Different mechanisms may power the quiescent emission of soft X--ray transients,impacting on the physics of fast spinning, weakly magnetic neutron stars subjectto low mass inflow rates: a) the accretion regime; b) the propeller regime; c)the radio pulsar regime. The emission location and spectrum should be: close tothe neutron star and soft in cases a) and b); from an extended shock andpower-law like in case c). Additional soft emission may originate from neutronstar cooling. We propose an 80 ks observation of the eclipsing system X1658-298,covering 3 orbits. This will yield the source quiescent spectrum and exploit theX-ray eclipses to determine where the emission components originate. OnlyXMM-Newton has the sensitivity and throughput to carry out this study.
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
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
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
Sunyaev-Zel.dovich effect or not? Detecting the main foreground effect of most galaxy clusters |Xiao, Weike, Chen, Chen, et al. | MNRAS | 432-41 | 2013 | 2013MNRAS.432L..41X | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013MNRAS.432L..41X
Connecting X-ray absorption and 21 cm neutral hydrogen absorption in obscured radio AGN |Moss, V. A., Allison, J. R., et al. | MNRAS | 471-2952 | 2017 | 2017MNRAS.471.2952M | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.471.2952M
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
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
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
2005-03-19T12:05:27Z/2005-03-20T04:30:39Z
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.
European Space Agency, Prof LUIGI STELLA, 2006, 'X1658-298: UNVEILING THE EMISSION MECHANISMopenParSclosePar OF QUIESCENT SOFT X-RAY TRANSIENT', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-e2huyri