A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: HESS J1626-490: Dark Accelerator or Pulsar Wind Nebula?
Published: 2015-09-04T22:00:00Z

Proposal ID	074195
Title	HESS J1626-490: Dark Accelerator or Pulsar Wind Nebula?
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0741950101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-5alb5od
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Eric Gotthelf
Abstract	HESS J1626-490 is an original TeV survey source still not classified oridentified with a counterpart at any other wavelength. Although such sources aresometimes referred to as dark accelerators, previously unknown pulsars havebeen found to power many TeV sources. In these cases, the TeV nebulae are oftenmore luminous and extended than their X-ray counterparts. In an X-ray image ofHESS J1626-490 we have identified a possible offset pulsar/PWN that we proposeto search for pulsations using XMM-Newton in small-window mode. This will eitherconfirm the ability of inconspicuous, middle-aged pulsars to power TeV nebulae,or will more rigorously test the dark accelerator hypothesis.
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	2014-08-14T20:16:47Z/2014-08-15T06:41:47Z
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	2015-09-04T22:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-01-27
Keywords	"", "middle aged pulsars", "tev nebulae", "offset pulsar", "xmm newton", "window mode", "dark accelerator", "XMM-Newton", "tev sources", "hess j1626 490", "dark accelerators ", "XMM", "xray image", "HESS", "xray counterparts", "power tev nebulae"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Eric Gotthelf, 2015, 'HESS J1626-490: Dark Accelerator or Pulsar Wind Nebula?', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-5alb5od