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Name: The Nature of the Luminous Supersoft X-ray Sources
Published: 2005-06-18T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	015141
Title	The Nature of the Luminous Supersoft X-ray Sources
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-5uf63pe
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Katherine McGowan
Abstract	The highly luminous (>=10e37 erg/s) supersoft X-ray sources (SSS) are believed to be super-Eddington limited accreting white dwarfs undergoing surface hydrogenburning. The current paradigm for SSS (van den Heuvel et al. 1992) involves thermally unstable mass transfer from a 1-2 Msun companion. But this model hasnever been directly confirmed and yet is crucial for the evolution of cataclys-mic variables in general, and for the establishment of SSS as progenitors oftype Ia supernovae in particular. The key SSS is RXJ0513.9-6951 which hasrecurrent X-ray outbursts every 100-150d (lasting virgul30d) during which the opticaldeclines by 1 mag. We request TOO status to be triggered by optical monitoringso as to follow directly the predicted expansion of the white dwarf photosphere.
Publications	The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. V. The Second XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue \|Watson, M. G., Schroder, A. C., et al. \| A&A \| 493-339 \| 2009 \| 2009A&A...493..339W \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2009A&A...493..339W Quasi-stellar Object Selection Algorithm Using Time Variability and Machine Learning: Selection of 1620 Quasi-stellar Object Candidates from MACHO Large Magellanic Cloud Database \|Kim, Dae-Won, Protopapas, Pavlos, et al. \| ApJ \| 735-68 \| 2011 \| 2011ApJ...735...68K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011ApJ...735...68K Statistical evaluation of the flux cross-calibration of the XMM-Newton EPIC cameras \|Mateos, S., Saxton, R. D., et al. \| A&A \| 496-879 \| 2009 \| 2009A&A...496..879M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2009A&A...496..879M A Refined QSO Selection Method Using Diagnostics Tests: 663 QSO Candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud \|Kim, Dae-Won, Protopapas, Pavlos, et al. \| ApJ \| 747-107 \| 2012 \| 2012ApJ...747..107K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJ...747..107K The XMM Cluster Survey: optical analysis methodology and the first data release \|Mehrtens, Nicola, Romer, A. Kathy, et al. \| MNRAS \| 423-1024 \| 2012 \| 2012MNRAS.423.1024M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.423.1024M XMM spectroscopy of the transient supersoft source RXJ0513.9 - 6951: probing the dynamic white dwarf photosphere \|McGowan, K. E., Charles, P. A., et al. \| MNRAS \| 364-462 \| 2005 \| 2005MNRAS.364..462M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2005MNRAS.364..462M An All-Sky Atlas of Radio/X-ray Associations \|Flesch, E., \| PASA \| 27-283 \| 2010 \| 2010PASA...27..283F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010PASA...27..283F The XMM Cluster Survey: X-ray analysis methodology \|Lloyd-Davies, E. J., Romer, A. Kathy, et al. \| MNRAS \| 418-14 \| 2011 \| 2011MNRAS.418...14L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011MNRAS.418...14L An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-Ray Background. II. An All-Sky Catalog of Diffuse O VII and O VIII Emission Intensities \|Henley, David B., Shelton, Robin L., \| ApJS \| 202-14 \| 2012 \| 2012ApJS..202...14H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJS..202...14H The XMM-Newton serendipitous ultraviolet source survey catalogue \|Page, M. J., Brindle, C., et al. \| MNRAS \| 426-903 \| 2012 \| 2012MNRAS.426..903P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.426..903P Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov, V. N., \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y Short-period X-ray oscillations in super-soft novae and persistent super-soft sources \|Ness, J.-U., Beardmore, A. P., et al. \| A&A \| 578-39 \| 2015 \| 2015A&A...578A..39N \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015A&A...578A..39N Limits on the X-ray and optical luminosity of the progenitor of the Type Ia supernova 2007sr \|Nelemans, Gijs, Voss, Rasmus, et al. \| MNRAS \| 388-487 \| 2008 \| 2008MNRAS.388..487N \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2008MNRAS.388..487N Sunyaev-Zel.dovich effect or not? 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A. H., et al. \| MNRAS \| 475-3253 \| 2018 \| 2018MNRAS.475.3253V \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018MNRAS.475.3253V Anisotropy of the galaxy cluster X-ray luminosity-temperature relation \|Migkas, Konstantinos, Reiprich, Thomas H., \| A&A \| 611-50 \| 2018 \| 2018A&A...611A..50M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018A&A...611A..50M The XMM Cluster Survey: Present status and latest results \|Viana, P. T. P., Mehrtens, N., et al. \| AN \| 334-462 \| 2013 \| 2013AN....334..462V \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013AN....334..462V X-Ray Luminosity and Size Relationship of Supernova Remnants in the LMC \|Ou, Po-Sheng, Chu, You-Hua, et al. \| ApJ \| 863-137 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...863..137O \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...863..137O Testing emergent gravity on galaxy cluster scales \|Tamosiunas, Andrius, Bacon, David, et al. \| JCAP \| 5-53 \| 2019 \| 2019JCAP...05..053T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019JCAP...05..053T Chandra Follow-up of the SDSS DR8 Redmapper Catalog Using the MATCha Pipeline \|Hollowood, Devon L., Jeltema, Tesla, et al. \| ApJS \| 244-22 \| 2019 \| 2019ApJS..244...22H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019ApJS..244...22H Stellar mass as a galaxy cluster mass proxy: application to the Dark Energy Survey redMaPPer clusters \|Palmese, A., Annis, J., et al. \| MNRAS \| 493-4591 \| 2020 \| 2020MNRAS.493.4591P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020MNRAS.493.4591P New optically identified supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud \|Yew, Miranda, Filipovi\\u0107, Miroslav D., et al. \| MNRAS \| 500-2336 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.500.2336Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.500.2336Y An X-Ray- and SZ-bright Diffuse Source toward M31: A Local Hot Bridge \|Qu, Zhijie, Huang, Rui, et al. \| ApJ \| 907-14 \| 2021 \| 2021ApJ...907...14Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021ApJ...907...14Q Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang, Yanxia, Zhao, Yongheng, \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z Supersoft X-ray sources: Confronting the van den Heuvel paradigm \|Charles, P. A., McGowan, K. E., et al. \| NewAR \| 54-75 \| 2010 \| 2010NewAR..54...75C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010NewAR..54...75C The Solar Cycle Temporal Variation of the Solar Wind Charge Exchange X-Ray Lines \|Qu, Zhijie, Koutroumpa, Dimitra, et al. \| ApJ \| 930-21 \| 2022 \| 2022ApJ...930...21Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022ApJ...930...21Q Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque, Pedro De la Torre, Balaji, Shyam, \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque, Pedro De la Torre, Balaji, Shyam, \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque, Pedro, Balaji, Shyam, \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2004-04-28T17:52:12Z/2004-05-28T10:58:24Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
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	2005-06-18T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"predicted expansion", "150d lasting", "msun companion", "optical declines", "surface hydrogen burning", "white dwarf photosphere", "recurrent xray outburst", "key sss", "type ia supernova", "cataclys mic variables"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Katherine McGowan, 2005, 'The Nature of the Luminous Supersoft X-ray Sources', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-5uf63pe