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X-ray rotational modulation of a supersaturated star in IC 2391

A. MarinoGiovanni PeresGiuseppina MicelaS. Sciortino

subject

PhysicsRotation periodSupersaturationAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstrophysics (astro-ph)X-rayFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsAstrophysicsEPICStar (graph theory)AstrophysicsLuminositySpace and Planetary ScienceModulationAstrophysics::Solar and Stellar AstrophysicsAstrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics

description

We present evidence of X-ray rotational modulation on VXR45, a young fast rotator star, member of IC 2391. It is a dG9 spectral type star whose rotational period and X-ray luminosity make it a supersaturated star. Our X-ray observation, made with EPIC/PN on XMM-Newton, covers about two photometric rotational periods. The detection of rotational modulation implies the presence of structural inhomogeneities. Possible interpretations are presented and discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031053