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Name: Identifying & understanding the X-ray binary population of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Published: 2025-03-25T09:54:37Z

Proposal ID	1020011
Obs ID	10200110002, 10200110003, 10200110004, 10200110005, 10200110006, 10200110007, 10200110008, 10200110009, 10200110010, 10200110011, 10200110012, 10200110013
Title	Identifying & understanding the X-ray binary population of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://isla.esac.esa.int/tap/download/bundle?format=ascii_curl&product_id=prop_id:1020011
DOI	https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-765t0a0
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 different conditions to those in the Milky Way. The Clouds are close enough for the individual sources to be detected, identified & studied, whilst presenting diverse environments in terms of metallicity and tidal effects. In addition, the population as a whole is possibly greater than the comparable Milky Way population so it provides an invaluable test-bed for accretion physics & binary evolution. An earlier Key Programme covering the SMC produced a wealth of data on persistent and transient systems, plus revealing strong evidence for the emergence of a new XRB population in the western Bridge (the structure linking the LMC to the SMC). We request time to carry out regular monitoring of the SMC to locate new transient pulsar systems and to continue exploring the ~100 known & suspected HMXB systems (precise source location will be achieved using the XMM time). This source location step is critical to unlocking the full potential science of these High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) systems and it enables us to explore stellar and binary evolution in different chemical and tidal environments. Only INTEGRAL has a big enough field of view to be able to carry out this crucial role of monitoring activity across the whole SMC/Bridge region. In this proposal we request 12 x 100ks INTEGRAL observations over a period of 3 months with contemporaneous XMM observations. This intensive monitoring programme will permit us to extend the work started by RXTE (Galache et al., 2008 ApJS 177, 189) and complement the XMM survey of the SMC carried out in 2010 (PI Frank Haberl). We further request that this programme is repeated in the following AO-11 round to maintain the monitoring/exploring programme into the future. All these studies will be supported by OGLE IV monitoring of the SMC & Bridge, as well as ground-based specific target follow-ups.
Publications	A New γ-Ray Loud, Eclipsing Low-mass X-Ray Binary - Strader, Jay, Li, Kwan-Lok,Chomiuk, Laura,Heinke, Craig O.,Udalski, Andrzej,Peacock, Mark,Shishkovsky, Laura,Tremou, Evangelia (2016-11-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...831...89S Background modelling for I3-ray spectroscopy with INTEGRAL/SPI - Siegert, Thomas, Diehl, Roland,Weinberger, Christoph,Pleintinger, Moritz M. M.,Greiner, Jochen,Zhang, Xiaoling (2019-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...626A..73S Comparing simulated ²⁶Al maps to gamma-ray measurements - Pleintinger, Moritz M. M., Siegert, Thomas,Diehl, Roland,Fujimoto, Yusuke,Greiner, Jochen,Krause, Martin G. H.,Krumholz, Mark R. (2019-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...632A..73P Diffuse Galactic emission spectrum between 0.5 and 8.0 MeV - Siegert, Thomas, Berteaud, Joanna,Calore, Francesca,Serpico, Pasquale D.,Weinberger, Christoph (2022-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...660A.130S Discovery of blue companions to two southern Cepheids: WW Car and FN Vel - Kovtyukh, V., Szabados, L.,Chekhonadskikh, F.,Lemasle, B.,Belik, S. (2015-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.448.3567K Dose Measured On-Board INTEGRAL After More Than 12 Years in Space - Claret, Arnaud, Laurent, Philippe,Sauvageon, Aymeric,Savchenko, Volodymyr (2015-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015ITNS...62.2784C Ephemeris, orbital decay, and masses of ten eclipsing high-mass X-ray binaries - Falanga, M., Bozzo, E.,Lutovinov, A.,Bonnet-Bidaud, J. M.,Fetisova, Y.,Puls, J. (2015-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015A&A...577A.130F Extreme relativistic electron fluxes in the Earths outer radiation belt: Analysis of INTEGRAL IREM data - Meredith, Nigel