V838 Mon is perhaps the most enigmatic and unusual object observed in stellarastrophysics in recent decades. The star underwent an enormous outburst in 2002,resulting in a spectacular system of light echoes whose evolution has been welldocumented by HST. The cause of the outburst remains the subject of vigorousdebate. One possibility is that of a stellar merger. A prediction of this modelis that the envelope of the merger remnant should be magnetically active. If so,V838 Mon should be a luminous X-ray source. We propose a 100 ks XMM/EPICobservation that will constrain the merger model for the V838 Mon outburst andwill help characterize the young cluster in which V838 Mon resides.
Publications
XMM-Newton Detection of a Transient X-ray Source in the Vicinity of V838 Monocerotis |Antonini, Fabio, Montez, Rodolfo, Jr., et al. | ApJ | 717-795 | 2010 | 2010ApJ...717..795A | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010ApJ...717..795A
An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-Ray Background. II. An All-Sky Catalog of Diffuse O VII and O VIII Emission Intensities |Henley, David B., Shelton, Robin L., | ApJS | 202-14 | 2012 | 2012ApJS..202...14H | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJS..202...14H
The Solar Cycle Temporal Variation of the Solar Wind Charge Exchange X-Ray Lines |Qu, Zhijie, Koutroumpa, Dimitra, et al. | ApJ | 930-21 | 2022 | 2022ApJ...930...21Q | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022ApJ...930...21Q
Soft X-Ray Energy Spectra in the Wide-field Galactic Disk Area Revealed with HaloSat |Ampuku, Kazuki, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, et al. | ApJ | 962-153 | 2024 | 2024ApJ...962..153A | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...962..153A
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
2008-03-17T13:30:38Z/2008-03-19T03:02:46Z
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, Prof Joel Kastner, 2009, 'V838 Mon: A Search for X-rays from a Possible Stellar Merger', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-wv3zgd2
