1A 1246-588 is a persistently accreting low-mass X-ray binary at a distance of 5kpc and with an absorption of NH=4E21 cm-2. The persistent luminosity is virgul0.5%of the Eddington limit. This puts the source in an interesting accretion regime,possibly due to an ultracompact binary orbit. We propose to observe 1A1246-588with XMM-Newton and VLT/FORS2 to secure the suspected opticalcounterpart and ultracompact nature, carry out high-resolution spectroscopy ofsuspected anomalous abundances of Ne, Fe and O with RGS and H, He, C and O withVLT/FORS2, and to search for an orbital period in the X-ray lightcurve toinvestigate the evolutionary history of the binary.
Publications
An X-ray and optical study of the ultracompact X-ray binary A 1246-58 |in.t Zand, J. J. M., Bassa, C. G., et al. | A&A | 485-183 | 2008 | 2008A&A...485..183I | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2008A&A...485..183I
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
Revealing the broad iron Kalpha line in Cygnus X-1 through simultaneous XMM-Newton, RXTE, and INTEGRAL observations |Duro, Refiz, Dauser, Thomas, et al. | A&A | 589-14 | 2016 | 2016A&A...589A..14D | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016A&A...589A..14D
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
2006-08-31T21:01:54Z/2006-09-01T08:31:36Z
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, Dr Jean in .t Zand, 2007, 'New ultracompact binaries comma new opportunities: the case for 1A 1246-588', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-1nyx73k
