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Name: Unveiling the mystery of supergiant fast x-ray transients
Published: 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	060482
Title	Unveiling the mystery of supergiant fast x-ray transients
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-tijxqde
Principal Investigator, PI	Mr Enrico Bozzo
Abstract	Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXT) are very variable high mass X-raybinaries in our galaxy. Two models have been proposed to interpret theirbehavior: (i)a gating mechanism, involving either the centrifugal barrier orultramagnetic neutron stars (magnetars); (ii)an extermely clumpy wind from thesupergiant companion. Here we propose to study the quiescent emission of threeSFXTs. By making a comparison between their quiescence and outburst spectra andsearching for pulsations and column density variations, we will test theapplicability of the above models. These sources might well provide the veryfirst opportunity to detect and study magnetars in binary systems. In any case,very crucial information will be obtained to test the prediction of modern theories of radiatively-driven winds.
Publications	XMM-Newton observations of IGR J18410-0535: the ingestion of a clump by a supergiant fast X-ray transient \|Bozzo, E., Giunta, A., et al. \| A&A \| 531-130 \| 2011 \| 2011A&A...531A.130B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011A&A...531A.130B XMM-Newton observations of four high mass X-ray binaries and IGR J17348-2045 \|Bozzo, E., Pavan, L., et al. \| A&A \| 544-118 \| 2012 \| 2012A&A...544A.118B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012A&A...544A.118B 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 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 Discovery of new X-ray sources near the unidentified gamma-ray source HESS J1841-055 \|Nobukawa, K. K., Nobukawa, M., et al. \| AdSpR \| 55-2493 \| 2015 \| 2015AdSpR..55.2493N \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015AdSpR..55.2493N Autoclassification of the Variable 3XMM Sources Using the Random Forest Machine Learning Algorithm \|Farrell, Sean A., Murphy, Tara, \| ApJ \| 813-28 \| 2015 \| 2015ApJ...813...28F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015ApJ...813...28F The Chandra ACIS Timing Survey Project: glimpsing a sample of faint X-ray pulsators \|Israel, G. L., Esposito, P., et al. \| MNRAS \| 462-4371 \| 2016 \| 2016MNRAS.462.4371I \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.462.4371I 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 3XMM J181923.7-170616: An X-Ray Binary with a 408 s Pulsar \|Qiu, Hao, Zhou, Ping, et al. \| ApJ \| 847-44 \| 2017 \| 2017ApJ...847...44Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017ApJ...847...44Q The accretion environment of supergiant fast X-ray transients probed with XMM-Newton \|Bozzo, E., Bernardini, F., et al. \| A&A \| 608-128 \| 2017 \| 2017A&A...608A.128B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017A&A...608A.128B Supergiant fast X-ray transients versus classical supergiant high mass X-ray binaries: Does the difference lie in the companion wind? \|Pradhan, P., Bozzo, E., \| A&A \| 610-50 \| 2018 \| 2018A&A...610A..50P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018A&A...610A..50P Observatory science with eXTP \|in.t Zand, Jean J. M., Bozzo, Enrico, et al. \| SCPMA \| 62-29506 \| 2019 \| 2019SCPMA..6229506I \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019SCPMA..6229506I The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. VIII. The first XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue from overlapping observations \|Traulsen, I., Schwope, A. D., et al. \| A&A \| 624-77 \| 2019 \| 2019A&A...624A..77T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...624A..77T 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 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 EXTraS project: Exploring the X-ray transient and variable sky \|De Luca, A., Salvaterra, R., et al. \| A&A \| 650-167 \| 2021 \| 2021A&A...650A.167D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021A&A...650A.167D Exploring X-ray variability with unsupervised machine learning. I. Self-organizing maps applied to XMM-Newton data \|Kova\\u010devi\\u0107, M., Pasquato, M., et al. \| A&A \| 659-66 \| 2022 \| 2022A&A...659A..66K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...659A..66K 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 Properties of Milky Way globular clusters associated with X-ray sources \|Botev, Svetoslav, Nedialkov, Petko, \| BlgAJ \| 40-59 \| 2024 \| 2024BlgAJ..40...59B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024BlgAJ..40...59B 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	2010-03-15T13:27:06Z/2010-03-22T01:22:43Z
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	2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"ia gating mechanism", "outburst spectra", "modern theories", "centrifugal barrier", "supergiant companion", "binary systems", "quiescent emission", "mass xray binary", "column density variations", "radiatively driven winds"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Mr Enrico Bozzo, 2011, 'Unveiling the mystery of supergiant fast x-ray transients', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-tijxqde