| Name | 072231 |
| Title | Circum Galactic Medium of the Milky Way |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0722310201 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-vhkljqw |
| Author | European Space Agency |
| Description | Our special vantage point in our Galaxy allows us to study the Galactic warm-hot halo along several sightlines. The combination of absorption and emission measurements provides a powerful tool in this regard. One immediate step forward would be to use emission measures close to the sightlines of absorption lines. With the proposed observations we will determine emission measures close to five sightlines in which we have detected z=0 absorption lines with Chandra. This will break the degeneracy between density and path-length and robustly measure the extent and mass of the warm-hot halo, placing strongest constraints yet on the fraction of missing baryons in the warm-hot plasma. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2013-11-19T11:01:58Z/2013-11-20T05:31:58Z |
| 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 | 2014-12-05T23:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2014, Circum Galactic Medium Of The Milky Way, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-vhkljqw |