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Name 088086
Title Expanding the Search for Accretion Luminosity in Disk-Polluted White Dwarfs
URL

https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0880860101
https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0880860201
https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0880860601

DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-0t9slb0
Author Prof Jay Farihi
Description We propose an X-ray survey of six nearby polluted white dwarfs to detect
high-rate accretion states indicated by both optical data and recent theoretical
models of collisional cascades within their debris disks. The models predict
that the collisionally generated gas will be subject to high and low states of
accretion, where the fraction of time spent in the high and detectable states
constrains the size of bodies initiating the cascade. The proposed observations
will directly test these models, and thus provide valuable information on the
nature of the (as yet unseen) parent bodies themselves. Only with X-ray
observations can we directly detect ongoing accretion, and provide an invaluable
and independent determination of mass accretion rates.
Publication No observations found associated with the current proposal
Instrument EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage 2021-06-25T02:58:36Z/2022-01-23T09:19:05Z
Version 19.17_20220121_1250
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 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Prof Jay Farihi, 2023, 088086, 19.17_20220121_1250, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-0t9slb0