Planet formation and the missing 10 Myr old stars

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Chandra Proposal Id #05200234

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Our understanding of planet formation requires large, unbiased and nearby samples of older pre-main sequence stars around 10 Myr old. Four groups of such stars have recently been found around the closest OB association, Sco-Cen, with a combination of kinematical and X-ray selection criteria. We propose here a Chandra snapshot survey to discover more of these stars. The targets constitute a well-defined sample of B stars on the outskirts of Sco-Cen with kinematics consistent with Sco-Cen membership. In successful cases, the X-ray image will reveal coeval low-mass stars around 10 Myr old which will then be subject to optical and infrared disk study to characterize the later phases of planet formation.

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