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Name: Confirming The First Infrared Bow Shock Driven by A Pulsar
Published: 2015-09-29T22:00:00Z

Proposal ID	074097
Title	Confirming The First Infrared Bow Shock Driven by A Pulsar
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0740970101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-cgdjvkw
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof Zhongxiang Wang
Abstract	We have discovered an infrared (IR) bow shock near PSR J1549-4848. Detailedstudies of it indicate that its IR emission is likely thermal, arising fromheated dust in the ISM, and suggest its possible association with the pulsar. Ifthe association is confirmed, this bow shock would represent a type of pulsarwind interaction with the ISM that has never before been seen. In order toverify the association, we propose XMM-Newton imaging of the shock region,aiming to detect a pulsar wind nebula that possibly extends from the pulsar tothe bow shock.s head region. A tail-like nebula trailing the pulsar.sproper-motion direction may also be detectable; if it is aligned with thedirection of the bow shock, the detection will help establish the association as well.
Publications	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
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2014-09-03T19:17:50Z/2014-09-04T21:47:50Z
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	2015-09-29T22:00:00Z
Keywords	"xmm newton imaging", "nebula trailing", "XMM", "pulsar wind interaction", "bow shock", "heated dust", "ir emission", "shock region", "XMM-Newton", "pulsar wind nebula", "head region", "psr j1549 4848", "proper motion direction"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof Zhongxiang Wang, 2015, 'Confirming The First Infrared Bow Shock Driven by A Pulsar', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-cgdjvkw