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Carina OB Stars: X-ray Signatures of Wind Shocks and Magnetic Fields
Gagné, Marc; Fehon, Garrett; Savoy, Michael R et al.
2011In Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 194, p. 5
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Keywords :
open clusters and associations: individual: Cl Bochum 10 Cl Bochum 11 Cl Collinder 228 Cl Trumpler 14 Cl Trumpler 15 Cl Trumpler 16; stars: early-type; stars: individual: HD 93250 HD 93129A HD 93403 HD 93205 HD 93343 QZ Car SS73 24 FO 15 Cl Trumpler 16 22 CPD-59 2610 HD 93501; X-rays: stars
Abstract :
[en] The Chandra Carina Complex contains 200 known O- and B-type stars. The Chandra survey detected 68 of the 70 O stars and 61 of 127 known B0-B3 stars. We have assembled a publicly available optical/X-ray database to identify OB stars that depart from the canonical L [SUB]X[/SUB]/L [SUB]bol[/SUB] relation or whose average X-ray temperatures exceed 1 keV. Among the single O stars with high kT we identify two candidate magnetically confined wind shock sources: Tr16-22, O8.5 V, and LS 1865, O8.5 V((f)). The O4 III(fc) star HD 93250 exhibits strong, hard, variable X-rays, suggesting that it may be a massive binary with a period of >30 days. The visual O2 If* binary HD 93129A shows soft 0.6 keV and hard 1.9 keV emission components, suggesting embedded wind shocks close to the O2 If* Aa primary and colliding wind shocks between Aa and Ab. Of the 11 known O-type spectroscopic binaries, the long orbital-period systems HD 93343, HD 93403, and QZ Car have higher shock temperatures than short-period systems such as HD 93205 and FO 15. Although the X-rays from most B stars may be produced in the coronae of unseen, low-mass pre-main-sequence companions, a dozen B stars with high L [SUB]X[/SUB] cannot be explained by a distribution of unseen companions. One of these, SS73 24 in the Treasure Chest cluster, is a new candidate Herbig Be star.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Gagné, Marc;  Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
Fehon, Garrett;  Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
Savoy, Michael R;  Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
Cohen, David H;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
Townsley, Leisa K;  Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Broos, Patrick S;  Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Povich, Matthew S;  Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 525 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA ; NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow.
Corcoran, Michael F;  CRESST and X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Walborn, Nolan R;  Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Remage Evans, Nancy;  Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, MS 4, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Moffat, Anthony F J;  Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
Nazé, Yaël  ;  GAPHE, Département AGO, Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 17, Bat. B5C, B4000-Liège, Belgium ; Research Associate FRS-FNRS.
Oskinova, Lida M;  Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Language :
English
Title :
Carina OB Stars: X-ray Signatures of Wind Shocks and Magnetic Fields
Publication date :
01 May 2011
Journal title :
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
ISSN :
0067-0049
eISSN :
1538-4365
Publisher :
Univ Chicago Press, Chicago, United States - Illinois
Volume :
194
Pages :
5
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
http://de.arxiv.org/abs/1103.1149
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