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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
Last Update	2025-01-27
Keywords	"magellanic system ms", "temporal properties", "magellanic bridge mb", "statistical samples", "XMM-Newton", "magellanic clouds mcs", "magellanic cloud system", "x ray binary", "scanned frequently", "XMM", "triggered xmm newton", "sky survey", "unexplored hmxbs"
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