A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: XMM observations of a sample of bright Atoll sources
Published: 2011-09-23T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	065533
Title	XMM observations of a sample of bright Atoll sources
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0655330201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c9euwdp
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof Andrea Santangelo
Abstract	We propose a XMM observational campaign on a sample of three bright atollLMXRBs. Primary scientific goal is the study of the broad Iron K alpha featureto deeply understand its relativistic diskline origin while exploringalternative models based on thermal Comptonization broadening. We request atotal of 150 ksec(50 ks on each source) to be performed for two sources in pntiming mode and for one source in modified pn timing mode for which calibrationand new response matrices have been obtained by our group. Based on thecapability of the RGS, a second science objective of the proposal is the studyof the low energy spectrum to search for broad emission and/or absorptionfeatures (due to ionized O, N, Ne, Fe) similar to the ones observed in other systems.
Publications	A relativistic iron emission line from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 3+1 \|Piraino, S., Santangelo, A., et al. \| A&A \| 542-27 \| 2012 \| 2012A&A...542L..27P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012A&A...542L..27P 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 Study of the reflection spectrum of the accreting neutron star GX 3+1 using XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL \|Pintore, F., Di Salvo, T., et al. \| MNRAS \| 450-2016 \| 2015 \| 2015MNRAS.450.2016P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015MNRAS.450.2016P NuSTAR Observations of the Accreting Atolls GX 3+1, 4U 1702-429, 4U 0614+091, and 4U 1746-371 \|Ludlam, R. M., Miller, J. M., et al. \| ApJ \| 873-99 \| 2019 \| 2019ApJ...873...99L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019ApJ...873...99L
Instrument	EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2010-09-01T06:40:52Z/2010-09-01T22:29:29Z
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	2011-09-23T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"bright atoll sources", "XMM", "broad iron", "primary scientific", "broad emission", "low energy spectrum", "modified pn", "exploring alternative models", "thermal comptonization broadening", "relativistic diskline origin", "bright atoll lmxrbs", "response matrices", "science objective"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof Andrea Santangelo, 2011, 'XMM observations of a sample of bright Atoll sources', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c9euwdp