X-Ray Flares from a Late B-Type Star, HD 38563S, in NGC 2068 Observed with Chandra X-Ray Observatory

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Stars: Binaries, Stars: Flare, Stars: Individual (Hd 38563S), Stars: Magnetic Fields, X-Rays: Stars

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A report is made on the Chandra archival data analysis of NGC 2068, which is one of the nearest (˜ 400 pc) and X-ray active star-forming regions, with an estimated age of 105-6yr. The observation was made for 100ks. Using the wavdetect tool, 152 X-ray sources were detected, of which 52 had counterparts in the 2MASS survey. One of the brightest X-ray sources is apparently identified with a V = 10.42 late B-type main-sequence star, HD 38563S. During the observation, it exhibited two X-ray flares, with the 0.5-8.0keV luminosity reaching ˜ 1031.6 erg s-1. The flare X-rays evolved on a time scale of several hours, and showed a thermal spectrum of temperature of ˜ 5 keV. These results suggests that this star forms an active binary, although contamination by a T Tauri star also remains an alternative possibility.

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