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Name: Cooling of the super-heated neutron star in MAXI J0556-332
Published: 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	072522
Title	Cooling of the super-heated neutron star in MAXI J0556-332
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0725220201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-zweklg8
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Jeroen Homan
Abstract	Observing the cooling of neutron stars reheated by accretion provides uniqueinsights into neutron star structure. Here we propose observations of thecooling neutron star in MAXI J0556-332, a transient that had been accreting atnear-Eddington rates for nearly 16 months when it returned to quiescence in May2012. Chandra and XMM observations in quiescence have revealed a rapidly coolingneutron star with by far the highest temperatures observed to date for suchsystems. We request two 48 ks XMM observations of MAXI J0556-332. Theseobservations will 1) allow us to search for an early break in the cooling curvethat might be indicative of uneven heating in the crust, and 2) help us inunderstanding why the neutron star in this system is exceptionally hot.
Publications	A Strongly Heated Neutron Star in the Transient Z Source MAXI J0556-332 \|Homan, Jeroen, Fridriksson, Joel K., et al. \| ApJ \| 795-131 \| 2014 \| 2014ApJ...795..131H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014ApJ...795..131H The Rotation of the Hot Gas around the Milky Way \|Hodges-Kluck, Edmund J., Miller, Matthew J., \| ApJ \| 822-21 \| 2016 \| 2016ApJ...822...21H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...822...21H 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 Different Accretion Heating of the Neutron Star Crust during Multiple Outbursts in MAXI J0556--332 \|Parikh, Aastha S., Homan, Jeroen, et al. \| ApJ \| 851-28 \| 2017 \| 2017ApJ...851L..28P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017ApJ...851L..28P 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 The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII, O VIII, and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan, Zeyang, Qu, Zhijie, et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P 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	2013-09-13T22:59:52Z/2013-09-14T12:19:52Z
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	2014-10-01T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"neutron stars reheated", "eddington rates", "XMM", "neutron star structure", "maxi j0556 332", "neutron star", "uneven heating", "cooling curve", "cooling neutron star"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Jeroen Homan, 2014, 'Cooling of the super-heated neutron star in MAXI J0556-332', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-zweklg8