Characterizing the X-ray emitting plasmas in young stars

Young, low-mass stars are copious producers of X-ray emission indicative of magnetic activity in the plasmas of these stars. The trends seen in correlating X-ray parameters with stellar properties in main sequence stars
do not follow for young stars. As a result, different physical mechanisms maybe driving the X-ray emission in young stars. I will present both imaging and spectroscopic data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory of various types of young stars at different evolutionary stages. Our results indicate unique characteristics of the X-ray emitting plasmas of these young stars.

S. Shukla

Vanderbilt University