| Name | 003174 |
| Title | Probing the X-ray emission mechanisms of recycled-pulsars: PSR J0034-0534 |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0031740101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-h1sr1x8 |
| Author | Dr Werner Becker |
| Description | The X-ray emission mechanisms of millisecond pulsars are still poorly known, despite ten ms-pulsars have been detected so far. The recently discovered 1.8 ms pulsar PSRJ0034-0534 (Bailes et al.virgul1994) has high spin-down power, only 1 kpc from us, low column density, thus making it an excellent candidate for studying X-ray emission from ms pulsars. We propose for a modest exposure of 30 ks, aiming at detecting the expected ms pulsation, discriminating between power-law and thermal polar-cap spectral models, thus gaining significant insights into physical environments and processes going-on in the neutron star magnetosphere. Such study is possible because the unprecedented high throughput nature of XMM. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2002-06-19T07:21:30Z/2002-06-19T18:31:01Z |
| Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earth's atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2003-07-16T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2003-07-16T00:00:00Z, 003174, 17.56_20190403_1200. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-h1sr1x8 |