X-ray emission from open star clusters with Spectrum-Rontgen-Gamma

K.P. Singh, D.K. Ojha, H.W. Schnopper, Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard

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    Abstract

    The study of X-ray emission from co-evolving populations of stars in open dusters is extremely important for understanding the dynamo activity among the stars. With this objective, we propose to observe a number of open clusters in the X-ray and UV bands using SPECTRUM-Rontgen-Gamma. The high throughput of SPECTRUM-Rontgen-Gamma will help detect main sequence stars like Sun in middle-aged and old clusters. We will study the relationships between various parameters - age, rotation, abundance, UBV colors, X-ray luminosity, coronal temperature etc. X-ray spectra of younger and brighter populations of stars which include synchronous binaries, rapid rotators and peculiar stars, would also be carried out.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPhysica Scripta
    VolumeT77
    Pages (from-to)142-143
    ISSN0281-1847
    Publication statusPublished - 1998

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