Proposal ID | 030353 |
Title | Neon-rich Ejecta in the West Limb of the Puppis A Supernova Remnant |
Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0303530101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-edt6u2t |
Principal Investigator, PI | Prof Koji Mori |
Abstract | We propose a 30 ksec observation of the west limb of the Puppis A supernovaremnant to study Ne-rich ejecta. We discovered evidence of enhanced X-ray lineemission from highly ionized Ne in archival ASCA data, but otherwise, Puppis Adoes not yield direct evidence of X-ray emitting ejecta. The good angularresolution and high throughput of XMM-Newton will enable us to isolate the Neejecta from the surrounding interstellar medium and perform spectroscopicstudies to measure the ejecta abundances. This program thus provides a uniqueopportunity to study the X-ray emitting nucleosynthesis products in Puppis A. |
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Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2005-10-09T02:29:20Z/2005-10-09T15:00:08Z |
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 | 2006-11-11T00:00:00Z |
Keywords | "archival asca data", "supernova remnant", "XMM", "ejecta abundance", "ionized ne", "ne ejecta", "perform spectroscopic", "west limb", "XMM-Newton", "ne rich ejecta", "angular resolution", "interstellar medium", "xray emitting ejecta", "neon rich ejecta", "xmm newton" |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Prof Koji Mori, 2006, 'Neon-rich Ejecta in the West Limb of the Puppis A Supernova Remnant', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-edt6u2t |