The XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST)

Details The XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST) The XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST)

Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...211.2905f&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #29.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.780

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The XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud is an exceptionally large and growing X-ray survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC). Now comprising 31 1/2-degree diameter fields, observed with the three XMM-Newton EPIC cameras. High-resolution spectroscopy has been obtained for about ten T Tauri stars (TTS) with the RGS instruments, and the Optical Monitor secured an optical/UV survey.
XEST detects essentially the entire surveyed TTS population of the TMC in X-rays including about half of the observed (8/16) brown dwarfs and Class I protostars (8/20). Several new candidate members are identified. The X-ray luminosity (LX) of TTS shows
related correlations with both stellar bolometric luminosity and mass. Classical TTS show suppressed X-ray output in the CCD band by a factor of about 2. These statistical results confirm results from other star formation regions. Different from previous reports on TMC, XEST identifies no activity-rotation relation. Brown dwarfs are found to follow trends set by TTS, both for accreting and non-accreting objects. But a decrease of the fractional luminosity, LX/Lbol, is seen with decreasing mass indicating weakened heating efficiency in the substellar domain.
XEST reports five members of the class of "Two-Absorber X-Ray" (TAX) sources which reveal a double-peaked spectrum originating from two unrelated sources with different absorption column densities. The softer emission is thought to be related to jets, as explicitly seen in DG Tau. RGS spectroscopy shows a systematic "X-ray soft excess" in classical TTS, suggesting excessive cool (1-2 MK) plasma due to accretion, although the excess seems to correlate with magnetic activity as well.
XEST has been supported by the Space Science Institute (Bern/Switz.).

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