Spectral properties of X-ray bright variable sources in the Taurus molecular cloud

2006/11/20 by E. Franciosini, I. Pillitteri, B. Stelzer +8 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Biology #Cloud computing #Computer science #Coronal plane #Mathematics #Molecular cloud #Optics #Physics #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Variable (mathematics) #X-ray #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066536

18 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables. Accepted by A&A, to appear in a special section/issue dedicated to the XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST)

arxiv created 2006/11/20 · openalex publication_date 2006/12/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.We analyze 19 bright variable X-ray sources detected in the XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST), to characterize the variations with time of their coronal properties and to derive information on the X-ray emitting structures.

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