A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name 055477
Title Gas, Dust, and X-Rays in the Disks around T Tauri Stars
URL

https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0554770101

DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-mapnjpe
Author Dr Manuel Guedel
Description We have initiated a project to diagnose the intertwined processes of gas heating, dust settling and chemical processing in a set of well-characterized disks around T Tauri stars. We have developed detailed models describing gas and dust evolution in accreting disks irradiated by X-ray and UV photons. These models are tested by molecular diagnostics obtained with (sub-)millimeter interferometers. However, detailed X-ray spectra are not yet available for many of these objects. Here, we request observing time to obtain X-ray spectra from several disk-harboring T Tau stars at various inclinations, which will allow to measure gas-to-dust ratios and provide important input to our chemical and turbulent models of circumstellar disks.
Publication No observations found associated with the current proposal
Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2009-02-10T00:33:27Z/2009-02-10T13:52:01Z
Version 17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations.
Since Earth's atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published 2010-05-19T00:00:00Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, 2010-05-19T00:00:00Z, 055477, 17.56_20190403_1200. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-mapnjpe