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J/A+A/297/391     T Tauri stars ROSAT survey (Neuhaeuser+, 1995)
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ROSAT Survey observation of T Tauri stars in Taurus
      Neuhaeuser R., Sterzik M.F., Schmitt J.H.M.M., Wichmann R.,  Krautter J.
     <Astron. Astrophys. 297, 391 (1995)>
     =1995A&A...297..391N      (SIMBAD/NED Reference)
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ADC_Keywords: Stars, pre-main sequence ; X-ray sources
Mission_Name: ROSAT
Keywords: stars: formation - stars: late-type - stars: pre-main sequence -
          X-rays: stars

Description:
   We study the X-ray emission of T Tauri stars (TTS) in Taurus-Auriga as
   observed with the spatially unbiased flux-limited ROSAT All-Sky Survey.

File Summary:
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  FileName   Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe          80        .   This file
table1          86      153   Sample of T Tauri stars (TTS) studied
table2          91       56   ROSAT ALL Sky Survey (RASS) data for TTS
                               above RASS detection limit
table3         128       60   Spectral fit results for detected TTS
table4          65      111   Upper limits for TTS below RASS limit
table5          95       16   Statistical significance for correlations
table6         113       19   Statistical significance for classical T Tauri
                              stars (CTTS) and weak-line T Tauri stars (WTTS)
                              being different
tablea1         89      188   Non-X-ray data for TTS studied
refs.dat        75       95   References quoted in table1 and tablea1
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See also:
    V/73 : Emission-line stars in Orion population (Herbig+ 1988)
    J/A+A/312/439 : New T Tauri stars in Taurus-Auriga (Wichmann+, 1996)
   J/A+AS/132/173 : New weak-line T Tauri stars in Taurus-Auriga (Li+ 1998)

Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 19  A19    ---     Name     Name
      20  A1     ---   n_Name     [abc] Note on name (1)
  24- 26  I3     ---     HBC      []? HBC number <V/73> (Herbig & Bell 1988)
  28- 33  A6     ---     Type     Type of the star (2)
  35- 44  A10    ---   r_Name     References (detailed in refs.dat)
  49- 50  I2     h       RAh      Right ascension J2000.0 (optical position)
  52- 53  I2     min     RAm      Right ascension J2000.0 (optical position)
  55- 58  F4.1   s       RAs      Right ascension J2000.0 (optical position)
      59  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign
  60- 61  I2     deg     DEd      Declination J2000.0 (optical position)
  63- 64  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination J2000.0 (optical position)
  66- 69  F4.1   arcsec  DEs      Declination J2000.0 (optical position)
  72- 75  A4     ---   r_pm       References regarding proper motion
  78- 79  I2     ---   r_RV       []? References regarding radial velocity
  81- 83  I3     ---     RASS     []? Maximum likelihood for existence for
                                       RASS detected objects
      84  A1     ---   u_RASS     colon indicates source confusion
  85- 86  A2     ---   n_RASS    'ul' for RASS non-detections
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Note (1): Multiple designations not mentioned elsewhere:
     (a) IRAS F04147+2822 (has stellar counterpart according to ref. 15)
          =Kim 3-76 (CTTS candidate according to ref. 14, WTTS according
          to ref. 10);
     (b) GN Tau (proper motion candidate, ref. 6) = Kim 1-35 (CTTS
          candidate, ref. 14) = IRAS F04362+2539 (CTTS, ref. 15; ref. 10
          find GN Tau=IRAS04362+2539 to be a CTTS, too);
     (c) JH 223 (WTTS, ref. 13) = Kim 1-50 (CTTS candidate, ref. 14).
          Optical positions for Anon 1 is incorrect in ref. 1 and for
          NTTS 043230+1746 incorrect in both ref. 1 & 3, but correct in
          ref. 2 & ref. 27, respectively.
