X-ray sources in regions of star formation. III - Naked T Tauri stars associated with the Taurus-Auriga complex

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Star Formation, Stellar Spectrophotometry, T Tauri Stars, X Ray Sources, Early Stars, Infrared Astronomy, Molecular Clouds

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The authors report results from a multispectral investigation of stellar counterparts of X-ray sources in the general region of the Taurus-Auriga star-formation complex. They discuss 28 new low-mass pre-main-sequence "naked T Tauri" stars, bringing the census of naked T Tauri stars to 44 in the Tau-Aur region. The authors discuss the optical spectra and the optical and near-IR colors. They show that these stars are basically normal stars with ages of 1 - 40×106yr. There is no evidence for IR or UV excesses. Chromospheric and coronal surface fluxes are comparable to those of the most active main-sequence stars and the RS CVn systems. The authors show that the chromospheric fluxes do not increase for stellar ages <108yr, confirming the postulated exponential decay of stellar activity.

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