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Name: Measuring the Spin-down of Two Nearby Isolated Neutron Stars
Published: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	055221
Title	Measuring the Spin-down of Two Nearby Isolated Neutron Stars
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-wf42nt2
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr David Kaplan
Abstract	The nearest thermally emitting neutron stars arguably offer the best prospectsfor measuring neutron star radii, but this task is complicated by our lack ofknowledge about their magnetic field strengths, which hinders modeling of theirspectra. Recently, we have determined field strengths for two objects usingdedicated X-ray timing observations: by measuring spin-down and assuming adipole field, we find magnetic fields between normal pulsars and magnetars. Wepropose to complete this sample with timing observations of the two remainingobjects in this class with clear periodicities: RX J0420.0-5022 and RXJ0806.4-4123. This will provide vital, model-independent constraints to aid ininterpreting the mysterious absorption features found in their X-ray spectra.
Publications	Constraining the Spin-down of the Nearby Isolated Neutron Star RX J0806.4-4123, and Implications for the Population of Nearby Neutron Stars \|Kaplan, D. L., van Kerkwijk, M. H., \| ApJ \| 705-798 \| 2009 \| 2009ApJ...705..798K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2009ApJ...705..798K 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 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 The Interaction of the Fermi Bubbles with the Milky Way.s Hot Gas Halo \|Miller, Matthew J., Bregman, Joel N., \| ApJ \| 829-9 \| 2016 \| 2016ApJ...829....9M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...829....9M 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 Optical/UV Excess of X-Ray-dim Isolated Neutron Stars. I. Bremsstrahlung Emission from a Strangeon Star Atmosphere \|Wang, Weiyang, Lu, Jiguang, et al. \| ApJ \| 837-81 \| 2017 \| 2017ApJ...837...81W \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017ApJ...837...81W The optical/UV excess of X-ray-dim isolated neutron star II. Nonuniformity of plasma on a strangeon star surface \|Wang, Wei-Yang, Feng, Yi, et al. \| RAA \| 18-82 \| 2018 \| 2018RAA....18...82W \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018RAA....18...82W Universal detection of high-temperature emission in X-ray isolated neutron stars \|Yoneyama, Tomokage, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, et al. \| PASJ \| 71-17 \| 2019 \| 2019PASJ...71...17Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019PASJ...71...17Y Hard X-Ray Excess from the Magnificent Seven Neutron Stars \|Dessert, Christopher, Foster, Joshua W., \| ApJ \| 904-42 \| 2020 \| 2020ApJ...904...42D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020ApJ...904...42D An X-Ray- and SZ-bright Diffuse Source toward M31: A Local Hot Bridge \|Qu, Zhijie, Huang, Rui, et al. \| ApJ \| 907-14 \| 2021 \| 2021ApJ...907...14Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021ApJ...907...14Q Axion Emission Can Explain a New Hard X-Ray Excess from Nearby Isolated Neutron Stars \|Buschmann, Malte, Co, Raymond T., et al. \| PhRvL \| 126-21102 \| 2021 \| 2021PhRvL.126b1102B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021PhRvL.126b1102B 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 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 The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII, O VIII, and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan, Zeyang, Qu, Zhijie, et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P 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
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2008-05-11T10:45:37Z/2009-04-11T02:34:34Z
Version	PPS_NOT_AVAILABLE
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	2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"dedicated xray", "magnetic fields", "hinders modeling", "rx j0806", "magnetic field strengths", "dipole field", "rx j0420", "neutron star radii", "field strengths", "xray spectra", "normal pulsars", "J0420.0"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr David Kaplan, 2010, 'Measuring the Spin-down of Two Nearby Isolated Neutron Stars', PPS_NOT_AVAILABLE, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-wf42nt2