PSR B1259-63 is a unique binary system with a radio pulsar from which unpulsedX-ray, gamma-ray, and radio emission was observed. The pulsar is in a highlyeccentric 3.4 year orbit around a Be star. Collision of the pulsar wind with thewind of Be star plays a crucial role in generation of the observed emission. Thegoal of this proposal is to investigate, for the first time, simultaneous X-ray(XMM-Newton) and GeV gamma-ray (Fermi) spectral evolution of the system as thepulsar passes through the Be star disk. Details of the X-ray/gamma-ray spectralevolution will allow to probe the physical mechanism(s) of particle accelerationand interactions during collision of relativistic pulsar wind with the wind fromthe massive star.
Publications
Multiwavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2010-2011 periastron passage |Chernyakova, M., Abdo, A. A., et al. | MNRAS | 439-432 | 2014 | 2014MNRAS.439..432C | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014MNRAS.439..432C
NuSTAR Discovery of an Unusually Steady Long-term Spin-up of the Be Binary 2RXP J130159.6-635806 |Krivonos, Roman A., Tsygankov, Sergey S., et al. | ApJ | 809-140 | 2015 | 2015ApJ...809..140K | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015ApJ...809..140K
Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2014 periastron passage |Chernyakova, M., Neronov, A., et al. | MNRAS | 454-1358 | 2015 | 2015MNRAS.454.1358C | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.454.1358C
Modelling multiwavelength emissions from PSR B1259-63/LS 2883: Effects of the stellar disc on shock radiations |Chen, A. M., Takata, J., et al. | A&A | 627-87 | 2019 | 2019A&A...627A..87C | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...627A..87C
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
2011-01-06T14:48:16Z/2011-03-04T09:34:22Z
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.
European Space Agency, Prof Andrii Neronov, 2012, 'Multiwavelength observations of PSR B1259-63 periastron passage in 2010-2011', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-addyqdm
