COOPERATIVE OBSERVATIONS OF THE FLARE RED DWARF STAR EV-LAC IN 1990

Citation
Re. Gershberg et al., COOPERATIVE OBSERVATIONS OF THE FLARE RED DWARF STAR EV-LAC IN 1990, ASTRONOM ZH, 70(5), 1993, pp. 984-1001
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ASTRONOMICESKIJ ZURNAL
ISSN journal
00046299 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
984 - 1001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6299(1993)70:5<984:COOTFR>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Results of photometrical monitoring of EV Lac in August 1990 are given , its mean level of flare activity is estimated. Colourimetrical analy sis of registered powerful flares leads to the conclusion thal near fl are maxima the emission of flares can be represented by a short-lived blackbody radiation and radiation of a hydrogen plasma of some optical thickness al the Balmer continuum frequencies. Parameters of stellar spottedness are found: the differential spottedness of the dark and br ight hemispheres is about 7% and a temperature difference between star spots and the normal photosphere is about 300 K. During 3 powerful fla res, noticeable variations of the H(alpha) profile are found, and smal l differences in decay rates of the H(beta), H(gamma) and H(delta) emi ssions are suggested at the end of the flare of 29.VIII.90 UT 2339. Ra dio monitoring in the decimeter wavelength range did not detect radio flares.