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Eclipse mapping at X-ray wavelengths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

J.H.M.M. Schmitt
J.H.M.M. Schmitt*
Affiliation:
Max–Planck–Institut für extraterrestrische Physik D–85740 Garching, Germany

Abstract

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Stellar coronae cannot be spatially resolved, and yet stellar coronae are likely to exhibit a similar amount of structure as the solar corona. Currently, the only way to infer structure from spatially unresolved data is to look for rotational modulation of the X-ray emission or eclipses in the case of binary systems. I will discuss some of the observations obtained and critically review the methods used to infer structure from these data. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ill-conditioned nature of the inversion problem, that makes it next to impossible to infer the possibly three-dimensional structure of stellar coronae.

Type
Session I: “Stellar Surface Mapping Techniques”
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 176: Stellar Surface Structure , 1996 , pp. 85 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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