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Radio and extreme-ultraviolet observations of CF Tucanae
Gunn A. G., Migenes V., Doyle J. G., Spencer R. E.,
MNRAS, 1997, 287, 199.
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ABSTRACT. We present contemporaneous EUV and radio observations
obtained for the totally eclipsing chromospherically active RS
CVn-type binary CF Tucanae. Observations were made with the ATNF
Compact Array at 6 cm and 3.6 cm over one complete orbital cycle of
the system and with the EUVE Deep Survey/Spectrometer telescope over
five orbital cycles. We obtained a strong detection of the source
(1.9 mJy at 6 cm and 1.1 mJy at 3.6 cm) in the radio. Both EUV and
radio flux levels appear to show a clear modulation at the orbital
period with a maximum at phase 0.5 which indicates the existence
of an intra-binary region of activity. This has important consequences
for the details of coronal formation and field interaction in active close
binary stars. We interpret the EUV emission as an isotropically radiating
thermal source; on the other hand the radio emission shows evidence of
intrinsic gyromagnetic directivity. We also demonstrate that contemporaneous
EUV and radio observations are not sufficient to determine the
characteristics of the gyroemission electron population.
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