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Coronal Activity in the R CrA T AssociationBrian Patten is the Principal Investigator of the NASA ROSS-ADP project Coronal Activity in the R CrA T Association. For this project we have extracted net counts and variability information for all of the X-ray sources found in 23 archival ROSAT PSPC and HRI images in the region of the R CrA T association. These data have been merged with an extensive database of optical and near-infrared photometry, optical spectroscopy, and parallax data. These data have been used to (1) identify new association members and clarify the membership status of a number of previously suspected members of the association, and (2) derive, for the first time, an accurate coronal luminosity function for the T Tauri members of this T association and make direct comparisons between the coronal luminosity functions for other T associations and those of large clusters. We have used our survey data to assess (a) the importance of the star-formation environment in initial coronal activity levels, (b) the effects of PMS evolution on dynamo activity as a function of mass and age, and (c) the level of contamination by field post-T Tauri stars on association membership surveys.
Document ID
20050217030
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Contractor or Grantee Report
Authors
Patten, Brian M.
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Oliversen, Ronald J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 2005
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
AR-4
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-11321
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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