First Resolution of a Main Sequence G-Star Astrosphere Using Chandra

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Autori principali: Lisse, C. M., Wolk, S. J., Snios, B., McNutt, Jr., R. L., Slavin, J. D., Osten, R. A., Hines, D. C, Debes, J. H., Koutroumpa, D., Kharchenko, V., Linsky, J. L., Brandt, P., Horanyi, M., Guenther, H. M., Guinan, E. F., Redfield, S., Frisch, P. C., Dennerl, K., Kashyap, V., Kislyakova, K. G., Fernandez, Y. R., Provornikova, E., MacGregor, M. A., Chen, C. H., Paxton, L., Dialynas, K., Gu, L.
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author Lisse, C. M.
Wolk, S. J.
Snios, B.
McNutt, Jr., R. L.
Slavin, J. D.
Osten, R. A.
Hines, D. C
Debes, J. H.
Koutroumpa, D.
Kharchenko, V.
Linsky, J. L.
Brandt, P.
Horanyi, M.
Guenther, H. M.
Guinan, E. F.
Redfield, S.
Frisch, P. C.
Dennerl, K.
Kashyap, V.
Kislyakova, K. G.
Fernandez, Y. R.
Provornikova, E.
MacGregor, M. A.
Chen, C. H.
Paxton, L.
Dialynas, K.
Gu, L.
author_facet Lisse, C. M.
Wolk, S. J.
Snios, B.
McNutt, Jr., R. L.
Slavin, J. D.
Osten, R. A.
Hines, D. C
Debes, J. H.
Koutroumpa, D.
Kharchenko, V.
Linsky, J. L.
Brandt, P.
Horanyi, M.
Guenther, H. M.
Guinan, E. F.
Redfield, S.
Frisch, P. C.
Dennerl, K.
Kashyap, V.
Kislyakova, K. G.
Fernandez, Y. R.
Provornikova, E.
MacGregor, M. A.
Chen, C. H.
Paxton, L.
Dialynas, K.
Gu, L.
contents We report resolution of a halo of X-ray line emission surrounding the Zero Age Main Sequence (ZAMS) G8.5V star HD 61005 by Chandra ACIS-S. Located only 36.4 pc distant, HD 61005 is young (approx. 100 Myr), x-ray bright (300 times Solar), observed with nearly edge-on geometry, and surrounded by Local Interstellar Medium (LISM) material denser than in the environ of the Sun. HD 61005 is known to harbor large amounts of circumstellar dust in a dense ecliptic plane full of mm-sized particles plus attached, extended wing like structures full of micron sized particles, which are evidence for a strong LISM-dust disk interaction. These properties aided our ability to resolve the 220 au wide astrosphere of HD61005, the first ever observed for a main sequence G-star. The observed x-ray emission morphology is roughly spherical, as expected for an astrospheric structure dominated by the host star. The Chandra spectrum of HD 61005 is a combination of a hard stellar coronal emission (T=8 MK) at Lx = 6 x10e29 erg per sec, plus an extended halo contribution at Lx = 1x10e29 erg per sec dominated by charge exchange (CXE) lines, such as those of OVIII and NeIX. The Chandra CXE x-ray morphology does not track the planar dust morphology but does extend out roughly to where the base of the dust wings begins. We present a toy model of x-ray emission produced by stellar wind (SW)-LISM CXE interactions, similar to the state of the young Sun when it was approximately 100 Myrs old (Guinan and Engle 2007), and transiting through an approximately 1000 times denser part of the interstellar medium (ISM) such as a Giant Molecular Cloud (Stern 2003, Opher and Loeb 2024).
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spellingShingle First Resolution of a Main Sequence G-Star Astrosphere Using Chandra
Lisse, C. M.
Wolk, S. J.
Snios, B.
McNutt, Jr., R. L.
Slavin, J. D.
Osten, R. A.
Hines, D. C
Debes, J. H.
Koutroumpa, D.
Kharchenko, V.
Linsky, J. L.
Brandt, P.
Horanyi, M.
Guenther, H. M.
Guinan, E. F.
Redfield, S.
Frisch, P. C.
Dennerl, K.
Kashyap, V.
Kislyakova, K. G.
Fernandez, Y. R.
Provornikova, E.
MacGregor, M. A.
Chen, C. H.
Paxton, L.
Dialynas, K.
Gu, L.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
We report resolution of a halo of X-ray line emission surrounding the Zero Age Main Sequence (ZAMS) G8.5V star HD 61005 by Chandra ACIS-S. Located only 36.4 pc distant, HD 61005 is young (approx. 100 Myr), x-ray bright (300 times Solar), observed with nearly edge-on geometry, and surrounded by Local Interstellar Medium (LISM) material denser than in the environ of the Sun. HD 61005 is known to harbor large amounts of circumstellar dust in a dense ecliptic plane full of mm-sized particles plus attached, extended wing like structures full of micron sized particles, which are evidence for a strong LISM-dust disk interaction. These properties aided our ability to resolve the 220 au wide astrosphere of HD61005, the first ever observed for a main sequence G-star. The observed x-ray emission morphology is roughly spherical, as expected for an astrospheric structure dominated by the host star. The Chandra spectrum of HD 61005 is a combination of a hard stellar coronal emission (T=8 MK) at Lx = 6 x10e29 erg per sec, plus an extended halo contribution at Lx = 1x10e29 erg per sec dominated by charge exchange (CXE) lines, such as those of OVIII and NeIX. The Chandra CXE x-ray morphology does not track the planar dust morphology but does extend out roughly to where the base of the dust wings begins. We present a toy model of x-ray emission produced by stellar wind (SW)-LISM CXE interactions, similar to the state of the young Sun when it was approximately 100 Myrs old (Guinan and Engle 2007), and transiting through an approximately 1000 times denser part of the interstellar medium (ISM) such as a Giant Molecular Cloud (Stern 2003, Opher and Loeb 2024).
title First Resolution of a Main Sequence G-Star Astrosphere Using Chandra
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09613