A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: X-ray Column Density towards the Low Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1702-429
Published: 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	060403
Title	X-ray Column Density towards the Low Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1702-429
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0604030101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-09ztjz4
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Feryal Ozel
Abstract	We propose to use the RGS onboard XMM-Newton to measure the Hydrogen columndensity towards the X-ray binary 4U 1702-429. We will detect and model the Ne,Mg, Si, Fe and O absorption edges in the RGS spectra of the source to determineinterstellar elemental abundances along the line of sight. We will convert theseabundances to an equivalent hydrogen column density in order to (i) remove asource of large uncertainty in modeling the continuum source spectra, and (ii)measure the distance to the X-ray binary by employing a technique that comparesthe reddening of a source to that of red clump stars along the line of sight.Our ultimate goal is to combine the distance measurement with existing Type-IX-ray burst data to determine the mass and radius of the neutron star.
Publications	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 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 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 Study of the reflection spectrum of the LMXB 4U 1702-429 \|Iaria, R., Di Salvo, T., et al. \| A&A \| 596-21 \| 2016 \| 2016A&A...596A..21I \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016A&A...596A..21I A Study of Low-mass X-Ray Binaries in the Low-luminosity Regime \|Sonbas, E., Dhuga, K. S., \| ApJ \| 853-150 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...853..150S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...853..150S A broadband spectral analysis of 4U 1702-429 using XMM-Newton and BeppoSAX data \|Mazzola, S. M., Iaria, R., et al. \| A&A \| 621-89 \| 2019 \| 2019A&A...621A..89M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...621A..89M NuSTAR Observations of the Accreting Atolls GX 3+1, 4U 1702-429, 4U 0614+091, and 4U 1746-371 \|Ludlam, R. M., Miller, J. M., et al. \| ApJ \| 873-99 \| 2019 \| 2019ApJ...873...99L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019ApJ...873...99L 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 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	2010-03-09T13:51:33Z/2010-03-10T00:23:28Z
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	2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"existing type", "rgs spectra", "XMM", "xray binary", "distance measurement", "neutron star", "xray burst data", "interstellar elemental abundance", "absorption edges", "XMM-Newton", "red clump stars", "continuum source spectra"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Feryal Ozel, 2011, 'X-ray Column Density towards the Low Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1702-429', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-09ztjz4