Affiliation:
1. Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Guanajuato, Callejón de Jalisco S/N Col. Valenciana, Guanajuato 36023, México
2. Sterrewacht Leiden, Universiteit Leiden, Nils Bohrweg 2, NL-2333CA Leiden, the Netherlands
Abstract
ABSTRACT
We present a sample of 32 stars of spectral types G and K and luminosity classes I–V, with moderate activity levels, covering four orders of magnitude of surface gravity and a representative range of effective temperature. For each star we obtained high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) spectra from the Telescopio Internacional de Guanajuato Robótico-Espectroscópico (TIGRE–HEROS) with a spectral resolving power of $R\approx 20\, 000$ and measured the Ca ii K line widths of interest, W0 and W1. The main physical parameters are determined by means of iSpec synthesis and Gaia EDR3 parallaxes. Mass estimates are based on matching to evolution models. Using this stellar sample, which is highly uniform in terms of spectral quality and assessment, we derive the best-fitting relation between emission-line width and gravity g, including a notable dependence on effective temperature Teff, of the form $W_1 \propto g^{-0.229} T_{\rm eff}^{+2.41}$. This result confirms the physical interpretation of the Wilson–Bappu effect as a line saturation and photon redistribution effect in the chromospheric Ca ii column density, under the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium at the bottom of the chromosphere. While the column density (and hence W1) increases towards lower gravities, the observed temperature dependence is then understood as a simple ionization effect: in cooler stars, Ca ii densities decrease in favour of Ca i.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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