A search for X-ray variability in the open cluster NGC 2516

Details A search for X-ray variability in the open cluster NGC 2516 A search for X-ray variability in the open cluster NGC 2516

2003-02-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302200v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.341:1388,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 6 pages

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06517.x

We present the results of a search for X-ray variability in the galactic open cluster NGC 2516. This cluster has been observed on 8 occasions using XMM-Newton making it an excellent target for such a study. We find 4 sources which show significant variability, implying the detection of one significantly variable source every 25ksec. All sources exhibit spectra which can be fitted using an absorbed one or two temperature thermal plasma model. The brightest of these flares also show a prominent Iron line near ~7.0keV. All 4 sources lie near the observed main sequence of NGC 2516 suggesting they are cluster members. We propose that at least 3 of the 4 objects are RS CVn systems. We compare the properties of the brightest flare with those of solar flares.

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