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Name 086284
Title A search for symbiotic activity in CH-stars
URL

https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0862840101
https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0862840401

DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-rqxrfo7
Author Prof Thomas Maccarone
Description We propose to observe 4 CH stars. These are carbon-enhanced Population II giant
stars nearly all of which have white dwarf binaries, which are responsible for
their unusual abundances. Based on their orbital parameters, distances, and
stellar parameters, we have identified the best candidates for showing X-ray
emission. None of these stars has yet been observed by anything more sensitive
than ROSAT, but we anticipate that they should be detectable in a modest amount
of XMM time. Discovering X-ray emission will open up a new understanding of the
stellar winds from these stars, and of the otherwise hard-to-measure masses of
their white dwarfs.
Publication No observations found associated with the current proposal
Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2020-12-01T09:27:02Z/2021-04-22T11:37:47Z
Version 19.16_20210326_1200
Mission Description The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's 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 Earth's 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 2022-05-22T00:00:00Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Prof Thomas Maccarone, 2022, 086284, 19.16_20210326_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-rqxrfo7