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| Title: | X-rays from Cepheus A East and West |
| Authors: | Pravdo, Steven H.
Tsuboi, Yohko |
| Keywords: | Herbig-Haro objects |
| Issue Date: | 10-Jun-2005 |
| Publisher: | The American Astronomical Society. |
| Citation: | The Astrophysical Journal, 626:272–282, 2005 June 10, DOI: 10.1086/429988 |
| Abstract: | We report the discovery of X-rays from both components of Cepheus A, East and West, with the XMM-Newton observatory. HH 168 joins the ranks of other energetic Herbig-Haro objects that are sources of T ≥ 10(6) K X-ray emission. The effective temperature of HH 168 is T = 5.8(-2.3)(+3.5) x 10(6) K, and its unabsorbed luminosity is 1: 1; 10(29) ergs s(-1), making it hotter and less luminous than other representatives of its class. We also detect prominent X-ray emission from the complex of compact radio sources believed to be the power sources for Cep A. We call this source HWX, and it is distinguished by its hard X-ray spectrum, T = 1.2(-0.5)(+1.2) 10(8) K, and its complex spatial distribution. It may arise from one or more protostars associated with the radio complex, the outflows, or a combination of the two. We detect 102 X-ray sources, many presumed to be pre-main-sequence stars on the basis of the reddening of their optical and IR counterparts. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/39291 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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