Stellar activity in barium stars .1. Analysis of H-lines and K-lines CA-II-lines in 10 barium stars

High dispersion spectra have been obtained in order to study the activity level of ten barium stars by means of the Ca II H and K emission flux, looking for a relation between barium intensity index and activity. Absolute magnitudes obtained from the Wilson-Bappu relationship disagree, in some cases...

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Autores: Cornide Castro-Piñeiro, Manuel, Fernández Figueroa, María José, Castro Rubio, Elisa De, Armentia, J. A., Reglero, V.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1992
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59665
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59665
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:52
Mass-loss
Emission
Astrofísica
Astronomía (Física)
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Sumario:High dispersion spectra have been obtained in order to study the activity level of ten barium stars by means of the Ca II H and K emission flux, looking for a relation between barium intensity index and activity. Absolute magnitudes obtained from the Wilson-Bappu relationship disagree, in some cases, with the magnitudes computed from parallaxes, but this fact is not due to barium nature. Total emission fluxes, F(H + K) or R_HK index, plotted versus effective temperature show a distribution similar to that of cool giant stars. The asymmetry of K emission line, [F(K_2ν)/F(K_2r)], has been analyzed in relation with effective temperature, in this sense barium stars behave as expected of late-type giants with the only exception of two stars.