A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: Determining the nature of the unassociated Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sources
Published: 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	067073
Title	Determining the nature of the unassociated Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sources
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0670730301
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ekkbtgt
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr roberto mignani
Abstract	The Fermi satellite opened new horizons in gamma-ray astronomy with thedetection of already 1451 sources in the first 11 months of science operationsof the LAT instrument. While some of them are identified as gamma-ray pulsarsand AGNs, other are just associated with potential gamma-ray emitters. However,many of the LAT sources have no potential association yet. Their nature isunknown and can only be investigated through multi-wavelength observations. Herewe propose to map the error boxes of selected LAT sources in X-rays with XMM andin the optical with the VLT. On the basis of their X-ray/optical properties, foreach LAT source we will then be able to single out the X-ray source which is apotential gamma-ray emitter.
Publications	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 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	2011-10-08T20:45:54Z/2011-10-09T04:31:12Z
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	2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"XMM", "multi wavelength", "lat source", "xray source", "optical properties", "lat instrument", "1451 sources", "gamma ray astronomy", "fermi satellite", "error boxes", "science operations", "gamma ray pulsars", "lat sources"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr roberto mignani, 2012, 'Determining the nature of the unassociated Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sources', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ekkbtgt