Magnetospheric activity of a Classical T Tauri star

We propose to harness the unprecedented sensitivity of XMM to obtain the firstdetailed picture of the Xray emission from a Classical T Tauri star. ClassicalT Tauri stars possess complex, magnetically dominated circumstellarenvironments, in which a stellar field truncates an active accretion disk, andforces material to corotate with the star as it falls inwards to the stellarsurface. The magnetospheredisk interaction leads to reconnection of field linesat the inner disk radius, and is probably responsible for driving bipolar jets.Thus Classical T Tauri stars possess several potential Xray sources, powered byreconnection or shocks, with different velocities and locations in the system.This makes them prime candidates for detailed Xray studies. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]