J 2024

Science with a Small Two-Band UV-Photometry Mission II: Observations of Stars and Stellar Systems

KRTIČKA, Jiří, Jan BENÁČEK, Ján BUDAJ, Daniela KORČÁKOVÁ, András PÁL et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Science with a Small Two-Band UV-Photometry Mission II: Observations of Stars and Stellar Systems

Authors

KRTIČKA, Jiří, Jan BENÁČEK, Ján BUDAJ, Daniela KORČÁKOVÁ, András PÁL, Martin PIECKA, Miloslav ZEJDA, Volkan BAKIŞ, Miroslav BROŽ, Hsiang-Kuang CHANG, Nikola FALTOVÁ, Rudolf GÁLIS, Daniel JADLOVSKÝ, Jan JANÍK, Jan KÁRA, Jakub KOLÁŘ, Iva KRTIČKOVÁ, Jiří KUBÁT, Brankica KUBÁTOVÁ, Petr KURFÜRST, Matúš LABAJ, Jaroslav MERC, Zdeněk MIKULÁŠEK, Filip MÜNZ, Ernst PAUNZEN, Michal PRIŠEGEN, Tahereh RAMEZANI, Tatiana RIEVAJOVÁ, Jakub ŘÍPA, Linda SCHMIDTOBREICK, Marek SKARKA, Gabriel SZÁSZ, Werner WEISS, Michal ZAJAČEK and Norbert WERNER

Edition

Space Science Reviews, Springer, 2024, 0038-6308

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Organization

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Repository – Repository

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-024-01058-1

UT WoS

001183236300002

Keywords in English

Binaries: general; Open clusters and associations: general; Planetary systems; Stars: variables: general; Techniques: photometric; Ultraviolet: stars
Changed: 21/9/2024 00:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

V originále

We outline the impact of a small two-band UV-photometry satellite mission on the field of stellar physics, magnetospheres of stars, binaries, stellar clusters, interstellar matter, and exoplanets. On specific examples of different types of stars and stellar systems, we discuss particular requirements for such a satellite mission in terms of specific mission parameters such as bandpass, precision, cadence, and mission duration. We show that such a mission may provide crucial data not only for hot stars that emit most of their light in UV, but also for cool stars, where UV traces their activity. This is important, for instance, for exoplanetary studies, because the level of stellar activity influences habitability. While the main asset of the two-band UV mission rests in time-domain astronomy, an example of open clusters proves that such a mission would be important also for the study of stellar populations. Properties of the interstellar dust are best explored when combining optical and IR information with observations in UV. It is well known that dust absorbs UV radiation efficiently. Consequently, we outline how such a UV mission can be used to detect eclipses of sufficiently hot stars by various dusty objects and study disks, rings, clouds, disintegrating exoplanets or exoasteroids. Furthermore, UV radiation can be used to study the cooling of neutron stars providing information about the extreme states of matter in the interiors of neutron stars and used for mapping heated spots on their surfaces.
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