2001ApJ...549..441S -
Astrophys. J., 549, 441-451 (2001/March-1)
Chandra observations of variable embedded X-ray sources in Orion. I. Resolving the Orion Trapezium.
SCHULZ N.S., CANIZARES C., HUENEMOERDER D., KASTNER J.H., TAYLOR S.C. and BERGSTROEM E.J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We used the High-Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer on board the
Chandra X-Ray Observatory to perform two observations, separated by 3 weeks, of the Orion Trapezium region. The zeroth-order images on the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer provide spatial resolution of 0".5 and moderate energy resolution. Within a 160''x140'' region around the Orion Trapezium, we resolve 111 X-ray sources with luminosities between 7x10
28 and 2x10
32 ergs.s
–1. We do not detect any diffuse emission. All but six sources are identified. From spectral fits of the three brightest stars in the Trapezium, we determine the line-of-sight column density to be N
H=(1.93±0.29)x10
21 cm
–2. Many sources appear much more heavily absorbed, with N
H in the range of 10
22-10
23 cm
–2. A large fraction of sources also show excursions in luminosity by more than a factor 5 on timescales greater than 50 ks; many are detected only in one of the observations. The main objective of this paper is to study the Orion Trapezium and its close vicinity. All five Trapezium stars are bright in X-rays, with θ
1 Ori C accounting for about 60% of the total luminosity of the Trapezium. The CCD spectra of the three very early-type members can be fitted with a two-temperature thermal spectrum with a soft component of kT∼0.8 keV and a hard component of kT∼2-3 keV. θ
1 Ori B is an order of magnitude fainter than θ
1 Ori E and shows only a hard spectrum of kT∼3 keV. θ
1 Ori D is another order of magnitude fainter than θ
1 Ori B, with only a kT∼0.7 keV component. We discuss these results in the context of stellar wind models. We detect eight additional, mostly variable X-ray sources in the close vicinity of the Trapezium. They are identified with thermal and nonthermal radio sources, as well as infrared and optical stars. Five of these X-ray sources are identified with proplyds, and we argue that the X-ray emission originates from class I, II, and III protostars at the cores of the proplyds.
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Journal keyword(s):
Galaxy: Open Clusters and Associations: Individual: Name: Trapezium - Stars: Early-Type - Stars: Formation - Techniques: Spectroscopic - X-Rays: Stars
VizieR on-line data:
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Nomenclature:
Table 1: [SCH2001] NNN (Nos 1-111).
Errata:
erratum vol. 586, p. 1441 (2003)
CDS comments:
Table 1: (Nos A-E) are (Nos 1-5). [SCH2001] 7 is misidentified with Parenago 1825. Source #12: connection with [AD95] 3132 ignored in Simbad.
Simbad objects:
131
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