2022AJ....164..110F


Query : 2022AJ....164..110F

2022AJ....164..110F - Astron. J., 164, 110 (2022/September-0)

AU Microscopii in the Far-UV: Observations in Quiescence, during Flares, and Implications for AU Mic b and c.

FEINSTEIN A.D., FRANCE K., YOUNGBLOOD A., DUVVURI G.M., TEAL D.J., CAULEY P.W., SELIGMAN D.Z., GAIDOS E., KEMPTON E.M.-R., BEAN J.L., DIAMOND-LOWE H., NEWTON E., GINZBURG S., PLAVCHAN P., GAO P. and SCHLICHTING H.

Abstract (from CDS):

High-energy X-ray and ultraviolet (UV) radiation from young stars impacts planetary atmospheric chemistry and mass loss. The active ∼22 Myr M dwarf AU Mic hosts two exoplanets orbiting interior to its debris disk. Therefore, this system provides a unique opportunity to quantify the effects of stellar X-ray and UV irradiation on planetary atmospheres as a function of both age and orbital separation. In this paper, we present over 5 hr of far-UV (FUV) observations of AU Mic taken with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS; 1070-1360 Å) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We provide an itemization of 120 emission features in the HST/COS FUV spectrum and quantify the flux contributions from formation temperatures ranging from 104 to 107 K. We detect 13 flares in the FUV white-light curve with energies ranging from 1029 to 1031 erg s. The majority of the energy in each of these flares is released from the transition region between the chromosphere and the corona. There is a 100× increase in flux at continuum wavelengths λ < 1100 Å in each flare, which may be caused by thermal Bremsstrahlung emission. We calculate that the baseline atmospheric mass-loss rate for AU Mic b is ∼108 g s–1, although this rate can be as high as ∼1014 g s–1 during flares with ${L}_{\mathrm{flare}}\simeq {10}^{33}$ erg s–1. Finally, we model the transmission spectra for AU Mic b and c with a new panchromatic spectrum of AU Mic and motivate future JWST observations of these planets.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Stellar activity - Stellar flares - Hubble Space Telescope - Ultraviolet astronomy - M dwarf stars - Exoplanet atmospheres

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/AJ/164/110): tablea1.dat>

Simbad objects: 10

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Number of rows : 10
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 * 47 Cas ** 02 05 07.4242273 +77 16 52.824198   5.590 5.268     F0Vn 128 1
2 K2-25b Pl 04 13 05.6131374072 +15 14 52.018080576           ~ 108 0
3 V* AD Leo PM* 10 19 36.2808181226 +19 52 12.010446571   10.82 9.52 9.19   dM3 1469 1
4 Ross 905b Pl 11 42 11.0933350978 +26 42 23.650782778           ~ 913 1
5 NAME Proxima Centauri PM* 14 29 42.9461331854 -62 40 46.164680672 14.21 12.95 11.13 9.45 7.41 M5.5Ve 1483 0
6 V* EK Dra BY* 14 39 00.2104038120 +64 17 29.979649860   8.243 7.604     G5VFe-0.7CH-1(k) 500 0
7 HD 189733b Pl 20 00 43.7129433648 +22 42 39.073143456           ~ 1610 1
8 HD 197481b Pl 20 45 09.5324974119 -31 20 27.237889841           ~ 158 0
9 HD 197481 BY* 20 45 09.5324974119 -31 20 27.237889841   10.05 8.627 9.078 6.593 M1VeBa1 1344 0
10 HD 197481c Pl 20 45 09.5324974119 -31 20 27.237889841           ~ 82 0

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