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Name: The fading of the extraordinary low mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676
Published: 2010-10-03T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	060556
Title	The fading of the extraordinary low mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0605560401 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0605560501
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-7646o35
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Maria Diaz Trigo
Abstract	We propose to monitor the dipping low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676 as it turnsoff and becomes quiescent. RXTE pointed observations of EXO 0748-676 duringAugust 2008 show the source at the lowest flux level since the beginning of theRXTE mission in 1996, indicating that X-ray activity may cease soon, after beinga steady accreting X-ray binary since February 1985 (ATel #1736). The proposedXMM observations aim to look at the source both as it turns off and in theperiod after it ceases X-ray activity to determine the cooling of the neutronstar crust, which has been heated by more than 20 years of outburst.
Publications	XMM-Newton observations of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676 in quiescence \|Diaz Trigo M. Boirin L. et al. \| A&A \| 528-150 \| 2011 \| 2011A&A...528A.150D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011A&A...528A.150D 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 A connection between accretion state and Fe K absorption in an accreting neutron star: black hole-like soft-state winds? \|Ponti Gabriele Munoz-Darias Teodoro \| MNRAS \| 444-1829 \| 2014 \| 2014MNRAS.444.1829P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014MNRAS.444.1829P Probing the Crust of the Neutron Star in EXO 0748-676 \|Degenaar N. Medin Z. et al. \| ApJ \| 791-47 \| 2014 \| 2014ApJ...791...47D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014ApJ...791...47D High ionisation absorption in low mass X-ray binaries \|Ponti G. Bianchi S. et al. \| AN \| 337-512 \| 2016 \| 2016AN....337..512P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016AN....337..512P 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 cooling mass and radius of the neutron star in EXO 0748-676 in quiescence with XMM-Newton \|Cheng Zheng Mendez Mariano et al. \| MNRAS \| 471-2605 \| 2017 \| 2017MNRAS.471.2605C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.471.2605C Unexpected late-time temperature increase observed in the two neutron star crust-cooling sources XTE J1701-462 and EXO 0748-676 \|Parikh A. S. Wijnands R. et al. \| A&A \| 638-2 \| 2020 \| 2020A&A...638L...2P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020A&A...638L...2P UV and X-ray observations of the neutron star LMXB EXO 0748-676 in its quiescent state \|Parikh A. S. Degenaar N. et al. \| MNRAS \| 501-1453 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.501.1453P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.501.1453P Erratum: UV and X-ray observations of the neutron star LMXB EXO 0748-676 in its quiescent state \|Parikh A. S. Degenaar N. et al. \| MNRAS \| 502-2826 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.502.2826P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.502.2826P 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 Exploring X-ray variability with unsupervised machine learning. I. Self-organizing maps applied to XMM-Newton data \|Kovau010deviu0107 M. Pasquato M. et al. \| A&A \| 659-66 \| 2022 \| 2022A&A...659A..66K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...659A..66K 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	2009-03-18T00:37:57Z/2009-07-02T12:24:39Z
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	2010-10-03T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-01-27
Keywords	"rxte mission", "exo 0748 676", "ceases xray activity", "1985 atel", "xray activity", "neutron star crust", "cease soon", "XMM", "lowest flux level"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Maria Diaz Trigo, 2010, 'The fading of the extraordinary low mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-7646o35