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Name: What is the quiescent X-ray state of the radio magnetar PSR J1622-4950
Published: 2018-04-12T22:00:00Z

Proposal ID	078240
Title	What is the quiescent X-ray state of the radio magnetar PSR J1622-4950
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0782400101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-0klvwly
Principal Investigator, PI	Mr Paul Scholz
Abstract	Magnetars are highly magnetized neutron stars that are powered by the decay oftheir immense magnetic fields and periodically display violent outbursts. Onlyfour of the 23 confirmed magnetars have displayed radio emission and its originand connection to the X-ray emission is not well understood. Following anoutburst prior to its discovery in 2009, the X-ray and radio fluxes andspin-down torque of the radio-emitting magnetar PSR J1622-4950 decayed. Ourmonitoring with the Parkes radio telescope has revealed that the torque decreasehas settled and the radio emission has ceased. We thus believe that PSRJ1622-4950 has arrived in quiescence. We propose to observe the magnetar usingXMM in order to characterize its quiescent X-ray state.
Publications	Revival of the Magnetar PSR J1622--4950: Observations with MeerKAT, Parkes, XMM-Newton, Swift, Chandra, and NuSTAR \|Camilo, F., Scholz, P., et al. \| ApJ \| 856-180 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...856..180C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...856..180C 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	2017-03-19T06:04:26Z/2017-03-20T16:52:46Z
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	2018-04-12T22:00:00Z
Keywords	"torque decrease", "XMM", "psr j1622 4950", "immense magnetic fields", "parkes radio telescope", "radio fluxes", "magnetized neutron stars", "xray emission", "quiescent xray", "displayed radio emission", "radio emission"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Mr Paul Scholz, 2018, 'What is the quiescent X-ray state of the radio magnetar PSR J1622-4950', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-0klvwly