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2021RNAAS...5..122B - Research Notes of the AAS, 5, 122 (2021/May-0)

Improved Constraints for the XUV Luminosity Evolution of Trappist-1.

BIRKY J., BARNES R. and FLEMING D.P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We re-examine the XUV luminosity evolution of TRAPPIST-1 utilizing new observational constraints (XUV and bolometric luminosity) from multi-epoch X-ray/UV photometry. Following the formalism presented in Fleming et al., we infer that TRAPPIST-1 maintained a saturated XUV luminosity, relative to the bolometric luminosity, of log10(LXUV/Lbol) $=-{3.03}_{-0.23}^{+0.25}$ at early times for a period of tsat$={3.14}_{-1.46}^{+2.22}$ Gyr. After the saturation phase, we find LXUV decayed over time by an exponential rate of βXUV$=-{1.17}_{-0.28}^{+0.27}$. Compared to our inferred age of the system, $\mathrm{age}={7.96}_{-1.87}^{+1.78}$ Gyr, our result for tsat suggests that there is only a ∼4% chance that TRAPPIST-1 still remains in the saturated phase today, which is significantly lower than the previous estimate of 40%. Despite this reduction in tsat, our results remain consistent in the conclusion that the TRAPPIST-1 planets likely received an extreme amount XUV energy-an estimated integrated XUV energy of ∼1030-1032 erg over the star's lifetime.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Stellar evolution - Low mass stars - Planet hosting stars

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