Specific Star Forming Regions -- Oral Presentation
The Deep Rho Oph XMM-Newton Observation (DROXO): Status and
Initial Results
Salvatore Sciortino, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
and the DROXO team
In reply to the XMM-Newton AO4 a team of scientists has
proposed and got approved an XMM-Newton Large/Joint-ESO Project consisting
of a 500 ksec long, almost continuous, XMM-Newton observation together
with coordinated FLAMES and ISAAC ESO-VLT observations. This project,
dubbed as DROXO (Deep Rho Oph XMM-Newton Observation), aims to characterize
mainly the spectro-variability properties of YSOs in the nearby and very
young rho Oph star forming region. The X-ray observations have been
already performed in 5 consecutive XMM-Newton revolutions from March 8
to March 17, while the VLT observations are in progress. I will present
the X-ray data, their analysis status focusing on a few selected initial
scientific results for a few interesting sources.