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Name: Why So Much Shell Burning on the White Dwarfs in Wide BinariesquestionMark
Published: 2017-10-13T22:00:00Z

Proposal ID	078491
Title	Why So Much Shell Burning on the White Dwarfs in Wide Binaries?
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0784910101 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0784910201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-m7mym1g
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Jennifer Sokoloski
Abstract	Accreting white dwarfs (WDs) in binaries with red-giant (RG) donors contain apotential clue to a huge question in binary stellar evolution: can accreting WDsgrow in mass? A surprisingly large number of WDs in such binaries experiencequasi-steady shell burning, which is associated with mass retention and growth.But the cause of the shell burning is unknown. The goal of this proposal is touse XMM observations of two RG+WD binaries with recent nova-like eruptions totest the hypothesis that the shell burning is residual burning from priorthermonuclear runaways that ejected relatively little mass. Cao et al. recentlyconfirmed that RG+WD binaries produce at least some SNIa, so revealing how theirWDs can gain mass has major implications. This program is ideal for XMM.
Publications	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 An XMM-Newton View of the Symbiotic Stars HM Sge, NQ Gem, and PU Vul \|Toal\\u00e1, Jes\\u00fas A., Botello, Marissa K., \| ApJ \| 948-14 \| 2023 \| 2023ApJ...948...14T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023ApJ...948...14T 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 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	2016-05-16T20:56:34Z/2016-09-29T20:27:47Z
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	2017-10-13T22:00:00Z
Keywords	"binary stellar evolution", "mass retention", "accreting wds grow", "XMM", "thermonuclear runaways", "wd binary", "white dwarfs", "residual burning", "potential clue", "shell burning", "gain mass", "wide binary ?.", "relatively little mass", "major implications"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Jennifer Sokoloski, 2017, 'Why So Much Shell Burning on the White Dwarfs in Wide BinariesquestionMark', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-m7mym1g