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Name: Probing a new super-giant fast X-ray transient
Published: 2008-06-22T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	050649
Title	Probing a new super-giant fast X-ray transient
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0506490101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ytawa49
Principal Investigator, PI	Mr Jean-Christophe Leyder
Abstract	The newly discovered Super-giant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXT) IGR J08408-4503 isan interesting member of this class that is expected to rapidly grow. Indeed, itis one of the few sources for which the optical association with an O-typesuper-giant (HD 74194) has been confirmed, making it a perfect target for adetailed X-ray investigation. This source has been recently detected in theX-ray domain by two Swift ToO observations, but these observations were tooshort to allow more than a better determination of the position. Therefore, werequest one observation of IGR J08408-4503 with XMM-Newton, in order to performan in-depth analysis of the spectral properties and of the X-ray variabilitystudy of our target.
Publications	The supergiant fast X-ray transients XTE J1739-302 and IGR J08408-4503 in quiescence with XMM-Newton \|Bozzo E. Stella L. et al. \| A&A \| 519-6 \| 2010 \| 2010A&A...519A...6B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010A&A...519A...6B Exospheric solar wind charge exchange as seen by XMM-Newton \|Carter J. A. Semba S. \| AN \| 333-313 \| 2012 \| 2012AN....333..313C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012AN....333..313C 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 The longest observation of a low-intensity state from a supergiant fast X-ray transient: Suzaku observes IGRJ08408-4503 \|Sidoli L. Esposito P. \| MNRAS \| 409-611 \| 2010 \| 2010MNRAS.409..611S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2010MNRAS.409..611S Investigating the Structure of Vela X \|Slane P. Lovchinsky I. et al. \| ApJ \| 865-86 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...865...86S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...865...86S Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients uncovered by the EXTraS project: flares reveal the development of magnetospheric instability in accreting neutron stars \|Sidoli Lara Postnov Konstantin A. et al. \| MNRAS \| 487-420 \| 2019 \| 2019MNRAS.487..420S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019MNRAS.487..420S Accretion disc by Roche lobe overflow in the supergiant fast X-ray transient IGR J08408-4503 \|Ducci L. Romano P. et al. \| A&A \| 631-135 \| 2019 \| 2019A&A...631A.135D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...631A.135D Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang Yanxia Zhao Yongheng \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z Statistical Properties of X-Ray Flares from the Supergiant Fast X-Ray Transients \|Zhang Wen-Long Yi Shuang-Xi et al. \| RAA \| 22-65012 \| 2022 \| 2022RAA....22f5012Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022RAA....22f5012Z 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 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 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, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2007-05-29T09:21:24Z/2007-05-29T22:03:32Z
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	2008-06-22T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-08-04
Keywords	"XMM", "spectral properties", "depth analysis", "XMM-Newton", "xray domain", "igr j08408 4503", "xmm newton", "perfect target", "xray investigation", "xray variability"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Mr Jean-Christophe Leyder, 2008, 'Probing a new super-giant fast X-ray transient', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ytawa49