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J.H.M.M. Schmitt, J.J. Drake., R.A. Stern, and B.M. Haisch
We present and discuss the extreme-ultraviolet spectrum of the nearby K2 dwarf epsilon Eri obtained with the spectrometers onboard the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer satellite (EUVE). In the EUVE spectrum of epsilon Eri we detect emission lines atribbutable to iron in the ionization stages Fe IX to Fe XXI, thus covering a rather large temeprature range from less than 10^6 K to 10^7 K. While the lines in the lowest and highes ionization stages are relatively weak, the strongest lines detected are from Fe XV and Fe XVI, from which we infer a peak in the differential emission measure distributions at coronal temperatures of log T~6.4; significant emission measure is, however, also present at both higher and lower temperatures. This is in contrast to both lower activity stars whose EUV spectra are dominated by cooler Fe lines in the range 170-180 $Aring as well as the more active stars whose EUV spectra are dominated by hotter Fe lines in the range 110-135 Å. Finally, a density determination using line ratios of Fe XIII and Fe XIV results in coronal densities for epsilon Eri which are similar to solar active region densities.
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