| Proposal ID | 080261 |
| Title | Searching for soft gamma-ray pulsars in unassociated Fermi LAT sources with XMM |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0802610301 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-fo6uftt |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Pablo Saz Parkinson |
| Abstract | Fermi has detected over 200 gamma-ray pulsars of varying types in 8 years ofoperations, but the so-called soft (< 100 MeV) gamma-ray pulsars remainrelatively elusive. Typically single-peaked, younger and more energetic than GeVpulsars, such pulsars were particularly hard to detect with Fermi prior to therelease of Pass 8. Increasing the size of this population may shed light on ourcurrent understanding of high-energy pulsars and the effect that variousparameters (e.g. geometry) may have on the observed emission. We propose short5ks XMM observations of our top 5 soft gamma-ray pulsar candidates to enable thefirst sensitive blind searches for such pulsars using LAT data below 100 MeV. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2017-07-08T07:53:47Z/2017-12-17T12:31:32Z |
| 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 | 2019-01-08T23:00:00Z |
| Keywords | "relatively elusive", "sensitive blind searches", "energy pulsars", "XMM", "shed light", "varying types", "typically single peaked", "lat data", "called soft", "gamma ray pulsars", "gev pulsars" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Pablo Saz Parkinson, 2019, 'Searching for soft gamma-ray pulsars in unassociated Fermi LAT sources with XMM', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-fo6uftt |