| Name | 020630 |
| Title | X-RAY HALOES OF MASSIVE GALAXIES: TESTING GALAXY FORMATION |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0206300101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-i07ib9v |
| Author | European Space Agency |
| Description | The luminosity of X-ray haloes around disc galaxies is a crucial quantity for constraining theories for the assembly of disc galaxies. We have compiled a unique, physically realistic sample of hydrodynamical simulations of disc galaxy formation and evolution, predicting present day X-ray halo luminosities and the spatial distribution of the X-ray emission. Here we propose to test these novel models by obtaining deep XMM-Newton pointings of two massive, nearby, edge-on disc galaxies. A detection of X-ray haloes around these massive disc galaxies will for the first time prove that disc formation is on-going today. Alternatively, a non-detection will require a major re-thinking of the currently accepted scenario for assembling disc galaxies. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2004-01-27T16:27:08Z/2004-01-28T01:19:01Z |
| 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 | 2005-02-21T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2005, X-Ray Haloes Of Massive Galaxies: Testing Galaxy Formation, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-i07ib9v |