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Name: An X-ray look at the first head-trail nebula in an X-ray binary
Published: 2012-09-20T00:00:00Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo

Proposal ID	067457
Title	An X-ray look at the first head-trail nebula in an X-ray binary
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0674570101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-19omtgr
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Paolo Soleri
Abstract	Head-tail trails are a common feature in active galactic nuclei and pulsarbow-shocks. Heinz et al. (2008) suggested that also X-ray binaries, being jetsources moving with high velocities in dense media, can leave trails of highlyionized plasma that should be detectable at radio frequencies. Duringobservations of faint-persistent X-ray binaries, we discovered an optical nebulaaround the X-ray binary SAX J1712.6-3739, consisting of a bow-shock ring-likenebula in front of the binary and two trails originating close to it. Thisis the first detection of such structure in a X-ray binary and it opens a newsub-field in the study of these objects. Observations with XMM-Newton andChandra are now needed to investigate the properties of the surrounding nebula.
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 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	2011-08-24T13:27:48Z/2011-08-24T23:09:45Z
Version	21.51_20241115_1113
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	2012-09-20T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2026-07-09
Keywords	"XMM-Newton", "nebula ``", "front ''", "XMM", "pulsar bow shoc", "dense media", "radio frequencies", "active galactic nuclei", "jet sources moving", "2008 suggested", "J1712.6", "head trail nebula", "ionized plasma", "optical nebula", "xray binary", "xray look", "bow shock ring", "sub field", "head tail trails", "xmm newton"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Paolo Soleri, 2012, 'An X-ray look at the first head-trail nebula in an X-ray binary', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-19omtgr
Rights	Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.