Proposal ID | 074099 |
Title | XMM follow-up of the massive particle accelerator HD167971: half a period after! |
Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0740990101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-0y3aidp |
Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Michael De Becker |
Abstract | The investigation of massive colliding-wind binaries offers the opportunity toprobe stimulating physical processes, including copious X-ray emission andparticle acceleration. Among the massive systems known accelerate particles,HD167971 is of particular interest in the sense that it is a quite long periodsystem (about 21 years) whose wind-wind interaction is a powerful thermal (inX-rays) and non-thermal (in radio) emitter, despite the significant geometricaldilution of the wind outflows due to the rather large stellar separation. Thisfact makes HD167971 the longest period massive system accelerating particleswhose X-ray emission is easily accessible with present observatories. The aim isto pursue its X-ray study in light of new crucial information about its orbit. |
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Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2014-09-09T01:47:20Z/2014-09-09T09:14:00Z |
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 | 2015-09-26T22:00:00Z |
Keywords | "HD167971", "period system", "XMM", "copious xray emission", "wind outflows", "powerful thermal", "accelerate particles", "geometrical dilution", "makes hd167971", "stellar separation", "radio emitter", "xray emission", "particle acceleration", "massive systems", "wind wind interaction", "easily accessible" |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Michael De Becker, 2015, 'XMM follow-up of the massive particle accelerator HD167971: half a period after!', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-0y3aidp |