Note (2): the types are:
      C : classical T Tauri stars
      W : weak T Tauri stars
      b : binaries
      t : triples
      q : quadruples
      t(wwc): triple system with two W and one C
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1- 20  A20    ---     Name     Name
  23- 24  I2     h       RAh      Right ascension J2000.0 (X-ray position)
  26- 27  I2     min     RAm      Right ascension J2000.0 (X-ray position)
  29- 32  F4.1   s       RAs      Right ascension J2000.0 (X-ray position)
      36  A1     ---     DE-      Declination sign
  37- 38  I2     deg     DEd      Declination J2000.0 (X-ray position)
  40- 41  I2     arcmin  DEm      Declination J2000.0 (X-ray position)
  43- 46  F4.1   arcsec  DEs      Declination J2000.0 (X-ray position)
  48- 51  F4.1   arcsec  Dist     Distance between X-ray and optical positions
      52  A1     ---   n_Dist     [:] A colon indicates X-ray sources that
                                       appear to be extended
  54- 57  F4.2   ---     HR1      [-1/1] Hardness ratio 1 (1)
  60- 63  F4.2   ---   e_HR1      rms uncertainty on HR1
  65- 69  F5.2   ---     HR2      [-1/1] Hardness ratio 2 (1)
  72- 75  F4.2   ---   e_HR2      rms uncertainty on HR2
  77- 81  F5.1   ct      Xcount   Background subtracted X-ray counts (for
                                   multiples and source confusion cases, we
                                   list the combined number of counts).
  84- 87  F4.1   ct    e_Xcount   rms uncertainty on Xcount
  89- 91  I3     s       Exp      RASS exposition time
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Note (1): the hardness ratios are:
    HR1 = (Zh1+Zh2-Zs)/(Zh1+Zh2+Zs), HR2 = (Zh2-Zh1)/(Zh2+Zh1)
        where Zs, Zh1 and Zh2 denote count rates for the ROSAT PSPC energy
        bands soft (0.1 to 0.4 keV), hard 1 (0.5 to 0.9 keV) and
        hard 2 (0.9 to 2.0 keV), respectively.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3
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   Bytes Format  Units         Label    Explanations
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   1- 20  A20    ---           Name     Name
  22- 26  F5.2  [cm-2]       logN(H)    Foreground hydrogen column density
      27  A1     ---       u_logN(H)    ':' indicates cases, where fixed
                                          absorption did not yield good fits
                                          (see text in Sec. 3 for details)
  30- 33  F4.2   ---       e(logN(H))u  []? Error in absorption (upper interval)
                                             (1)
  37- 40  F4.2   ---       e(logN(H))l  []? Error in absorption (lower interval)
                                             (1)
  43- 46  F4.2   keV           k.Tx     X-ray emission energy
  49- 52  F4.2   keV        e(k.Tx)u    Error in k.Tx (upper interval)
  56- 59  F4.2   keV        e(k.Tx)l    Error in k.Tx (lower interval)
  62- 66  F5.3 10+4J/ct/cm2    1/ECF    Energy conversion factor (10-11/ECF)
  69- 73  F5.3 10+4J/ct/cm2 e(1/ECF)u   Error in ECF (upper interval)
  77- 81  F5.3 10+4J/ct/cm2 e(1/ECF)l   Error in ECF (lower interval)
  84- 88  F5.3   10+23W        Lx       Individually corrected X-ray luminosity
                                          (Lx/10+30) (2)
  92- 96  F5.3   10+23W     e(Lx)u      Error in Lx (upper interval)
 100-104  F5.3   10+23W     e(Lx)l      Error in Lx (lower interval)
 107-111  F5.3   10+4W/m2      Fs       []? X-ray surface flux (Fs/10+7) (2)
 115-119  F5.3   10+4W/m2   e(Fs)u      []? Error in Fs (upper interval)
 123-127  F5.3   10+4W/m2   e(Fs)l      []? Error in Fs (lower interval)
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Note (1): Foreground hydrogen column density which was either held fixed
           for the spectral fit, when given without errors, or, if used
           as free fit parameter, fit results with errors are given
Note (2): For multiples we list X-ray luminosity and surface flux derived
           by the number of components known; c.f. Sec. 3 for more details
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4
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   Bytes Format Units        Label  Explanations
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   1- 19  A19   ---          Name   Name (1)
  21- 24  F4.1  arcsec       Dist   Offset of initial position
