X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population
- Autores
- Flaccomio, E.; Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo; Drake, J. J.; Guarcello, M. G.; Kashyap, V.; Wright, N. J.; Briggs, K.; Ercolano, B.; McCollough, M.; Sciortino, S.
- Año de publicación
- 2023
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- We analyze the X-ray spectra of the ∼8000 sources detected in the Cygnus OB2 Chandra Legacy Survey (this focus issue), with the goals of characterizing the coronal plasma of the young low-mass stars in the region and estimating their intrinsic X-ray luminosities. We adopt two different strategies for X-ray sources for which more or less than 20 photons were detected. For the brighter sample we fit the spectra with absorbed isothermal models. In order to limit uncertainties, for most of the fainter Cygnus OB2 members in this sample we constrain the spectral parameters to characteristic ranges defined from the brightest stars. For X-ray sources with <20 net photons we adopt a conversion factor from detected photon flux to intrinsic flux. This was defined, building on the results for the previous sample, as a function of the 20% quantile of the detected photon energy distributions, which we prove to also correlate well with extinction. We then use the X-ray extinction from the spectral fits to constrain the ratio between optical and X-ray extinction toward Cyg OB2, finding it consistent with standard “Galactic” values, when properly accounting for systematics. Finally, we exploit the large number of sources to constrain the average coronal abundances of several elements, through two different ensemble analyses of the X-ray spectra of low-mass Cyg OB2 members. We find the pattern of abundances to be largely consistent with that derived for the young stellar coronae in the Orion Nebula Cluster.
Fil: Flaccomio, E.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; Italia
Fil: Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Sede Atlantica. Departamento de Investigación en Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y de Ingenieria; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina
Fil: Drake, J. J.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Guarcello, M. G.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; Italia
Fil: Kashyap, V.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Wright, N. J.. Keele University.; Reino Unido
Fil: Briggs, K.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ercolano, B.. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Estados Unidos
Fil: McCollough, M.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sciortino, S.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; Italia - Materia
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Stellar activity
Stellar coronae
pre main sequence stars
T Tauri stars - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- OAI Identificador
- oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/232316
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X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 PopulationFlaccomio, E.Albacete Colombo, Juan FacundoDrake, J. J.Guarcello, M. G.Kashyap, V.Wright, N. J.Briggs, K.Ercolano, B.McCollough, M.Sciortino, S.Stellar activityStellar coronaepre main sequence starsT Tauri starshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We analyze the X-ray spectra of the ∼8000 sources detected in the Cygnus OB2 Chandra Legacy Survey (this focus issue), with the goals of characterizing the coronal plasma of the young low-mass stars in the region and estimating their intrinsic X-ray luminosities. We adopt two different strategies for X-ray sources for which more or less than 20 photons were detected. For the brighter sample we fit the spectra with absorbed isothermal models. In order to limit uncertainties, for most of the fainter Cygnus OB2 members in this sample we constrain the spectral parameters to characteristic ranges defined from the brightest stars. For X-ray sources with <20 net photons we adopt a conversion factor from detected photon flux to intrinsic flux. This was defined, building on the results for the previous sample, as a function of the 20% quantile of the detected photon energy distributions, which we prove to also correlate well with extinction. We then use the X-ray extinction from the spectral fits to constrain the ratio between optical and X-ray extinction toward Cyg OB2, finding it consistent with standard “Galactic” values, when properly accounting for systematics. Finally, we exploit the large number of sources to constrain the average coronal abundances of several elements, through two different ensemble analyses of the X-ray spectra of low-mass Cyg OB2 members. We find the pattern of abundances to be largely consistent with that derived for the young stellar coronae in the Orion Nebula Cluster.Fil: Flaccomio, E.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; ItaliaFil: Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Sede Atlantica. Departamento de Investigación en Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y de Ingenieria; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; ArgentinaFil: Drake, J. J.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Guarcello, M. G.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; ItaliaFil: Kashyap, V.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Wright, N. J.. Keele University.; Reino UnidoFil: Briggs, K.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Ercolano, B.. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Estados UnidosFil: McCollough, M.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Sciortino, S.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; ItaliaIOP Publishing2023-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/232316Flaccomio, E.; Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo; Drake, J. J.; Guarcello, M. G.; Kashyap, V.; et al.; X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population; IOP Publishing; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 269; 1; 10-2023; 1-190067-0049CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/acdd66info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3847/1538-4365/acdd66info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:18:55Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/232316instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:18:55.297CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population |