P., Horne, Richard B.,Sandberg, Ingmar,Papadimitriou, Constantinos,Evans, Hugh D. R. (2017-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017SpWea..15..917M Galactic survey of ⁴⁴Ti sources with the IBIS telescope onboard INTEGRAL - Tsygankov, Sergey S., Krivonos, Roman A.,Lutovinov, Alexander A.,Revnivtsev, Mikhail G.,Churazov, Eugene M.,Sunyaev, Rashid A.,Grebenev, Sergey A. (2016-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.458.3411T Gamma-Ray Emission of ⁶⁰Fe and ²⁶Al Radioactivity in Our Galaxy - Wang, W., Siegert, T.,Dai, Z. G.,Diehl, R.,Greiner, J.,Heger, A.,Krause, M.,Lang, M.,Pleintinger, M. M. M.,Zhang, X. L. (2020-02-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020ApJ...889..169W In-depth study of long-term variability in the X-ray emission of the Be/X-ray binary system AX J0049.4-7323 - Ducci, L., Romano, P.,Malacaria, C.,Ji, L.,Bozzo, E.,Santangelo, A. (2018-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018A&A...614A..34D INTEGRAL 11-year hard X-ray survey above 100 keV - Krivonos, R., Tsygankov, S.,Lutovinov, A.,Revnivtsev, M.,Churazov, E.,Sunyaev, R. (2015-04-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.448.3766K INTEGRAL/IBIS deep extragalactic survey: M81, LMC and 3C 273/Coma fields - Mereminskiy, Ilya A., Krivonos, Roman A.,Lutovinov, Alexander A.,Sazonov, Sergey Yu.,Revnivtsev, Mikhail G.,Sunyaev, Rashid A. (2016-06-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.459..140M INTEGRAL/SPI {$gamma$}-ray line spectroscopy. Response and background characteristics - Diehl, Roland, Siegert, Thomas,Greiner, Jochen,Krause, Martin,Kretschmer, Karsten,Lang, Michael,Pleintinger, Moritz,Strong, Andrew W.,Weinberger, Christoph,Zhang, Xiaoling (2018-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018A&A...611A..12D Multicolour modelling of SN 2013dx associated with GRB 130702A^★ - Volnova, A. A., Pruzhinskaya, M. V.,Pozanenko, A. S.,Blinnikov, S. I.,Minaev, P. Yu.,Burkhonov, O. A.,Chernenko, A. M.,Ehgamberdiev, Sh. A.,Inasaridze, R.,Jelinek, M.,Khorunzhev, G. A.,Klunko, E. V.,Krugly, Yu. N.,Mazaeva, E. D.,Rumyantsev, V. V.,Volvach, A. E. (2017-05-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.467.3500V New hard X-ray sources discovered in the ongoing INTEGRAL Galactic plane survey after 14 yr of observations - Krivonos, Roman A., Tsygankov, Sergey S.,Mereminskiy, Ilya A.,Lutovinov, Alexander A.,Sazonov, Sergey Yu.,Sunyaev, Rashid A. (2017-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.470..512K SXP 5.05 = IGR J00569-7226: using X-rays to explore the structure of a Be stars circumstellar disc - Coe, M. J., Bartlett, E. S.,Bird, A. J.,Haberl, F.,Kennea, J. A.,McBride, V. A.,Townsend, L. J.,Udalski, A. (2015-03-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.447.2387C The Galactic Bulge Diffuse Emission in Broadband X-Rays with NuSTAR - Perez, Kerstin, Krivonos, Roman,Wik, Daniel R. (2019-10-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019ApJ...884..153P The INTEGRAL/IBIS AGN catalogue: an update - Malizia, A., Landi, R.,Molina, M.,Bassani, L.,Bazzano, A.,Bird, A. J.,Ubertini, P. (2016-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.460...19M Type I X-ray Bursts Detected by the JEM-X Telescope Onboard the INTEGRAL Observatory in 2003-2015 - Chelovekov, I. V., Grebenev, S. A.,Mereminskiy, I. A.,Prosvetov, A. V. (2017-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017AstL...43..781C VerticaVertical position of the Sun with gamma-rays - Siegert, Thomas, (2019-12-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...632L...1S Water megamaser emission in hard X-ray selected AGN - Panessa, F., Castangia, P.,Malizia, A.,Bassani, L.,Tarchi, A.,Bazzano, A.,Ubertini, P. (2020-09-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020A&A...641A.162P X-ray absorption in INTEGRAL active galactic nuclei. Host galaxy inclination - Malizia, A., Bassani, L.,Stephen, J. B.,Bazzano, A.,Ubertini, P. (2020-07-01) http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020A&A...639A...5M
Temporal Coverage	2013-06-20T22:26:48Z / 2013-12-16T09:39:36Z
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	2025-03-25T09:54:37Z
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Coe, 2025, 'Identifying & understanding the X-ray binary population of the Small Magellanic Cloud', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-765t0a0