  26- 31  F6.4  %            Proba  Probability of existence
  33- 34  A2    ---        l_Xcount [<=] limit flag on Xcount
  35- 38  F4.1  ct           Xcount Upper limit for the number of X-ray counts
  40- 42  I3    s            Exp    Exposure time
  44- 48  F5.3 10+4J/ct/cm2  1/ECF  Energy conversion factor (10-11/ECF) (2)
      49  A1    ---        n_1/ECF  [:] ':' average 1/ECF (2)
  51- 52  A2    ---        l_Lx     [<=>] limit flag on Lx
  53- 57  F5.3  10+23W       Lx     Upper limit for X-ray luminosity (Lx/10+30)
  59- 60  A2    ---        l_Fs     [<=] limit flag on Fs
  61- 65  F5.3  10+4W/m2     Fs     []? Upper limit for X-ray surface flux
                                    (Fs/10+7)
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Note (1): Components of multiple TTS are listed separately,
    if individually different value for absorption or radius are used
    (as for detected TTS, counts are not divided among components, but
    luminosities and fluxes are divided); c.f., Sec 3.4 for more details.
Note (2): The energy conversion factor is, either calculated with
    individual visual extinction and average X-ray emission temperature
    for detected TTS or, if n_1/ECF = ':', the average ECF found for
    detected TTS is used
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  9  A9     ---     Test     Correlation tested
      11  A1     ---   n_Test     [*] Note on Test (1)
  13- 37  A25    ---     Prop     Test property
  42- 49  A8     ---     Unit     Sample unit
  52- 53  I2     ---     det      Number of pairs tested with detections
  55- 56  I2     ---     ul       Upper limits detection
  58- 63  F6.4   %       PrCox    Probability for the null hypothesis that the
                                  correlation tested is not present according
                                  to Cox's proportional hazard model
  66- 71  F6.4   %       PrKen    Probability for the null hypothesis that the
                                  correlation tested is not present according
                                  to the Generalized Kendall's {tau} test
  75- 80  F6.4   %       PrSpe    Probability for the null hypothesis that the
                                  correlation tested is not present according
                                  to the Spearman's {rho} test
  84- 89  F6.3   ---     Slope    []? Slope resulting from a linear regression
                                  for correlations accepted
  91- 95  F5.3   ---   e_Slope    []? rms uncertainty on Slope
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Note (1): When '*', tested here are correlations between degree of saturation
           defined as ratio of observed over saturated X-ray luminosity and
           both W_{lambda}_(H{alpha}) and age, c.f., Sec. 4.3.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  9  A9     ---     Test     Test item property
      10  A1     ---   n_Test     Note on Test (1)
  14- 21  A8     ---     unit     Test item unit
  23- 24  I2     ---     CTTSs    Classical T Tauri stars (CTTS) sample size
  28- 29  I2     ---     CTTSsul  []? Upper limits of the CTTS sample size
  31- 38  F8.3   ---     CTTSmn   CTTS mean
  42- 47  F6.3   ---   e_CTTSmn   rms uncertainty on CTTS mean
  49- 56  F8.3   ---     CTTSmd   []? CTTS median
  58- 59  I2     ---     WTTSs    Weak-line T Tauri stars (WTTS) sample size
  63- 64  I2     ---     WTTSsul  []? Upper limits of the WTTS sample size
  66- 73  F8.3   ---     WTTSmn   WTTS mean
  77- 82  F6.3   ---   e_WTTSmn   rms uncertainty on WTTS mean
  84- 91  F8.3   ---     WTTSmd   WTTS median
  93- 98  F6.4   %       PrGWpe   Probability for the null hypothesis that CTTS
                                  and WTTS distributions are similar according
                                  to Gehan's generalized Wilcoxon test for
                                  permutation variance
 100-105  F6.4   %       PrGWhy   Probability for the null hypothesis that CTTS
                                  and WTTS distributions are similar according
                                  to Gehan's generalized Wilcoxon test for
                                  hypergeometric variance
 108-113  F6.4   ---    PrLogRank Probability for the null hypothesis that CTTS
                                  and WTTS distributions are similar according
                                  to the logrank test (c.f. Sec. 5.1.)
