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Name: Birds of a Feather: A Statistical Search for X-ray Pulsars
Published: 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	030422
Title	Birds of a Feather: A Statistical Search for X-ray Pulsars
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-451vfxg
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Eric Gotthelf
Abstract	Discoveries of rotation-powered X-ray pulsars have increased substantially inthe last several years, but their properties have yet to conform to a singlepattern. We argue that pulsars have a high probability of being found in thevicinity of supernova remnants. Based on a survey of point-like sources in theASCA archives we propose to use the EPIC-pn detector to investigate new pulsarcandidates. The discoveries will fill out the incomplete sample of observedX-ray pulsars, as well as confirm the utility of our method for selecting pulsarcandidates from existing archived data.
Publications	A New 626 s periodic X-ray source in the direction of the Galactic center \|Farrell S. A. Gosling A. J. et al. \| A&A \| 523-50 \| 2010 \| 2010A&A...523A..50F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010A&A...523A..50F 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. 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Farrell Sean et al. \| ApJ \| 786-20 \| 2014 \| 2014ApJ...786...20L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014ApJ...786...20L The diversity of quasars unified by accretion and orientation \|Shen Yue Ho Luis C. \| Natur \| 513-210 \| 2014 \| 2014Natur.513..210S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Natur.513..210S 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 Determining the nature of faint X-ray sources from the ASCA Galactic center survey \|Lutovinov A. A. Revnivtsev M. G. et al. \| AstL \| 41-179 \| 2015 \| 2015AstL...41..179L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015AstL...41..179L Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect or not? 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R. et al. \| MNRAS \| 453-172 \| 2015 \| 2015MNRAS.453..172P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.453..172P 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 Exploring the end states of massive stars using the X-ray emission of neutron stars and supernova remnants \|Prinz Tobias \| PhDT \| 0-305 \| 2013 \| 2013PhDT.......305P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013PhDT.......305P 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 An X-ray survey of the central molecular zone: Variability of the Fe Kalpha emission line \|Terrier R. Clavel M. et al. \| A&A \| 612-102 \| 2018 \| 2018A&A...612A.102T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018A&A...612A.102T 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 G7.7--3.7: A Young Supernova Remnant Probably Associated with the Guest Star in 386 CE (SN 386) \|Zhou Ping Vink Jacco et al. \| ApJ \| 865-6 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...865L...6Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...865L...6Z X-ray chimneys in the Galactic Centre \|Chernyakova Masha \| Natur \| 567-318 \| 2019 \| 2019Natur.567..318C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019Natur.567..318C An X-ray chimney extending hundreds of parsecs above and below the Galactic Centre \|Ponti G. 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Tucker Wallace et al. \| Natur \| 606-261 \| 2022 \| 2022Natur.606..261W \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022Natur.606..261W Scientific objectives of the Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) mission \|Bregman Joel Cen Renyue et al. \| SCPMA \| 66-299513 \| 2023 \| 2023SCPMA..6699513B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023SCPMA..6699513B The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way \|Sarkar Kartick C. \| A&ARv \| 32-1 \| 2024 \| 2024A&ARv..32....1S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024A&ARv..32....1S 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 Periodicity from X-ray sources within the inner Galactic disk \|Mondal Samaresh Ponti Gabriele et al. \| A&A \| 686-A125 \| 2024 \| 2024A&A...686A.125M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024A&A...686A.125M 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 X-rays from planetary nebulae: Unveiling wind collisions and binarity \|Montez Rodolfo Jr. \| PhDT \| 0-300 \| 2010 \| 2010PhDT.......300M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010PhDT.......300M Probing the inner Galactic halo with blue horizontal-branch stars. Gaia DR3-based catalogue with atmospheric and stellar parameters \|Culpan R. Dorsch M. et al. \| A&A \| 685-A134 \| 2024 \| 2024A&A...685A.134C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024A&A...685A.134C New 511 keV Line Data Provide Strongest sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 973-L6 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...973L...6D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...973L...6D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2005-08-29T11:21:13Z/2006-03-19T08:45:22Z
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	2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2026-03-04
Keywords	"xray pulsars", "increased substantially", "EPIC", "existing archived data", "incomplete sample", "asca archives", "statistical search", "pulsar candidates", "selecting pulsar candidates", "single pattern", "epic pn detector", "supernova remnant"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Eric Gotthelf, 2007, 'Birds of a Feather: A Statistical Search for X-ray Pulsars', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-451vfxg