Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aj....116.1933c&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 116, Issue 4, pp. 1933-1939.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Activity, Stars: Pre-Main-Sequence, X-Rays
Scientific paper
Several recent studies with the ROSAT and ASCA satellites have reported X-ray emission from Class I protostars. We present here an X-ray survey of 156 protostellar sources using archived ROSAT PSPC pointed observations. Targets are drawn from four samples: low-temperature objects in nearby star forming regions, Herbig-Haro outflow sources, CO outflow sources, and Class 0 embedded protostars. Over 90% are not detected at the 3 sigma limit over the 1.0-2.4 keV band, with upper limits of 0.1-40 counts ks^-1 corresponding to log L_X ~= 28-33 ergs s^-1. Of the 11 detected objects, 10 are either Class II or III stars or previously detected Class I protostars. One new Class I source, Ced 110 IRS 6 in the Chamaeleon I cloud, is found. The X-ray luminosity function of protostars is calculated, but is quite uncertain. We conclude that X-ray emission from protostars has a broad luminosity function and that very X-ray luminous (L_X >~ 10^31 ergs s^-1) protostars are rare.
Carkner Lee
Feigelson Eric D.
Kozak Jennifer A.
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