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Note (1): No median can be calculated for HR 1 for CTTS, because all data points
   are in one bin. Two-sample tests for HR 1 have been performed for all TTS (a)
   as well as for a co-eval sample of TTS (i.e., all TTS that are not know to be
   older than the oldest detected CTTS, according to new tracks) (b).
   Two-sample tests for L_X_ have been performed for all TTS including
   detections and upper limits (c), just detected TTS (d), all TTS not
   originally discovered by X-rays including upper limits (e) and without upper
   limits (f), as well as for all TTS that are not older than the oldest CTTS
   including upper limits (g) and without upper limits (h).
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: tablea1
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label     Explanations
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   1- 17  A17    ---     Name      Name
  19- 26  A8     0.1nm   EWHa      Halpha equivalent width
  27- 31  A5     ---   r_EWHa      Reference for Halpha equivalent width
      33  A1     ---   l_vsini     limit flag on vsini
  34- 36  I3     km/s    vsini     []? Projected surface velocity
  37- 40  F4.1   d       P         []? Rotation period
  42- 46  A5     ---   r_P         References for P and vsini (1)
  48- 52  F5.2  solLum   L         []? Stellar bolometric luminosity
  54- 55  I2     ---   r_L         []? References for the luminosity L
  57- 59  F3.1  solMass  Mass      []? Stellar mass
      60  A1     ---   u_Mass      uncertainty flag on M
  62- 63  I2     ---   r_Mass      []? References for the mass M
      64  A1     ---   l_log(t)    limit flag on age
  65- 67  F3.1  [yr]     log(t)    []? Stellar age
      68  A1     ---   u_log(t)    uncertainty flag on age
  70- 71  I2     ---   r_log(t)    []? References for the age t
  73- 77  F5.3  [K]      log(Teff) []? Effective temperature
  79- 80  I2     ---   r_log(Teff) []? References for Teff
  82- 86  F5.2   mag     Av        []? Visual extinction
  88- 89  I2     ---   r_Av        []? References for the extinction Av
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Note (1):  (*) rotation data according to ref. 48, 51, 52, & 88;
          (**) rotation data according to ref. 74 to 77 & 89.
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Table 7: Detection rates
   +-------------------------------------------+
   | Object class     | sample | detected |  % |
   |                  |  size  |  object  |    |
   +-------------------------------------------+
   |(1) all TTS       |   153  |    57    | 37 |
   |(2) all CTTS      |    79  |     9    | 11 |
   |(3) all WTTS      |    65  |    43    | 66 |
   |(4) Single CTTS   |    53  |     3    |  6 |
   |(5) Single WTTS   |    38  |    21    | 50 |
   |(6) Binary CTTS   |    20  |     2    | 10 |
   |(7) Binary WTTS   |    23  |    19    | 83 |
   |(8) Triple TTS    |     6  |     5    | 83 |
   |(9) Quadruple TTS |     5  |     3    | 60 |
   +-------------------------------------------+

Byte-by-byte Description of file: refs.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   2-  3  I2    ---     RefNum    Reference number
   6- 75  A70   ---     Text      Text of reference, including the bibcode
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References:
  See file refs.dat
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(End)                         Patricia Bauer [CDS] 16-Nov-1994, rev. 26-Aug.1996

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