Name | 067444 |
Title | The old |
URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0674440101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-8au2rux |
Author | Dr Andrea De Luca |
Description | The Fermi mission opened a new era for pulsar astronomy, detecting gamma-ray pulsations from more than 60 pulsars, 30% of which are not seen at radio wavelengths. One of the most interesting Fermi pulsars is PSR J0357+32, a radio-quiet source standing out as the gamma-ray pulsar with the smallest spin-down luminosity (Erotvirgul1e33 erg-s) known so far. We observed PSR J0357+32 with Chandra and we detected its X-ray counterpart, but we could not constrain its emission properties. Chandra data unveiled the existence of a huge (9 arcmin long) extended feature apparently protruding from the pulsar, with a peculiar phenomenology. We ask for a deep observation with XMM in order to assess the pulsar emission properties as well as the nature of the extended feature. |
Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2011-09-15T02:08:08Z/2011-09-16T11:34:08Z |
Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's 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 Earth's 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 | 2012-10-15T00:00:00Z |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2012-10-15T00:00:00Z, 067444, 17.56_20190403_1200. https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-8au2rux |