- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/567/423
- Title:
- CHANDRA obs. of YSOs in Monoceros R2
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/567/423
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We observed the Monoceros R2 molecular cloud with the ACIS-I array on board the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. From the central 3.2'x3.2' region, we detect 154 sources above the detection limit of ~5x10^-16^erg/s/cm^2^ with a 100ks exposure. About 85% of the X-ray sources are identified with an infrared counterpart, including four high-mass stars in the zero-age main-sequence (ZAMS) and/or premain-sequence (PMS) phase. The X-ray spectra of the high-mass ZAMS and PMS stars are represented by a thin thermal plasma model of a temperature above ~2keV. The X-rays are time variable and exhibit rapid flares. This high-temperature plasma and flaring activity is similar to that seen in low-mass PMS stars and is contrary to the behavior observed in high-mass main-sequence stars.The X-ray luminosity increases as the intrinsic K-band flux increases. However, the X-ray luminosity saturates at a level of ~10^31^erg/s. We conclude that high-mass ZAMS and PMS stars emit X-rays, possibly because of magnetic activity such as that of low-mass stars.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/566/974
- Title:
- CHANDRA obs. of YSOs in OMC-2 and OMC-3
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/566/974
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report X-ray results of the Chandra observation of OMC-2 and OMC-3. A deep exposure of ~100ks detects ~400 X-ray sources in the field of view of the ACIS array, providing one of the largest X-ray catalogs in a star-forming region. Coherent studies of the source detection, time variability, and energy spectra are performed. We classify the X-ray sources into Class I, Class II, and Class III+MS based on the J-, H-, and K-band colors of their near-infrared counterparts and discuss the X-ray properties (temperature, absorption, and time variability) along these evolutionary phases.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/128/787
- Title:
- Chandra Orion flanking fields data
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/128/787
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of Chandra observations of two flanking fields (FFs) in Orion, outside the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC). We present a catalog of 417 sources, which includes X-ray luminosity, optical and infrared photometry, and X-ray variability information.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/614/267
- Title:
- Chandra sources in Cha I North
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/614/267
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Sensitive X-ray imaging surveys provide a new and effective tool to establish the census of pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars in nearby young stellar clusters. We report here a deep Chandra X-Ray Observatory observation of PMS stars in the Chamaeleon I North cloud, achieving a limiting luminosity of log L_t_~27ergs/s (0.5-8keV band) in a 0.8x0.8pc^2^ region. Of the 107 X-ray sources, 37 are associated with Galactic stars of which 27 are previously recognized cloud members.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/169/353
- Title:
- Chandra sources in M17
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/169/353
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report here results from a Chandra ACIS observation of the stellar populations in and around the M17 HII region. The field reveals 886 sources with observed X-ray luminosities (uncorrected for absorption) between ~29.3ergs/s<logL_X_<32.8ergs/s, 771 of which have stellar counterparts in infrared images.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/163/306
- Title:
- Chandra study of the Cep B star-forming region
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/163/306
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Cepheus B (Cep B) molecular cloud and a portion of the nearby Cep OB3b OB association, one of the most active regions of star formation within 1kpc, have been observed with the ACIS detector on board the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. We detect 431 X-ray sources, of which 89% are confidently identified as clustered premain-sequence (PMS) stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/241
- Title:
- Chandra X-ray detection of YSOs in Serpens South
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/241
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a Chandra study of the deeply embedded Serpens South star-forming region, examining cluster structure and disk properties at the earliest stages. In total, 152 X-ray sources are detected. Combined with Spitzer and 2MASS photometry, 66 X-ray sources are reliably matched to an IR counterpart. We identify 21 class I, 6 flat spectrum, 16 class II, and 18 class III young stars; 5 were unclassified. Eighteen sources were variable in X-rays, 8 exhibiting flare-like emission and one source being periodic. The cluster's X-ray luminosity distance was estimated: the best match was to the nearer distance of 260 pc for the front of the Aquila Rift complex. The ratio of N_H_ to A_K_ is found to be ~0.68x10^22^, similar to that measured in other young low-mass regions, but lower than that measured in the interstellar medium and high-mass clusters (~(1.6-2)x10^22^). We find that the spatial distribution closely follows that of the dense filament from which the stars have formed, with the class II population still strongly associated with the filament. There are four subclusters in the field, with three forming knots in the filament, and a fourth to the west, which may not be associated but may be contributing to the distributed class III population. A high percentage of diskless class IIIs (upper limit 30% of classified X-ray sources) in such a young cluster could indicate that processing of disks is influenced by the cluster environment and is not solely dependent on timescale.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/55/653
- Title:
- Chandra X-ray flares in rho Ophiuchi
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/55/653
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the results of a systematic study of X-ray flares from low-mass young stellar objects, using two deep exposure Chandra observations of the main region of the {rho} Ophiuchi star-forming cloud. From 195 X-ray sources, including class I-III sources and some young brown dwarfs, we detected a total of 71 X-ray flares.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/598/375
- Title:
- Chandra X-ray observations of NGC 2024
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/598/375
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of a sensitive 76ks Chandra observation of the young stellar cluster in NGC 2024, lying at a distance of ~415pc in the Orion B giant molecular cloud. Previous infrared observations have shown that this remarkable cluster contains several hundred embedded young stars, most of which are still surrounded by circumstellar disks. Thus, it presents a rare opportunity to study X-ray activity in a large sample of optically invisible protostars and classical T Tauri stars (CTTSs) undergoing accretion. Chandra detected 283 X-ray sources, of which 248 were identified with counterparts at other wavelengths, mostly in the near-infrared. Astrometric registration of Chandra images against the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) resulted in positional offsets of ~0.25" near field center, yielding high confidence identifications of infrared counterparts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A198
- Title:
- CHIPS II. O stars in Trumpler 14 CHIPS-Tr14
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A198
- Date:
- 25 Feb 2022 07:07:49
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Most massive stars belong to multiple systems, yet the formation process leading to such high multiplicity remain insufficiently understood. To help constrain the different formation scenarios that exist, insights on the low-mass end of the companion mass function of such stars is crucial. However, this is a challenging endeavour as (sub-)solar mass companions at angular separations {rho} below 1" (corresponding to 1000-3000au in nearby young open clusters and OB associations) are difficult to detect due to the large brightness contrast with the central star. With the Carina High-contrast Imaging Project of massive Stars (CHIPS), we aim to obtain statistically significant constraints on the presence and properties of low-mass companions around massive stars at a previously unreachable observing window ({Delta}mag>=10 at {rho}<= 1"). In this second paper in the series, we focus on the Trumpler 14 cluster, which harbours some of the youngest and most massive O-type stars in the Milky Way. We obtained VLT-SPHERE observations of seven O-type objects in Trumpler 14 using the IRDIFS_EXT mode. These allow us to search for companions at separations larger than 0.15" (~360au) and down to magnitude contrast >10 mag in the near-infrared. We used angular and spectral differential imaging along with PSF fitting to detect sources and measure their flux relative to that of the central object. We detected 211 sources with near-infrared magnitude contrast in the range of 2 to 12. The closest companion, at only 0.26", is characterised as a 1.4M_{sun}_ stars with an age of 0.6Myr, in excellent agreement with previous age estimates for Tr14. The mass function peaks at about 0.4M_{sun}_ and presents a dearth of stars in the 0.5 to 0.8M_{sun}_ mass range compared to previous estimates of the initial mass function in Tr14.
