Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud

We used the Very Large Array to carry out a multi-epoch radio continuum monitoring of the Orion Nebula Cluster and Orion Molecular Cloud. Our observations reveal the presence of 19 sources. With the exception of the sources BN and C the sources show variability between the different epochs. We have...

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Autores: Rivilla, V. M., Chandler, C. J., Sanz-Forcada, J., Jiménez-Serra, I,, Forbrich, J., Martín-Pintado, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/415446
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/415446
http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00849v1
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Palabra clave:X-rays: stars
astro-ph.SR
radio continuum: stars
stars: flare
stars: low-mass
stars: formation
stars: protostars
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spelling Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular CloudRivilla, V. M.Chandler, C. J.Sanz-Forcada, J.Jiménez-Serra, I,Forbrich, J.Martín-Pintado, J.X-rays: starsastro-ph.SRastro-ph.SRradio continuum: starsstars: flarestars: low-massstars: formationstars: protostarsWe used the Very Large Array to carry out a multi-epoch radio continuum monitoring of the Orion Nebula Cluster and Orion Molecular Cloud. Our observations reveal the presence of 19 sources. With the exception of the sources BN and C the sources show variability between the different epochs. We have found tentative evidence of variability in the massive object related with source I. Our observations also confirm radio flux density variations of a factor >2 on timescales of hours to days in 5 sources. One of these flaring sources, OHC-E, has been detected for the first time. We conclude that the radio emission arises from: i) highly-variable non-thermal gyrosynchrotron emission produced by electrons accelerated in the magnetospheres of pre-main sequence stars; ii) thermal emission from ionized gas and/or heated dust around massive objects and proplyds. Combining our sample with other radio monitoring and a X-ray catalog, we have studied the properties of 51 radio/X-ray stars. We have found severals hints of a direct relation between the X-ray activity and the mechanisms responsible for (at least some fraction of) the radio emission. We have estimated a radio flaring rate of 0.14 flares day-1 in the densest stellar cluster of the region, suggesting that radio flares from young stars are more common events than previously thought.This work has been partially funded by Spanish projects AYA2010-21697-C05-01 and FIS2012-39162-C06-01, and Astro-Madrid (CAM S2009/ESP-1496), and CSIC grant JAE-Predoc2008. I.J.-S. acknowledges the funding received from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement number PIIF-GA-2011-301538. J.S.-F. acknowledges the funding received from the project AYA2011-30147-C03-03. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Asso ciated Universities, Inc.Peer reviewedIOP PublishingNational Science Foundation (US)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202620262015info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/415446http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00849v1reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/2007-2013https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/161Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/4154462026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
title Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
spellingShingle Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
Rivilla, V. M.
X-rays: stars
astro-ph.SR
astro-ph.SR
radio continuum: stars
stars: flare
stars: low-mass
stars: formation
stars: protostars
title_short Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
title_full Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
title_fullStr Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
title_full_unstemmed Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
title_sort Short- and long-term variability of young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster and Molecular Cloud
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rivilla, V. M.
Chandler, C. J.
Sanz-Forcada, J.
Jiménez-Serra, I,
Forbrich, J.
Martín-Pintado, J.
author Rivilla, V. M.
author_facet Rivilla, V. M.
Chandler, C. J.
Sanz-Forcada, J.
Jiménez-Serra, I,
Forbrich, J.
Martín-Pintado, J.
author_role author
author2 Chandler, C. J.
Sanz-Forcada, J.
Jiménez-Serra, I,
Forbrich, J.
Martín-Pintado, J.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv National Science Foundation (US)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv X-rays: stars
astro-ph.SR
astro-ph.SR
radio continuum: stars
stars: flare
stars: low-mass
stars: formation
stars: protostars
topic X-rays: stars
astro-ph.SR
astro-ph.SR
radio continuum: stars
stars: flare
stars: low-mass
stars: formation
stars: protostars
description We used the Very Large Array to carry out a multi-epoch radio continuum monitoring of the Orion Nebula Cluster and Orion Molecular Cloud. Our observations reveal the presence of 19 sources. With the exception of the sources BN and C the sources show variability between the different epochs. We have found tentative evidence of variability in the massive object related with source I. Our observations also confirm radio flux density variations of a factor >2 on timescales of hours to days in 5 sources. One of these flaring sources, OHC-E, has been detected for the first time. We conclude that the radio emission arises from: i) highly-variable non-thermal gyrosynchrotron emission produced by electrons accelerated in the magnetospheres of pre-main sequence stars; ii) thermal emission from ionized gas and/or heated dust around massive objects and proplyds. Combining our sample with other radio monitoring and a X-ray catalog, we have studied the properties of 51 radio/X-ray stars. We have found severals hints of a direct relation between the X-ray activity and the mechanisms responsible for (at least some fraction of) the radio emission. We have estimated a radio flaring rate of 0.14 flares day-1 in the densest stellar cluster of the region, suggesting that radio flares from young stars are more common events than previously thought.
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