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Name: The temporal evolution of the puzzling central source in RCW103
Published: 2017-09-16T22:00:00Z

Proposal ID	074375
Title	The temporal evolution of the puzzling central source in RCW103
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0743750201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-3pgmaur
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Andrea De Luca
Abstract	1E 161348-5055 is a point-like, radio-quiet X-ray source at the center of the2000-years-old supernova remnant RCW103. Recent observations unveiled a uniquephenomenology: (i) the source has a dramatic (factor 100) long-term fluxvariability with outbursts possibly recurrent on the few year time scale; (ii)its emission is strongly modulated with a puzzling 6.67 hour periodicity; (iii)no counterpart in the optical/infrared has been found yet. In view of the sourcevariability, XRT onboard Swift is currently performing a monthly monitoringcampaign. Here we ask for a new 75 ks XMM triggered observation to be performedif a new outburst will be detected. Studying the 6.67 hours periodicity in thehigh state regime will shed light on the nature of this puzzling source.
Publications	Long X-ray flares from the central source in RCW 103. XMM-Newton and VLT observations in the aftermath of the 2016 outburst \|Esposito, P., De Luca, A., et al. \| A&A \| 626-19 \| 2019 \| 2019A&A...626A..19E \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...626A..19E 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 Progenitor Constraint with Circumstellar Material for the Magnetar-hosting Supernova Remnant RCW 103 \|Narita, Takuto, Uchida, Hiroyuki, et al. \| ApJ \| 950-137 \| 2023 \| 2023ApJ...950..137N \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023ApJ...950..137N 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	2016-08-19T17:10:59Z/2016-08-20T16:05:59Z
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	2017-09-16T22:00:00Z
Keywords	"time scale", "75 xmm triggered", "temporal evolution", "XMM", "source variability", "shed light", "term flux variability", "1e 161348 5055", "supernova remnant rcw103", "xrt onboard swift", "central source"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Andrea De Luca, 2017, 'The temporal evolution of the puzzling central source in RCW103', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-3pgmaur