A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: XMM-Newton Observations of Jets in Short Gamma-ray Bursts
Published: 2023-01-04T00:00:00Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo

Proposal ID	086286
Title	XMM-Newton Observations of Jets in Short Gamma-ray Bursts
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0862860301 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0862860401
DOI	https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-6vk1mhl
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof Wen-fai Fong
Abstract	With the first discovery of a NS merger detected with gravitational wavefacilities, and ongoing detections of SGRBs detected with gamma-ray satellites,it is a golden era to make significant progress in merger studies. A criticallink between these populations is the production of relativistic jets, and thefraction of mergers that produce relativistic SGRB-like outflows. Deep X-rayobservations have played an important role in constraining the collimation ofSGRBs, as our current knowledge of the opening angle distribution comes almostexclusively from X-ray observations at >1 day after the burst. Here, we proposefor XMM-Newton TOO observations to monitor a SGRB afterglow and constrain itsopening angle, which will have significant implications for the energy scales and event rates.
Publications	The First Short GRB Millimeter Afterglow: The Wide-angled Jet of the Extremely Energetic SGRB 211106A \|Laskar Tanmoy Escorial Alicia Rouco et al. \| ApJ \| 935-11 \| 2022 \| 2022ApJ...935L..11L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022ApJ...935L..11L The Jet Opening Angle and Event Rate Distributions of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts from Late-time X-Ray Afterglows \|Rouco Escorial A. Fong W. et al. \| ApJ \| 959-13 \| 2023 \| 2023ApJ...959...13R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023ApJ...959...13R
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2021-11-20T22:37:51Z/2021-12-09T13:21:07Z
Version	21.51_20241115_1113
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	2023-01-04T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2026-07-09
Keywords	"XMM-Newton", "sgrb afterglow", "golden era", "relativistic jets", "gravitational wave facilities", "energy scales", "event rates", "XMM", "angle distribution comes", "deep xray", "ns merger", "relativistic sgrb", "xmm newton", "gamma ray satellites"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof Wen-fai Fong, 2023, 'XMM-Newton Observations of Jets in Short Gamma-ray Bursts', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-6vk1mhl
Rights	Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.