Alcalá, J.M. and Stelzer, B. and Covino, E. and Cupani, G. and Natta, A. and Randich, S. and Rigliaco, E. and Spezzi, L. and Testi, L. and Bacciotti, F. and Bonito, R. and Covino, S. and Flaccomio, E. and Frasca, A. and Gandolfi, D. and Leone, F. and Micela, G. and Nisini, B. and Whelan, Emma (2011) An X‐shooter survey of star forming regions: Low‐mass stars and sub‐stellar objects*. Astronomische Nachrichten, 332 (3). pp. 242-248. ISSN 0004-6337

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Abstract

We present preliminary results of our X‐shooter survey in star forming regions. In this contribution we focus on subsamples of young stellar and sub‐stellar objects (YSOs) in the Lupus star forming region and in the TW Hya association. We show that the X‐shooter spectra are suitable for conducting several parallel studies such as YSO + disk fundamental parameters, accretion and outflow activity in the very low‐mass (VLM) and sub‐stellar regimes, as well as magnetic activity in young VLM YSOs, and Li abundance determinations. The capabilities of X‐shooter in terms of wide spectral coverage, resolution and limiting magnitudes, allow us to assess simultaneously the accretion/outflow, magnetic activity, and disk diagnostics, from the UV and optical to the near‐IR, avoiding ambiguities due to possible YSO variability.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	*Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Chile, under Programmes 084.C‐0269 and 085.C‐0238.
Keywords:	accretion; accretion disks; ISM: jets and outflows; stars: formation; stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs; stars: pre-main sequence; T Tauri stars;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics
Item ID:	9893
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201111526
Depositing User:	Emma Whelan
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2018 14:33
Journal or Publication Title:	Astronomische Nachrichten
Publisher:	Wiley
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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