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X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population |
spellingShingle |
X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population Flaccomio, E. Stellar activity Stellar coronae pre main sequence stars T Tauri stars |
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X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population |
title_full |
X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population |
title_fullStr |
X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population |
title_full_unstemmed |
X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population |
title_sort |
X-Ray Spectral Characterization of the Young Cygnus OB2 Population |
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Flaccomio, E. Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo Drake, J. J. Guarcello, M. G. Kashyap, V. Wright, N. J. Briggs, K. Ercolano, B. McCollough, M. Sciortino, S. |
author |
Flaccomio, E. |
author_facet |
Flaccomio, E. Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo Drake, J. J. Guarcello, M. G. Kashyap, V. Wright, N. J. Briggs, K. Ercolano, B. McCollough, M. Sciortino, S. |
author_role |
author |
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Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo Drake, J. J. Guarcello, M. G. Kashyap, V. Wright, N. J. Briggs, K. Ercolano, B. McCollough, M. Sciortino, S. |
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Stellar activity Stellar coronae pre main sequence stars T Tauri stars |
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Stellar activity Stellar coronae pre main sequence stars T Tauri stars |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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We analyze the X-ray spectra of the ∼8000 sources detected in the Cygnus OB2 Chandra Legacy Survey (this focus issue), with the goals of characterizing the coronal plasma of the young low-mass stars in the region and estimating their intrinsic X-ray luminosities. We adopt two different strategies for X-ray sources for which more or less than 20 photons were detected. For the brighter sample we fit the spectra with absorbed isothermal models. In order to limit uncertainties, for most of the fainter Cygnus OB2 members in this sample we constrain the spectral parameters to characteristic ranges defined from the brightest stars. For X-ray sources with <20 net photons we adopt a conversion factor from detected photon flux to intrinsic flux. This was defined, building on the results for the previous sample, as a function of the 20% quantile of the detected photon energy distributions, which we prove to also correlate well with extinction. We then use the X-ray extinction from the spectral fits to constrain the ratio between optical and X-ray extinction toward Cyg OB2, finding it consistent with standard “Galactic” values, when properly accounting for systematics. Finally, we exploit the large number of sources to constrain the average coronal abundances of several elements, through two different ensemble analyses of the X-ray spectra of low-mass Cyg OB2 members. We find the pattern of abundances to be largely consistent with that derived for the young stellar coronae in the Orion Nebula Cluster. Fil: Flaccomio, E.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; Italia Fil: Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Sede Atlantica. Departamento de Investigación en Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y de Ingenieria; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina Fil: Drake, J. J.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos Fil: Guarcello, M. G.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; Italia Fil: Kashyap, V.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos Fil: Wright, N. J.. Keele University.; Reino Unido Fil: Briggs, K.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos Fil: Ercolano, B.. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Estados Unidos Fil: McCollough, M.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos Fil: Sciortino, S.. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofísica. Osservatorio Astronómico di Palermo; Italia |
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We analyze the X-ray spectra of the ∼8000 sources detected in the Cygnus OB2 Chandra Legacy Survey (this focus issue), with the goals of characterizing the coronal plasma of the young low-mass stars in the region and estimating their intrinsic X-ray luminosities. We adopt two different strategies for X-ray sources for which more or less than 20 photons were detected. For the brighter sample we fit the spectra with absorbed isothermal models. In order to limit uncertainties, for most of the fainter Cygnus OB2 members in this sample we constrain the spectral parameters to characteristic ranges defined from the brightest stars. For X-ray sources with <20 net photons we adopt a conversion factor from detected photon flux to intrinsic flux. This was defined, building on the results for the previous sample, as a function of the 20% quantile of the detected photon energy distributions, which we prove to also correlate well with extinction. We then use the X-ray extinction from the spectral fits to constrain the ratio between optical and X-ray extinction toward Cyg OB2, finding it consistent with standard “Galactic” values, when properly accounting for systematics. Finally, we exploit the large number of sources to constrain the average coronal abundances of several elements, through two different ensemble analyses of the X-ray spectra of low-mass Cyg OB2 members. We find the pattern of abundances to be largely consistent with that derived for the young stellar coronae in the Orion Nebula Cluster. |
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