ASCA observations of hard X-ray emission from the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud

Details ASCA observations of hard X-ray emission from the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud ASCA observations of hard X-ray emission from the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud

Jun 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994pasj...46l.125k&link_type=abstract

PASJ: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, vol. 46, no. 3, p. L125-L129

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

56

Flare Stars, Infrared Sources (Astronomy), Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Luminosity, X Ray Sources, Charge Coupled Devices, X Ray Imagery, X Ray Spectroscopy

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Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA) obtained broad-band (0.8-12 keV) images and spectra of the central region of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud in 1993 August. The 38-ks observation detected at least eleven sources (S/N greater than or equal to 3), including the X-ray bright pre-main sequence star DoAr 21 and embedded infrared sources with no optical counterparts. Hard X-rays up to approximately equals 8 keV were detected from DoAr 21 (whose light curve shows no evidence for variability) and from a flaring source lying in a region of high visual extinction. Thermal spectral fits for the brightest source give kT approximately 2 keV and hydrogen column densities NH approximately 1022 cm-2. The spectrum of a region in the center of the field where no discrete sources were detected shows hard, heavily absorbed emission that is most likely the integrated contribution of a number of a deeply embedded young stars below the detection limit.

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