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Name: X-ray Counterparts of Be Gamma-ray Binary Candidates
Published: 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	067232
Title	X-ray Counterparts of Be Gamma-ray Binary Candidates
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0672320101 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0672320201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c4zgkes
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr M. Virginia McSwain
Abstract	The AGILE and Fermi missions have detected hundreds of unidentified GeV sourcesin the Galactic plane, but only a handful have been correlated with X-ray oroptical counterparts. Several of these are high mass X-ray binaries that alsoexhibit MeV, GeV, and/or TeV emission, leading to a new class of gamma-raybinaries. More than half of all HMXB contain Be stars, and likewise most of theknown gamma-ray binaries are Be star systems. We have identified three new Bestars that may be associated with GeV point sources, and we propose XMM-Newtonobservations to measure the position, flux, and spectral properties of the X-raycounterparts. Our modest time request will help identify several unknown GeVpoint sources, potentially doubling the number of known Be/gamma-ray binaries.
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 Possible Association of Two Stellar Bowshocks with Unidentified Fermi Sources \|Sanchez-Ayaso E. del Valle Maria V. et al. \| ApJ \| 861-32 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...861...32S \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...861...32S 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 New 511 keV Line Data Provide Strongest sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 973-L6 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...973L...6D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...973L...6D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2012-02-04T06:45:54Z/2012-03-24T17:15:38Z
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	2013-04-18T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2026-03-04
Keywords	"x ray counterparts", "XMM", "optical counterparts", "xmm newton", "tev emission", "star systems", "mass xray binary", "potentially doubling", "spectral properties", "XMM-Newton", "xray counterparts", "galactic plane", "modest time", "fermi missions", "exhibit mev", "unidentified gev sources", "gamma ray binary"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr M. Virginia McSwain, 2013, 'X-ray Counterparts of Be Gamma-ray Binary Candidates', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c4zgkes