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X-ray Flare Rate of T Tauri Stars in Taurus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. Neuhäuser  and
Th. Preibisch
R. Neuhäuser
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, 85740 Garching, Germany
Th. Preibisch
Affiliation:
Universität Würzburg, Astronomisches Institut, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

Abstract

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We study the X-ray emission of several hundred (young, low-mass, late-type, pre-main sequence) T Tauri stars (TTS) in the Taurus T association, a nearby well-studied region of ongoing star formation. We report on X-ray emission variability of TTS as observed with the flux-limited ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS). Since RASS observations are spatially unbiased, we can investigate the X-ray flare rate of TTS on a large sample. We find that large flares are very rare (once per year), while medium-size flares can occur once in ∼ 40 days.

Type
Theory of Flares
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 151: Flares and Flashes , 1995 , pp. 216 - 217
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1995

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