scholarly journals Optical and H-Alpha Emission from Unresolved Red Dwarf Stars in the Galaxy

1990 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 107-109
Author(s):  
G. Szécsényi-Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Stellar Content ◽  
Main Sequence Stars ◽  
M Dwarfs ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
Alpha Emission ◽  
Cool Stars ◽  
Red Dwarfs ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Red Dwarf Stars

Although many of the nearest dim and cool stars (the red dwarfs) were catalogued in the early sixties, the majority of the astronomers did not realize that these objects provide almost nine tenths of all the stars in our Galaxy. In fact 90-95% of the stars in the solar vicinity (r ≤ 25 pc) are main sequence stars, and at least 80% of them are M dwarfs. Outside the main sequence (MS) one can find a few subdwarfs and somewhat more white dwarfs, but the contribution of this latter type is not known precisely. Estimates range between 4% and 8%. The relative frequency of giants and supergiants can not be determined from the census of the local star population because they are not represented in a statistically meaningful number. But investigations of much greater cosmic volumes demonstrate that luminosity classes Ia, Ib, II, III, and IV altogether contribute fewer than 1% of the stellar content of the Galaxy.

scholarly journals Distribution of red dwarfs in general galactic field on the basis of stellar star statistics

1990 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
A.T. Garibjanian ◽  
V.V. Hambarian ◽  
L.V. Mirzoyan ◽  
A.L. Mirzoyan
Keyword(s):  
Uniform Distribution ◽  
Total Mass ◽  
Luminosity Function ◽  
Stellar Flare ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
Galactic Field ◽  
Red Dwarfs ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Ceti Type ◽  
Red Dwarf Stars

The mathematical expectation for detection of stellar flare on UV Ceti type stars in the solar vicinity during photographic patrol observations with 40″ Shcmidt camera of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory is estimated. We use the luminosity function of the flaring red dwarfs the assume a uniform distribution in the general galactic field. Comparison with the results of photographic patrol supports this assumption. The numbers and total mass of the flare and non-flare red dwarf stars in the Galaxy for the uniform distribution are determined. They are not in contradiction with Oort's estimate of total mass of red dwarfs.

scholarly journals Wide-Field Photographic Versus Wide-Field CCD Techniques in the Activity Analysis of dM Stars

1994 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 61-64
Author(s):  
G. Szécsényi-Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Variable Stars ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
Photoelectric Photometry ◽  
Stellar Flares ◽  
Red Dwarfs ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Flare Stars ◽  
Red Dwarf Stars

The Galaxy is abundant in red dwarf stars. According to statistical analyses, their majority is unstable. Simultaneously, more than 60% of the variable stars known in the solar vicinity (r < 20 pc) are flare stars and taking into account the number of BY Dra stars too the proportion of red dwarfs amongst local variables is superior to three quarters. Their absolute visual magnitudes range from +6 to +17.5 or even more (Szécsényi-Nagy 1986a). During flare events their brightness may reach a maximum corresponding to an enhancement of 1000–10,000 times. The amplitude of a large flare in the U band may be as high as 8–10 magnitudes. The events take place nonperiodically in unpredictable moments; no unquestionable periodicity has been found in the time distribution of stellar flares. However the activity level of various flare stars is considerably different. Some of them show observable flare ups with a mean frequency of 1 per hour whilst others produce only one event per annum. For the scarcity of the phenomenon, traditional photoelectric photometry of individual stars is not an adequate means to a better understanding of flare stars.

scholarly journals Double-Peaked Flare Events on red Dwarf Stars and Solar ‘Sympathetic’ Flares

1976 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 475-475
Author(s):  
M. Rodonò
Keyword(s):  
Proximity Effect ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
Angular Separation ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
Multiple Systems ◽  
Photometric Observations ◽  
Red Dwarfs ◽  
Flare Stars ◽  
Red Dwarf Stars ◽  
The Individual

About 50% of the flare events observed on red dwarfs are at least double-peaked. As the majority of flare stars are members of double or multiple systems, the possibility that time-overlapping flares originate quasi-simultaneously on the individual components is discussed.Assuming a poissonian occurrence of flares in both components, the expected probability of observing double-peaked flares is lower than 1% for the most active binary systems.However, from photometric observations of the double flare star EQ Peg (BD +19°5116 AB) carried out by the author with an area scanner (the components' angular separation is 3.7″) about 20% of the observed flares have been found to be double-peaked flares resulting from separate flares, one in each component. A direct flare triggering of the following flare by the preceding one can be ruled out since the light travel-time between the two components is 3.5 h, while the observed time delay between the flare peaks is about 10 min. Moreover, the proximity effect does not seem to play an important triggering role.It is concluded that, although the analogy with solar ‘sympathetic’ flares is not always applicable, it is the most promising framework within which the majority of double-peaked flare events on red dwarfs must be interpreted.

