CHANDRA CHARACTERIZATION OF X-RAY EMISSION IN THE YOUNG F-STAR BINARY SYSTEM HD 113766
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Lisse, C. M.
Christian, D. J.
Wolk, S. J.
Chen, C. H.
Grady, C. A.
Guenther, Hans Moritz
Date Issued
January 2017
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The Astronomical Journal
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IOP Publishing
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Lisse, C. M. et al. “CHANDRA CHARACTERIZATION OF X-RAY EMISSION IN THE YOUNG F-STAR BINARY SYSTEM HD 113766.” The Astronomical Journal 153.2 (2017): 62. © 2017 The American Astronomical Society
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Abstract
Using Chandra, we have obtained imaging X-ray spectroscopy of the 10–16 Myr old F-star binary HD 113766. We individually resolve the 1[fraction of arcsecond]4 separation binary components for the first time in the X-ray and find a total 0.3–2.0 keV luminosity of 2.2 × 10[superscript 29] erg s[superscript −1], consistent with previous RASS estimates. We find emission from the easternmost, infrared-bright, dusty member HD 113766A to be only ~10% that of the western, infrared-faint member HD 113766B. There is no evidence for a 3rd late-type stellar or substellar member of HD 113766 with L[subscript x ]> 6 × 1025 erg s[superscript −1] within 2' of the binary pair. The ratio of the two stars' X-ray luminosity is consistent with their assignments as F2V and F6V by Pecaut et al. The emission is soft for both stars, kT[superscript Apec] = 0.30–0.50 keV, suggesting X-rays produced by stellar rotation and/or convection in young dynamos, but not accretion or outflow shocks, which we rule out. A possible 2.8 ± 0.15 (2σ) hr modulation in the HD 113766B X-ray emission is seen, but at very low confidence and of unknown provenance. Stellar wind drag models corresponding to L[superscript x] ~ 2 × 1029 erg s[superscript −1] argue for a 1 mm dust particle lifetime around HD 113766B of only ~90,0000 years, suggesting that dust around HD 113766B is quickly removed, whereas 1 mm sized dust around HD 113766A can survive for >1.5 × 106 years. At 1028–1029 erg s[superscript −1] X-ray luminosity, astrobiologically important effects, like dust warming and X-ray photolytic organic synthesis, are likely for any circumstellar material in the HD 113766 systems.
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MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/62
