Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-09-25
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.373:827-835,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11086.x
We have modelled the rotational modulation of X-ray emission from T Tauri stars assuming that they have isothermal, magnetically confined coronae. By extrapolating surface magnetograms we find that T Tauri coronae are compact and clumpy, such that rotational modulation arises from X-ray emitting regions being eclipsed as the star rotates. Emitting regions are close to the stellar surface and inhomogeneously distributed about the star. However some regions of the stellar surface, which contain wind bearing open field lines, are dark in X-rays. From simulated X-ray light curves, obtained using stellar parameters from the Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project, we calculate X-ray periods and make comparisons with optically determined rotation periods. We find that X-ray periods are typically equal to, or are half of, the optical periods. Further, we find that X-ray periods are dependent upon the stellar inclination, but that the ratio of X-ray to optical period is independent of stellar mass and radius.
Collier Cameron Andrew
Donati Jean-Francois
Gregory Scott G.
Jardine Moira M.
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