scholarly journals Asteroseismological Probing of the Thermal Evolution of White Dwarf Stars

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 643-645
Author(s):  
G. Fontaine ◽  
F. Wesemael
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarf ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Thermal Evolution ◽  
Sequence Evolution ◽  
Helium Burning ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
White Dwarf Stars ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Low Mass

AbstractIt is generally believed that the immediate progenitors of most white dwarfs are nuclei of planetary nebulae, themselves the products of intermediate- and low-mass main sequence evolution. Stars that begin their lifes with masses less than about 7-8 M⊙ (i.e., the vast majority of them) are expected to become white dwarfs. Among those which have already had the time to become white dwarfs since the formation of the Galaxy, a majority have burnt hydrogen and helium in their interiors. Consequently, most of the mass of a typical white dwarf is contained in a core made of the products of helium burning, mostly carbon and oxygen. The exact proportions of C and 0 are unknown because of uncertainties in the nuclear rates of helium burning.

scholarly journals Molecular Opacities in Cool Dwarf Stars

1994 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
James Liebert
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Galactic Disk ◽  
Small Radius ◽  
The Sun ◽  
M Dwarfs ◽  
Hydrogen Burning ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
High Space ◽  
Lower Luminosity

The term dwarf stars identifies objects of small radius in the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram, but encompasses more than one phase of stellar evolution. The M dwarfs (type dM) populate the main sequence at the low mass end; these are the coolest core hydrogen-burning stars. They belong generally to the Galactic disk, or Population I, have relatively small space motions with respect to the Sun, and have similar metallicities to the Sun (although perhaps only within a factor of several). In particular, this means that the abundance of oxygen is always greater than that of carbon. The M subdwarfs (sdM) are the Population II counterparts, showing low metallicities and high space motions. Because they have smaller radii, they define a main sequence at lower luminosity than the M dwarfs for a given temperature. Hence the term subdwarf.

scholarly journals The Red Dwarf Star Population in the Galaxy

1995 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 55-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.V. Mirzoyan
Keyword(s):  
Star Clusters ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Dwarf Star ◽  
Star Clusters And Associations ◽  
Dwarf Stars ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Flare Stars ◽  
Red Dwarf Stars ◽  
T Tau ◽  
Stellar Associations

Red dwarf stars in the Galaxy occur in three forms: as flare stars, T Tau stars and red dwarf stars of constant brightness. Haro (1957) suggested that all these stars present regular evolutionary stages of red dwarf stars.The space distribution of UV Cet flare stars in the solar vicinity indicates that these low luminosity stars belong to the disk population of the Galaxy. Therefore one can suppose that all red dwarf stars have a space distribution which is similar to that of the flare stars (Mirzoyan et al. 1988a). Only a small part of them is found in star clusters and associations. The T Tau stars are an exception: because of their very short lifetime, all of them are found in stellar associations.The space distribution of red dwarf stars is determined by the fact that all of them are formed in star clusters and associations and are finally lost from their stellar systems and merge into the general galactic field (Mirzoyan 1995).

scholarly journals On the Accuracy of Spectral Classifications of Main-Sequence Stars

1973 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
W. Gliese
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Type ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Standard Errors ◽  
Main Sequence Stars ◽  
M Dwarfs ◽  
Spectral Class ◽  
Classification Errors ◽  
Nearby Stars

By examining the observed dispersion in (colour, spectral type) relations, classification errors have been derived from the data of nearby stars. The comparisons of the colour deviations observed in spectral regions of large variations of colour with type with the deviations in regions of small variations give the following standard errors in units of a tenth of a spectral class: For K dwarfs ±0.6 (MK), ±1.2 (Mt. Wilson), ±0.7 (Kuiper); for early M dwarfs ±0.9: (MK), ±0.7 (Mt. Wilson), ±0.5: (Kuiper); and for late M dwarfs ±0.7 (Kuiper).

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