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Proposal ID 074285
Title Probing the Highest Energy Phenomena of Eta Carinae around Periastron in 2014
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-prg784r
Principal Investigator, PI Dr Kenji Hamaguchi
Abstract Eta Carinae is an extremely massive binary system whose strong winds produce avariety of high-energy X-ray and possibly gamma-ray emission. Earlierobservations found interesting features in the extremely hard X-ray band: i) aflat spectral component above 9 keV toward the flux maximum; ii) strong 15-20keV emission during an occultation of the wind-wind colliding plasma; iii)stable power-law emission above 25 keV. These features are signs of the highestenergy processes yet detected in any colliding wind binary. Broad band X-rayobservations around periastron are essential to understand those features. Wetherefore propose joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations at 4 key phasesaround the next periastron passage of Eta Carinae in 2014.6.
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Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2014-06-06T19:13:05Z/2014-07-29T01:16:03Z
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 2015-08-25T22:00:00Z
Keywords "NuSTAR", "massive binary system", "broad band xray", "energy xray", "XMM", "xmm newton", "eta carinae", "energy phenomena", "key phases", "flux maximum", "flat spectral component", "XMM-Newton", "gamma ray emission", "colliding wind binary", "kev emission", "periastron passage", "energy processes", "hard xray band"
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Dr Kenji Hamaguchi, 2015, 'Probing the Highest Energy Phenomena of Eta Carinae around Periastron in 2014', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-prg784r