| Proposal ID | 086504 |
| Title | T-Rex\\: Time-resolved Radiation Environment of planet forming disks with XMM |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0865040201 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-s3gcs8h |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Christian Schneider |
| Abstract | X-ray emission from young stars is a crucial agent in the formation of planetarysystems, driving the chemistry and eventual dispersal of protoplanetary disks.K2.s 80-day monitoring of young stars in the Taurus star-forming region showsdramatic variability that points to changes in levels of accretion,circumstellar absorption and magnetic activity on timescales of days to weeks.Similar variability is expected in X-rays, causing important changes in thehigh-energy irradiation of planet-forming disks, but is largely unexplored inX-rays. Therefore, we propose the first large-scale X-ray monitoring campaign ofwell-characterized T Tauri stars with this cadence. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2020-08-18T13:32:46Z/2020-09-19T02:20:12Z |
| Version | 18.02_20200221_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 | 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z |
| Keywords | "energy irradiation", "XMM", "circumstellar absorption", "planetary systems", "scale xray", "planet forming dis", "tauri stars", "xray emission", "magnetic activity", "protoplanetary dis", "eventual dispersal" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Christian Schneider, 2021, 'T-Rex\\: Time-resolved Radiation Environment of planet forming disks with XMM', 18.02_20200221_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-s3gcs8h |