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Name 040039
Title Timing the Newly Discovered Pulsar at the Center of Supernova Remnant Kes 79
URL

https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0400390201
https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0400390301

DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-jhlqqvo
Author Dr Eric Gotthelf
Description We have discovered 105-ms X-ray pulsations from the compact central object (CCO) in the supernova remnant Kes 79, one of six enigmatic X-ray emitters whose nature is a great mystery. We propose to follow the all-important spin-down evolution in order to quantify the energetics of the pulsar and test whether it is powered by rotation, accretion, or a more exotic process. We will compare the timing properties of this pulsar with 1E 1207.4-5209 in PKS 1209-51-52, the only other confirmed CCO pulsar, whose strange spin-down irregularity suggests that it might not be an isolated NS. The relationship between ordinary pulsars, CCOs, and anomalous X-ray pulsars, may be greatly illuminated by timing measurements of this new pulsar.
Publication No observations found associated with the current proposal
Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2006-10-08T05:50:55Z/2007-03-21T05:39:53Z
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 2008-04-13T00:00:00Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, 2008-04-13T00:00:00Z, 040039, 17.56_20190403_1200. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-jhlqqvo