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XMM-Newton First Observation in the Pleiades

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present the first results from a 40 ks Guaranteed Time XMM-Newton pointing in the Pleiades. We detect almost all early-mid dM members in the field and several very low mass (VLM) stars - including the brown dwarf (BD) candidate Roque 9 - and investigate the variation of X-ray activity levels, hardness ratios and flare frequency with spectral type down to the BD regime.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0110109,
  title  = {XMM-Newton First Observation in the Pleiades},
  author = {K. R. Briggs and J. P. Pye},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0110109},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

5 pages, 6 figures, to be published in proceedings of `Stellar Coronae in the Chandra and XMM-Newton Era'