Is it possible to detect CMEs on solar-type stars through EUV spectral observations?

Authors: Zihao Yang (Peking University; NCAR/HAO), Hui Tian (Peking University), Yu Xu (Peking University), Xianyu Liu (Peking University)

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the largest-scale eruptive phenomena in the solar and other solar-type stellar system. Associated with enormous plasma ejections and energy release, stellar CMEs will greatly impact the habitability of the orbiting exoplanets around the hosting stars. Therefore, the detection of stellar CMEs and how stellar CMEs affect the space environments are indispensable when evaluating the habitability of exoplanets. Observationally, solar CMEs could result in the asymmetries of spectral line profiles. However, few studies have concentrated on whether we can detect solar and stellar CME signals and accurately diagnose CME properties through line profile asymmetries. In this work, we constructed a geometric CME model and derived the analytical expressions for full-disk integrated extreme ultraviolet (EUV) line profiles during CMEs. For different CME properties and instrumental conditions, full disk-integrated line profiles were synthesized. We further evaluated the detectability and diagnostic potential of CMEs from the synthetic line profiles, and also considered the impact of different exposure times during stellar observations. Our investigations provide important constraints on the future design of spectrographs for CME detections on solar-type stars through EUV line asymmetries.