2006/12/20 by M. Güdel, M. Guedel, S. L. Skinner +6 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Accretion (finance) #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Context (archaeology) #Dissipation #Physics #Stars #T Tauri star #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066318
12 pages, 7 figures, A&A style. Accepted by A&A, to appear in a special section/issue dedicated to the XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST). See also http://www.issibern.ch/teams/Taurus/papers.html
arxiv created 2006/12/20 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Context.The generation of X-rays in accreting T Tauri stars (TTS) is thought to be predominantly due to energy dissipation in magnetic fields, but alternative X-ray generation mechanisms have been proposed, such as heating in accretion shocks near the stellar surface, or in shocks forming in jets.