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X-ray Study of Low-mass Young Stellar Objects in the ρ Ophiuchi ...

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AcknowledgmentI am deeply grateful to Pr<strong>of</strong>. K. Koyama for his cont<strong>in</strong>uous guidance and support throughout <strong>the</strong>five years <strong>of</strong> my graduate school period. I also thank my collaborators, Dr. Y. Tsuboi, Dr. K.Hamaguchi, Dr. M. Tsujimoto, and Mr. H. Nakajima for <strong>the</strong>ir helpful and constructive discussions.I would like to thank Pr<strong>of</strong>. G. Garmire, Pr<strong>of</strong>. E. D. Feigelson, Dr. L. Townsley, and Dr.Y. Maeda for k<strong>in</strong>d hospitality to <strong>the</strong> Chandra data analysis at <strong>the</strong> Pennsylvania State University.Many helpful comments and discussions on X-<strong>ray</strong> observations <strong>of</strong> YSOs were given by Pr<strong>of</strong>. T.Montmerle, Pr<strong>of</strong>. T. Preibisch, Pr<strong>of</strong>. S. Yamauchi, Dr. N. Grosso, Dr. M. Güdel, and Dr. M.Audard. Results <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> solar X-<strong>ray</strong> observations, numerical simulations, and magnetic reconnection<strong>the</strong>ory were shown by Pr<strong>of</strong>. K. Shibata, Dr. T. Yokoyama, Dr. T. Morimoto, and Mr. H. Isobe. Ialso thank Dr. F. Motte, Dr. Y. Kamazaki, and Dr. K. Tachihara for <strong>the</strong>ir advice about <strong>the</strong> radioobservations on <strong>the</strong> <strong>ρ</strong> <strong>Ophiuchi</strong> cloud. Pr<strong>of</strong>. T. Tanimori, Pr<strong>of</strong>. T. Nakamura, Pr<strong>of</strong>. T. Tanaka,and Dr. H. Matsumoto give me constructive referr<strong>in</strong>g and comments on this <strong>the</strong>sis.I am grateful to all <strong>the</strong> members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cosmic-<strong>ray</strong> laboratory <strong>in</strong> Kyoto University for <strong>the</strong>ircont<strong>in</strong>uous discussions, encouragements, and technical advice.The Chandra data were obta<strong>in</strong>ed through <strong>the</strong> Chandra X-<strong>ray</strong> Observatory Science Center(CXC) operated for NASA by <strong>the</strong> Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. This publication makesuse <strong>of</strong> data products from <strong>the</strong> Two Micron All Sky Survey, which is a jo<strong>in</strong>t project <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> University<strong>of</strong> Massachusetts and <strong>the</strong> Infrared Process<strong>in</strong>g and Analysis Center/California Institute <strong>of</strong>Technology. I was f<strong>in</strong>ancially supported by Japan Society for <strong>the</strong> Promotion <strong>of</strong> Science and by <strong>the</strong>Hayakawa Satio Foundation.F<strong>in</strong>ally, I would like to thank my family for support<strong>in</strong>g my graduate school life.145

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