SIMBAD references

2008A&A...488L..13S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 488L13-16 (2008/9-3)

The nature of the soft X-ray source in DG Tauri.

SCHNEIDER P.C. and SCHMITT J.H.M.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

The classical T Tauri star DG Tau shows all typical signatures of X-ray activity and, in particular, harbors a resolved X-ray jet. DG Tau's jet is one of the most well studied jets of young stellar objects, having been observed for more than 25 years by a variety of instruments. We demonstrate that its soft and hard X-ray components are separated spatially by approximately 0.2 arcsec by deriving the spatial offset between both components from the event centroids of the soft and hard photons utilizing the intrinsic energy-resolution of the Chandra ACIS-S detector. We also demonstrate that this offset is physical and cannot be attributed to an instrumental origin or to low counting statistics. Furthermore, the location of the derived soft X-ray emission peak coincides with emission peaks observed for optical emission lines, suggesting that both soft X-rays and optical emission have the same physical origin.

Abstract Copyright: ∼

Journal keyword(s): stars: individual: DG Tauri - stars: winds, outflows - X-rays: stars - stars: pre-main sequence

Simbad objects: 22

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2008A&A...488L..13S and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu