The Kepler K2 mission offers a unique chance to obtain the first simultaneousX-ray and white light observations of flares on samples of active, coeval,main-sequence stars. A large XMM-Newton program will provide X-ray flareenergies and statistics for flares on stars covering a range of spectral typesin the Pleiades (125virgulMyr) and Praesepe (600virgulMyrs). Chandra observations of thesmall regions of these clusters are already approved. The results will beimportant for understanding flare energy release on stars through time, theimpact of stellar flares and activity on exoplanets, and the fundamentalefficiency of magnetic dynamos in dissipating energy.
Publications
Simultaneous Kepler/K2 and XMM-Newton observations of superflares in the Pleiades |Guarcello, M. G., Micela, G., et al. | A&A | 622-210 | 2019 | 2019A&A...622A.210G | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019A&A...622A.210G
Simultaneous Kepler/K2 and XMM-Newton observations of superflares in the Pleiades |Guarcello, M. G., Argiroffi, C., et al. | AN | 340-302 | 2019 | 2019AN....340..302G | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019AN....340..302G
Flares and rotation of M dwarfs with habitable zones accessible to TESS planet detections |Stelzer, B., Bogner, M., et al. | A&A | 665-30 | 2022 | 2022A&A...665A..30S | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...665A..30S
Dynamical Response of Solar Wind Charge Exchange Soft X-Ray Emission in Earth.s Magnetosphere to the Solar Wind Proton Flux |Zhang, Yingjie, Sun, Tianran, et al. | ApJ | 948-69 | 2023 | 2023ApJ...948...69Z | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023ApJ...948...69Z
The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII, O VIII, and Fe L-shell Transitions |Pan, Zeyang, Qu, Zhijie, et al. | ApJS | 271-62 | 2024 | 2024ApJS..271...62P | http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P
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
2015-02-10T15:30:46Z/2015-05-12T16:54:59Z
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.
European Space Agency, Dr Jeremy Drake, 2016, 'The XMM-Newton - Kepler Flare Survey', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-w6cbdso
