Name | 088418 |
Title | Towards an X-ray Inventory of Nearby Pulsars (II) |
URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0884180301 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-fkw3ggc |
Author | European Space Agency |
Description | X-ray data can help to better understand surface properties and atmospheric composition, magnetospheric interactions, and the geometry of neutron stars. Out of 2800 known radio pulsars, only about %10 are detected in X-ray. Restricting ourselves to mainly bright sources or lucky finds may cause an observational bias in particular for pulsars with low spin-down powers where possible evidence for increased heating or non-dipole magnetic field components is observed. We propose a continuation of our deep legacy survey of nearby pulsars to obtain a less biased view of neutron stars X-ray properties. The proposed targets will fill in the crucial parameter space of the X-ray luminosity-spin-down power diagram which is essential to understand the physics of neutron stars and pulsars. |
Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2021-12-18T06:14:50Z/2022-03-02T23:10:29Z |
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 | 2023-03-19T00:00:00Z |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, 2023, Towards An X-Ray Inventory Of Nearby Pulsars Openpariiclosepar, 19.17_20220121_1250, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-fkw3ggc |