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arxiv: astro-ph/0307170 · v1 · submitted 2003-07-09 · 🌌 astro-ph

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

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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.

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