| Proposal ID | 088335 |
| Title | On the quest of BeX-ray transients: how do highly magnetized neutron stars cool |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0883350301 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-tan53xy |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Alicia Rouco Escorial |
| Abstract | We aim to study the cooling emission of highly magnetized neutron stars in Be/X-ray binaries. For this, we need to increase our sample with high-qualitypost-outburst spectra. We require the flexibility of Swift to monitor thebehavior of the next potential target, and the exceptional sensitivity and largeeffective area of XMM-Newton to study the low X-ray luminosity regime of thesource. These new observations will provide key additional data to i) betterconstrain the temporal evolution of the crust temperature in highly magnetizedaccreting NSs, and ii) use the observed cooling curves as input into our 2Dcrust cooling model which incorporates magnetic fields. This is required tounderstand the role of such magnetic fields on the crust heating/cooling scenario of accreting NSs |
| Publications | No publications found for current proposal! |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2023-07-11T14:51:43Z/2023-09-11T16:08:50Z |
| Version | 20.10_20230417_1156 |
| 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 | 2024-11-22T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2025-01-27 |
| Keywords | XMM-Newton, OM, RGS, EPIC, X-ray, Multi-Mirror, SAS |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Alicia Rouco Escorial, 2024, 'On the quest of BeX-ray transients: how do highly magnetized neutron stars cool', 20.10_20230417_1156, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-tan53xy |