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Proposal ID 0720017
Obs ID 07200170001, 07200170021
Title Understanding the X-ray binary populations of the Magellanic Cloud Family - Large, Small & Bridge
Download Data Associated to the proposal https://isla.esac.esa.int/tap/download/bundle?format=ascii_curl&product_id=prop_id:0720017
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-867wkco
Author Coe
Abstract The Large & Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC & SMC) represent an exceptional opportunity to study the evolution of X-ray binaries (XRB) under very di erent conditions to that in the Milky Way. The Clouds are close enough for the individual sources to be detected, identi ed & studied, whilst presenting diverse environments in terms of metallicity and tidal e ects. A recent Key Programme covering the SMC is producing a wealth of data on persistent and transient systems, plus revealing strong evidence for the emergence of a previously-unknown XRB population in the western Bridge (the structure linking the LMC to the SMC). In this proposal we request a 2Ms Key Programme to investigate the LMC and the eastern end of the Bridge to a similar depth. Such a programme, which will entail both the monitoring of transient sources and a search for a faint persistent population, enables us to explore stellar and binary evolution in di erent chemical and tidal environments.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2010-06-08T14:56:41Z / 2010-10-19T06:06:08Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 17, 2002, was designed to study high-energy phenomena in the universe. INTEGRAL was operating until february 2025 and it was equipped with three high-energy instruments: the Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS), the Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI), and the JEM-X (Joint European Monitor for X-rays). Its Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) provided optical V-band magnitude measurements, complementing the high-energy observations.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/integral/helpdesk
Date Published 2025-03-25T09:54:35Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Coe, 2025, 'Understanding the X-ray binary populations of the Magellanic Cloud Family - Large, Small & Bridge', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-867wkco