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Herbig Ae/Be恒星的Chandra X射线分析

Chandra X-ray Analysis of Herbig Ae/Be Stars

Hema Anilkumar, Blesson Mathew, V. Jithesh, Sreeja S. Kartha, P. Manoj, Mayank Narang, Mahathi Chavali

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本研究利用Chandra档案分析62颗HAeBe恒星的X射线性质,通过与TTS及光学/红外性质比较,排除吸积激波和隐藏伴星解释,支持磁驱动日冕发射机制。

摘要:

Herbig Ae/Be(HAeBe)恒星是中等质量的主序前恒星,其特征是红外超量和发射线。观测发现它们会发射X射线,但其起源仍有争议且尚未确定。由于HAeBe恒星缺乏次表面对流区,理论上并不预期它们会产生X射线发射。在本研究中,我们从Chandra档案中检索了62颗HAeBe恒星的观测数据,其中44个源在X射线波段被探测到(探测比例约71%),包括7个新探测。我们将该样本作为试验平台,对HAeBe恒星及其低质量对应天体——T Tauri恒星(TTSs)——的X射线性质进行比较分析。此外,我们将HAeBe恒星和TTSs的X射线性质与光学和红外性质进行比较,以约束HAeBe恒星中的X射线发射机制。我们发现HAeBe恒星的X射线发射与盘性质之间不存在相关性,证实X射线与吸积激波无关。在没有任何已知亚角秒伴星的HAeBe恒星中,约56%具有较低的等离子体温度(kT ≤ 2 keV)。我们在已确认存在低质量伴星的HAeBe恒星中观测到耀发/变异性。这些恒星表现出高于2 keV的等离子体温度,与TTSs相似。基于这些信息,我们讨论了T Tauri伴星在我们HAeBe恒星样本所观测到的X射线发射中的作用。根据本文所得结果,我们认为HAeBe恒星的X射线发射可能与吸积激波或隐藏的TTS无关,而更可能源于磁驱动的日冕发射。

英文摘要:

Herbig Ae/Be (HAeBe) stars are intermediate-mass pre-main sequence stars, characterized by infrared excess and emission lines. They are observed to emit X-rays, whose origin is a matter of discussion and not settled yet. X-ray emission is not expected in HAeBe stars, as they lack the sub-surface convective zone. In this study, we retrieved observations from the Chandra archive for 62 HAeBe stars, among which 44 sources (detection fraction $\sim$71%) were detected in X-rays, with 7 being new detections. We use this sample as a test bed to conduct a comparative analysis of the X-ray properties of HAeBe stars and their low-mass counterparts, T Tauri Stars (TTSs). Further, we compare the X-ray properties of HAeBe stars and TTSs with optical and IR properties to constrain the X-ray emission mechanism in HAeBe stars. We found no correlation between X-ray emission and disk properties of HAeBe stars, confirming that X-rays are not related to accretion shocks. About 56% of HAeBe stars without any known sub-arcsec companions have lower plasma temperatures (kT $\leq$ 2 keV). We observe flaring/variability in HAeBe stars with confirmed low-mass companions. These stars show plasma temperatures > 2 keV, similar to TTSs. Guided by this information we discuss the role of a T Tauri companion for X-ray emission seen in our sample of HAeBe stars. From the results obtained in this paper, we suggest that X-ray emission from HAeBe stars may not be related to accretion shocks or hidden TTS, but rather can be due to magnetically driven coronal emission.

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