a Department of Applied Physics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
b Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Abstract:
We used four coronal models to fit ROSAT data of a sample of late-type stars. The merits and demerits of each was discussed. We found a good correlation between the cornoal temperature so derived and the magnetic field strength. This indicates magnetic heating of the corona and provides a possible, indirect means of estimating the photospheric magnetic field.