Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-11-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20066424
AIMS: To study the properties of X-ray emissions from young stellar objects (YSOs), through their evolution from Class I to Class III and determine whether Class 0 protostars emit in X-rays. METHODS: A deep Chandra X-ray observation of the Serpens star-forming region was obtained. The Serpens Cloud Core is ideally suited for this type of investigation, being populated by a dense and extremely young cluster whose members are found in all different evolutionary stages, including six well studied Class 0 sources. RESULTS: None of the six Class 0 protostars is detected in our observations, excluding the presence of sources with X-ray luminosities > 0.4 10^30 erg/s (for column densities of the order of 4 10^{23} cm^-2, or A_V ~ 200). A total of 85 X-ray sources are detected and the light curves and spectra of 35 YSOs are derived. There is a clear trend of decreasing absorbing column densities as one moves from Class I to Class III sources, and, possibly, evidence of decreasing plasma temperatures, too. We observe a strong, long-duration, flare from a Class II low-mass star, for which we derive a flaring loop length of the order of 20 stellar radii. We interpret the flaring event as originating from a magnetic flux tube connecting the star to its circumstellar disk. The presence of such a disk is supported by the detection, in the spectrum of this star, of 6.4 keV Fe fluorescent emission.
Favata Fabio
Giardino Giovanna
Micela Giuseppina
Sciortino Salvatore
Winston Elaine
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