age from 10 to 625Myr combined with field stars and their archived GALEX UV and ROSAT X-ray data to determine how the UV and X-ray radiation evolve. We find that the UV and X-ray flux incident on an HZ planet is 5-50 times lower than that of HZ planets around early-M stars and 50-1000 times lower than those around late-M stars, due to both an intrinsic decrease in K dwarf stellar activity occurring earlier than for M dwarfs and the more distant location of the K dwarf HZ.

Keywords
  1. k-stars
  2. ultraviolet-photometry
  3. x-ray-sources
  4. stellar-masses
  5. stellar-ages
  6. stellar-distance
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2019ApJ...872...17R
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18720017

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History

2020-08-13T09:59:51Z
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2020-08-13T09:59:51Z
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