
| Proposal ID | 015082 |
| Title | Neutron Star Thermal Emission and Magnetic Fields |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0150820201 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ygig7c6 |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Prof Victoria Kaspi |
| Abstract | We request 50 ks of XMM time for observations of theradio pulsars PSRs B0154+61 and B1916+14 in order todetect cooling thermal emission from their surfaces.These sources are young, nearby, have low spin-downluminosities, which implies that there will belittle contamination from non-thermal processes, and,of particular interest, have large magnetic fields.The requested observations will cleanly test modelpredictions for the dependence of the properties ofcooling radiation on the stellar magnetic field. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2003-03-06T14:28:48Z/2003-03-06T23:26:05Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs 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 Earths 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 | 2004-03-30T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | "low spin", "cooling thermal emission", "magnetic fields", "little contamination", "stellar magnetic field", "xmm time", "XMM", "cooling radiation", "nonthermal processes" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Prof Victoria Kaspi, 2004, 'Neutron Star Thermal Emission and Magnetic Fields', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ygig7c6 |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |