THE EINSTEIN EXTENDED MEDIUM SENSITIVITY SURVEY 2ND EPOCH - RESULTS FOR THE STARS

Citation
Ta. Fleming et al., THE EINSTEIN EXTENDED MEDIUM SENSITIVITY SURVEY 2ND EPOCH - RESULTS FOR THE STARS, The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series, 99(2), 1995, pp. 701-711
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN journal
00670049
Volume
99
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
701 - 711
Database
ISI
SICI code
0067-0049(1995)99:2<701:TEEMSS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We present X-ray data from the ROSAT all-sky survey for those sources cataloged in the Einstein Extended Medium Sensitivity Survey (EMSS) wh ich have been identified with Galactic stars. This ''second epoch'' of X-ray data, taken 10 yr later, is used to study coronal flux variabil ity for the most active examples of late-type stars. About 72% of the EMSS stars have been redetected by ROSAT. While the F stars appear to have remained constant, we find evidence for a general decrease in X-r ay nux for the M and solar-type stars. This is probably due to the fac t that an X-ray-selected sample will preferentially detect stars while flaring. In contradiction to this, the RS CVn binaries have been rede tected at higher X-ray nux levels for the sample as a whole.