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Name: NEUTRON STAR X-RAY TRANSIENTS IN QUIESCENCE: TO ACCRETE OR NOT TO ACCRETEquestionMark
Published: 2005-10-08T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	020279
Title	NEUTRON STAR X-RAY TRANSIENTS IN QUIESCENCE: TO ACCRETE OR NOT TO ACCRETE?
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0202790101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-sq96uez
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr TIZIANA DI SALVO
Abstract	We propose to observe with XMM three Millisecond X-ray Pulsar Transients for 20ks each in order to measure the source luminosity during quiescence. Since forthese sources the spin period is known, this will allow us to put a firm upperlimit on the neutron star magnetic field strength. This study will providevaluable information about the link between low mass X-ray binaries and binarymillisecond radio pulsars. Moreover, the study of the cooling of the neutronstar during quiescence is a powerful tool to investigate its physical structureand to determine r^ant parameters like its mass and its equation of state.The XMM observation will also provide a precise position of these sourcesallowing the identification and/or study of their optical, infrared and radio counterparts.
Publications	A Search for New Galactic Magnetars in Archival Chandra and XMM-Newton Observations \|Muno, M. P., Gaensler, B. M., et al. \| ApJ \| 680-639 \| 2008 \| 2008ApJ...680..639M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2008ApJ...680..639M 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 The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue \|Flesch, Eric W., \| PASA \| 33-52 \| 2016 \| 2016PASA...33...52F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016PASA...33...52F 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 From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez, Antonio C., \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R 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	2004-09-15T01:19:56Z/2004-09-15T07:25:11Z
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	2005-10-08T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"firm upper limit", "XMM", "neutron star", "spin period", "precise position", "powerful tool", "source luminosity", "relevant parameters", "physical structure", "valuable information", "accrete ?.", "radio counterparts"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr TIZIANA DI SALVO, 2005, 'NEUTRON STAR X-RAY TRANSIENTS IN QUIESCENCE: TO ACCRETE OR NOT TO ACCRETEquestionMark', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-sq96uez