Image Details

Choose export citation format:

An M Dwarf’s Chromosphere, Corona, and Wind Connection via Nonlinear Alfvén Waves

  • Authors: Takahito Sakaue and Kazunari Shibata

2021 The Astrophysical Journal 919 29.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 24.

(a) Positive correlation between the stellar wind velocity at r = 100r (vwind) and the filling factor of the open flux tube (fph). (b) fph vs. energy conversion efficiencies from the transmitted Alfvén wave energy flux in the corona to (1) the kinetic energy of the stellar wind (αwind/A = Lkin,wind/LA,co; filled circles), (2) radiative energy loss in the corona (αrad/A = −Lrad,co/LA,co; open squares), and (3) heat conduction flux in the corona (αc/A = −Lc,co/LA,co; open triangles). The vertical and horizontal dashed lines correspond to fph = 1/1600 and αwind/A = 0.442, respectively.

Other Images in This Article

Show More

Copyright and Terms & Conditions