Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-02-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
26 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-6256/135/4/1474
We present a statistical study of the X-Ray emission toward 22 Herbig AeBe stars using the Chandra archive. We probe the origin of the X-Rays toward Herbig stars: are they intrinsic? This question is addressed by correlations between the physical stellar properties and the X-Ray emission. There is a weak correlation between the continuum radio emission at lambda = 3.6cm and Lx, which suggests that the X-Ray emission depends upon the source. On the other hand, no correlation was found with the stellar rotational period, but that only excludes solar-like magnetic activity as the origin of the X-Rays. Most importantly, the X-Ray luminosity of Herbig AeBe stars have a different distribution than T Tauri stars, suggesting X-Ray emission from an unseen late type star companion can be ruled out with an 80% confidence level. This implies that the Herbig AeBe stars must have magnetic activity. In addition, we report the observation of five sources for the first time, three detections.
Hamidouche Murad
Looney Leslie W.
Wang Shiya
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