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| DOI | 10.1017/PASA.2024.98 | ||||
| Año | 2025 | ||||
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Weak-line T Tauri stars (WTTS) exhibit X-ray flares, likely resulting from magnetic reconnection that heats the stellar plasma to very high temperatures. These flares are difficult to identify through targeted observations. Here, we report the serendipitous detection of the brightest X-ray flaring state of the WTTS KM Ori in the eROSITA DR1 survey. Observations from SRG/eROSITA, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and XMM-Newton are analysed to assess the X-ray properties of KM Ori, thereby establishing its flaring state at the eROSITA epoch. The long-term (1999-2020) X-ray light curve generated for the Chandra observations confirmed that eROSITA captured the source at its highest X-ray flaring state recorded to date. Multi-instrument observations support the X-ray flaring state of the source, with time-averaged X-ray luminosity (L0.2-5 keV) reaching similar to 1.9x10(32)erg s(-1) at the eROSITA epoch, marking it the brightest and possibly the longest flare observed so far. Such intense X-ray flares have been detected only in a few WTTS. The X-ray spectral analysis unveils the presence of multiple thermal plasma components at all epochs. The notably high luminosity (L0.5-8 keV similar to 10(32) erg s(-1)), energy (E0.5-8 keV similar to 10(37) erg), and the elevated emission measures of the thermal components in the eROSITA epoch indicate a superflare/megaflare state of KM Ori. Additionally, the H alpha alpha line equivalent width of similar to-5 & Aring; from our optical spectral analysis, combined with the lack of infrared excess in the spectral energy distribution, were used to re-confirm the WTTS (thin disc/disc-less) classification of the source. The long-duration flare of KM Ori observed by eROSITA indicates the possibility of a slow-rise top-flat flare. The detection demonstrates the potential of eROSITA to uncover such rare, transient events, thereby providing new insights into the X-ray activity of WTTS.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Ezhikode, Savithri H. | - |
CHRIST - India
St Francis Sales Coll Autonomous - India Christ University - India St. Francis de Sales College (Autonomous) - India |
| 2 | Anilkumar, Hema | - |
CHRIST - India
Christ University - India |
| 3 | Arun, R. | - |
Indian Inst Astrophys - India
Indian Institute of Astrophysics - India |
| 4 | Mathew, Blesson | - |
CHRIST - India
Christ University - India |
| 5 | Jithesh, V. | - |
CHRIST - India
Christ University - India |
| 6 | Bhattacharyya, Suman | - |
CHRIST - India
Observatorio Europeo Austral - Chile Christ University - India European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile |
| 7 | Nedhath, Sneha | - |
CHRIST - India
Indian Inst Astrophys - India Christ University - India Indian Institute of Astrophysics - India |
| 8 | Cysil, T. B. | - |
CHRIST - India
Christ University - India |
| 9 | Muneer, S. | - |
Indian Inst Astrophys - India
Indian Institute of Astrophysics - India |
| 10 | Kartha, Sreeja S. | - |
CHRIST - India
Christ University - India |
| 11 | Kumar, S. Pramod | - |
Indian Inst Astrophys - India
Indian Institute of Astrophysics - India |
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| Max Planck Society |
| DLR |
| Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) |
| Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) |
| Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) |
| University of Hamburg Observatory |
| soft X-ray instrument aboard SRG, a joint Russian-German science mission |
| Argelander Institute for Astronomy of the University of Bonn |
| SERB project |
| Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) |
| Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Tbingen |
| Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the 'Fund for Improvement of S & T Infrastructure (FIST)' programme |
| Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India |
| CHRIST (Deemed to be University, Bangalore) through the SEED money projects |
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| We are grateful to the anonymous reviewer for their encouraging evaluation and recommendation for acceptance of this manuscript. This work is based on data from eROSITA, the soft X-ray instrument aboard SRG, a joint Russian-German science mission supported by the Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos), in the interests of the Russian Academy of Sciences represented by its Space Research Institute (IKI), and the Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). The SRG spacecraft was built by Lavochkin Association (NPOL) and its subcontractors, and is operated by NPOL with support from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE). The development and construction of the eROSITA X-ray instrument was led by MPE, with contributions from the Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory Bamberg & ECAP (FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg), the University of Hamburg Observatory, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), and the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Tubingen, with the support of DLR and the Max Planck Society. The Argelander Institute for Astronomy of the University of Bonn and the Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munich also participated in the science preparation for eROSITA. This research has made use of data obtained from the Chandra Data Archive provided by the Chandra X-ray Center (CXC). BM, SB, and SSK acknowledge the financial support from CHRIST (Deemed to be University, Bangalore) through the SEED money projects (No: SMSS-2335, 11/2023 & SMSS-2220,12/2022). The authors acknowledge the support provided by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the 'Fund for Improvement of S & T Infrastructure (FIST)' programme (SR/FST/PS-I/2022/208). BM and SSK acknowledge the support provided by the SERB project (CRG/2023/005271). SE thanks Dr T. Saha for the discussions on the data. VJ and SSK thank the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, for the Visiting Associateship. |