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Name: Investigating hard X-ray transients in the Magellanic Cloud System
Published: 2022-06-03T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	086080
Title	Investigating hard X-ray transients in the Magellanic Cloud System
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0860800301 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0860800401
DOI	https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-zobjvg7
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Frank Haberl
Abstract	The Magellanic Clouds (MCs) harbour a large sample of Be/X-ray binaries at amoderate and well known distance with low Galactic foreground absorption.However, their transient nature complicates observations in X-rays. During theeROSITA all-sky survey the MCs and the Magellanic Bridge (MB) between them willbe scanned frequently. This provides the unique opportunity to detect high-massX-ray binaries (HMXBs) during outburst in the full Magellanic System (MS). Wepropose five triggered XMM-Newton observations of new or unexplored HMXBs in theMS. Our goal is to study their spectral and temporal properties, to continue thebuild-up of large statistical samples of these sources in both clouds and inparticular in the MB, where Be/X-ray binaries have already been found.
Publications	Spectral and timing analysis of BeXRB eRASSU J050810.4-660653 recently discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) \|Ghising, Manoj, Tobrej, Mohammed, et al. \| MNRAS \| 518-893 \| 2023 \| 2023MNRAS.518..893G \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023MNRAS.518..893G eRASSt J040515.6 \\u2212 745202, an X-ray burster in the Magellanic Bridge \|Haberl, F., Vasilopoulos, G., et al. \| A&A \| 669-66 \| 2023 \| 2023A&A...669A..66H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023A&A...669A..66H SRG/eROSITA-triggered XMM-Newton observations of three Be/X-ray binaries in the LMC: Discovery of X-ray pulsations \|Haberl, F., Maitra, C., et al. \| A&A \| 671-90 \| 2023 \| 2023A&A...671A..90H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023A&A...671A..90H 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
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2020-12-17T09:54:23Z/2021-05-14T08:32:19Z
Version	19.16_20210326_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	2022-06-03T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"unexplored hmxbs", "magellanic clouds mcs", "temporal properties", "statistical samples", "XMM", "magellanic system ms", "magellanic bridge mb", "XMM-Newton", "triggered xmm newton", "scanned frequently", "magellanic cloud system", "x ray binary", "sky survey"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Frank Haberl, 2022, 'Investigating hard X-ray transients in the Magellanic Cloud System', 19.16_20210326_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-zobjvg7