Name | 078206 |
Title | A Snapshot Survey of the Hyades: Testing Models for Magnetic Saturation |
URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0782060101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-700zpze |
Author | Prof Marcel Agueros |
Description | Investigations of the relationship between stellar magnetic activity and rotation reveal the presence of a saturation threshold where, for unknown reasons, activity no longer varies with rotation period (Prot). However, these studies have focused on stars in young open clusters (<500 Myr) and field stars (2-10 Gyr). Measuring Prot and proxies for magnetic activity in older open clusters is essential to understand the evolution of the activity-rotation relation from the ZAMS to the age of field stars. We propose a snapshot X-ray survey of K and M dwarfs with measured Prot in the 650-Myr-old Hyades. By matching the resulting X-ray catalog to our catalog of 134 Hyades Prot, we will analyze the behavior of coronal activity as a function of Rossby number Ro at 650 Myr. |
Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2016-08-16T13:14:36Z/2017-03-08T18:17:46Z |
Version | PPS_NOT_AVAILABLE |
Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earth's atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
Date Published | 2018-03-31T22:00:00Z |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Prof Marcel Agueros, 2018, 078206, PPS_NOT_AVAILABLE, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-700zpze |