A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: The Enigmatic Transient Bursting Source 1RXJ173523.7-354013
Published: 2011-04-24T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	060620
Title	The Enigmatic Transient Bursting Source 1RXJ173523.7-354013
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0606200101 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0606200201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-00fdug0
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof GianLuca Israel
Abstract	On May 14, 2008, the Swift/BAT triggered on an X-ray flare from the unidentifiedROSAT source 1RXJ173523.7-354013. Following the BAT detection, Swift observedthe source with the X-ray Telescope (XRT), starting about 150s after the BATtrigger. A very bright X-ray source has been detected;a factor of about 1000brighter than the ROSAT flux of 1RXHJ173523.7-354013, and it was displaying arapid flux fading. In the following months the source reached a rather stableflux but at about 3 times higher than the ROSAT flux. By combining all theavailable Swift data to date, we found evidence for 41 minutes period in thelight curve, which is most likely the binary orbital period. We ask for 30ks XMMpointing in order to unveil the nature of this enigmatic source, and confirm our period determination.
Publications	The X-ray spectral properties of very-faint persistent neutron star X-ray binaries \|Armas Padilla, M., Degenaar, N., \| MNRAS \| 434-1586 \| 2013 \| 2013MNRAS.434.1586A \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013MNRAS.434.1586A 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 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 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 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	2010-03-20T09:37:35Z/2010-03-21T00:28:11Z
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	2011-04-24T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"source reached", "light curve", "XMM", "xray telescope xrt", "rapid flux fading", "binary orbital period", "enigmatic source", "bat detection", "rosat flux", "bat trigger", "xray flare", "bat triggered", "swift data", "stable flux", "minutes period", "ROSAT", "bright xray source"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof GianLuca Israel, 2011, 'The Enigmatic Transient Bursting Source 1RXJ173523.7-354013', PPS_NOT_AVAILABLE, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-00fdug0