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Proposal ID 0920016
Obs ID 09200160001, 09200160003, 09200160005
Title Probing the nature of the circumstellar environment around periastron in SFXTs
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-tdxeovg
Author Drave
Abstract The mass transfer and accretion mechanisms in SFXTs are key questions to be answered in order to place the SFXTs in the wider context of HMXB systems. Current theories centre on mass transfer via isotropic but inhomogeneous (`clumpy) winds, but some systems also show evidence of disk-like structures around the supergiant, analogous to those seen in Be/X-ray binaries. We propose a campaign of periastron observations of 7 systems with known ephemeris using both XMM and INTEGRAL to measure the instantaneous accretion rate, emission spectrum and periodic signals generated around and on the neutron star. Now that the orbital parameters of these SFXT are well-determined, targeted continuous broad-band observations around periastron provide us with the best opportunity to use the (assumed) neutron star as a direct probe of the circumstellar wind environment. To achieve the goals outlined in this proposal we request ~1.7 Ms of INTEGRAL observations complemented with 140 ks of simultaneous XMM-Newton observatons.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2012-08-21T04:06:11Z / 2012-09-17T01:12:06Z
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 2025-03-25T09:54:36Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Drave, 2025, 'Probing the nature of the circumstellar environment around periastron in SFXTs ', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-tdxeovg