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Proposal ID 065228
Title Pre-planned ToO of a pre-main sequence star undergoing an optical-IR outburst
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-wsa8dcn
Principal Investigator, PI Dr Nicolas Grosso
Abstract Dramatic optical/IR outbursts from PMS stars, which signal the onset of rapidmass-infall onto such stars through their accretion disks, cannot be predicted.However, our X-ray monitoring of the outbursts of V1647 Ori demonstrates that ahigh accretion rate can also produce an X-ray outburst, and, indeed, that X-raymonitoring of PMS accretion outbursts represents a new observational window onthe magnetic interaction between the stellar magnetosphere and the accretiondisk. We propose a 40 ks-exposure XMM-Newton ToO of any optical/IR outburst fromPMS star to perform X-ray spectroscopy with EPIC and to investigate X-rayvariability on a timescale of hours.
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Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2013-03-09T05:56:27Z/2013-03-09T15:21:44Z
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 2014-03-27T00:00:00Z
Keywords "magnetic interaction", "XMM-Newton", "pms stars", "accretion rate", "v1647 ori demonstrates", "stellar magnetosphere", "pre planned", "accretion dis", "accretion disk", "rapid mass infall", "pms star", "exposure xmm newton", "xray variability", "XMM", "EPIC", "xray outburst", "perform xray spectroscopy", "ir outburst", "optiir outburst"
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Dr Nicolas Grosso, 2014, 'Pre-planned ToO of a pre-main sequence star undergoing an optical-IR outburst', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-wsa8dcn