A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: X Per: The Template Sightline for the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Published: 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	060098
Title	X Per: The Template Sightline for the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0600980101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-sh66mzg
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Lynne Valencic
Abstract	Galactic interstellar dust is ubiquitous, but many aspects of the grains are notwell known. Current model constraints, based on IR-UV data and assumed elementalabundances, are insufficient, as a plethora of viable models exist. Even theabundances are not well known; modelers must use proxies in the absence ofdirect measurements for the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). Recent revisionsof these proxy values have only added to confusion over which is the bestrepresentative for the diffuse ISM, and highlighted the need for directmeasurements from the ISM itself. We will measure the O, Mg, Fe, and Siabundances along one sightline, to X Per, with the XMM-Newton RGS, and use themwith our multiwavelength data for this sightline to construct a tightly-constrained, realistic grain model.
Publications	Strong outburst activity of the X-ray pulsar X Persei during 2001-2011 \|Lutovinov, A., Tsygankov, S., \| MNRAS \| 423-1978 \| 2012 \| 2012MNRAS.423.1978L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.423.1978L Interstellar Abundances toward X Per, Revisited \|Valencic, Lynne A., Smith, Randall K., \| ApJ \| 770-22 \| 2013 \| 2013ApJ...770...22V \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013ApJ...770...22V An XMM-Newton view of FeKalpha in high-mass X-ray binaries \|Gimenez-Garcia, A., Torrejon, J. M., et al. \| A&A \| 576-108 \| 2015 \| 2015A&A...576A.108G \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015A&A...576A.108G 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 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 Energy dependence of quasi-periodic oscillations in accreting X-ray pulsars \|Manikantan, Hemanth, Paul, Biswajit, et al. \| MNRAS \| 531-530 \| 2024 \| 2024MNRAS.531..530M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024MNRAS.531..530M 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	2010-02-23T15:12:09Z/2010-02-25T02:14:19Z
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	2011-03-20T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"multiwavelength data", "viable models exist", "xmm newton rgs", "ir uv data", "XMM", "model constraints", "si abundance", "diffuse ism", "elemental abundance", "template sightline", "galactic interstellar dust", "realistic grain model", "XMM-Newton", "diffuse interstellar medium", "proxy values"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Lynne Valencic, 2011, 'X Per: The Template Sightline for the Diffuse Interstellar Medium', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-sh66mzg