The X-ray emission from Z CMa during an FUor-like outburst and the detection of its X-ray jet

Details The X-ray emission from Z CMa during an FUor-like outburst and the detection of its X-ray jet The X-ray emission from Z CMa during an FUor-like outburst and the detection of its X-ray jet

2009-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/0903.4060v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

5 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Accretion shocks have been recognized as important X-ray emission mechanism for pre-main sequence stars. Yet the X-ray properties of FUor outbursts, events that are caused by violent accretion, have been given little attention. We have observed the FUor object Z CMa during optical outburst and quiescence with Chandra. No significant changes in X-ray brightness and spectral shape are found, suggesting that the X-ray emission is of coronal nature. Due to the binary nature of Z CMa the origin of the X-ray source is ambiguous. However, the moderate hydrogen column density derived from our data makes it unlikely that the embedded primary star is the X-ray source. The secondary star, which is the FUor object, is thus responsible for both the X-ray emission and the presently ongoing accretion outburst, which seem however to be unrelated phenomena. The secondary is also known to drive a large outflow and jet, that we detect here for the first time in X-rays. The distance of the X-ray emitting outflow source to the central star is higher than in jets of low-mass stars.

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