X-rays from young open clusters in the Gaia-ESO Survey: completing the sample
Abstract
The Gaia-ESO Survey will provide the first homogeneous spectroscopic study of the kinematics and elemental abundances of open clusters. Combined with X-ray data, it will allow a complete characterization of the cluster populations and of magnetic activity as a function of age, metallicity, ambient environment and dynamical evolution, improving our understanding of the activity-rotation-age relationship. Here we propose to observe the four young open clusters IC 4665, NGC 2451, NGC 6504 and NGC 6716, to complete the sample of nearby clusters in the Survey observed with modern X-ray telescopes, and to fill the gaps in the crucial 30-100 Myr age range where the transition from pre-main sequence to main sequence X-ray activity regime occurs.
- Publication:
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XMM-Newton Proposal
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011xmm..prop..180F
- Keywords:
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- Stars;
- White Dwarfs;
- Solar System;
- NGC 2451 field;
- NGC 2451 field;
- NGC 2451 field;
- NGC 2451 field