| Proposal ID | 088418 |
| Title | Towards an X-ray Inventory of Nearby Pulsars (II) |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0884180301 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-fkw3ggc |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Mr Armin Vahdat |
| Abstract | X-ray data can help to better understand surface properties and atmosphericcomposition, magnetospheric interactions, and the geometry of neutron stars. Outof 2800 known radio pulsars, only about %10 are detected in X-ray. Restrictingourselves to mainly bright sources or lucky finds may cause an observationalbias in particular for pulsars with low spin-down powers where possible evidencefor increased heating or non-dipole magnetic field components is observed. Wepropose a continuation of our deep legacy survey of nearby pulsars to obtain aless biased view of neutron stars X-ray properties. The proposed targets willfill in the crucial parameter space of the X-ray luminosity-spin-down powerdiagram which is essential to understand the physics of neutron stars and pulsars. |
| Publications | No publications found for 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 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 | 2023-03-19T00:00:00Z |
| Keywords | "increased heating", "mainly bright sources", "xray data", "low spin", "neutron stars", "power diagram", "nearby pulsars", "xray inventory", "parameter space", "magnetospheric interactions", "atmospheric composition", "surface properties", "restricting ourselves", "xray luminosity spin", "nearby pulsars ii", "radio pulsars" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Mr Armin Vahdat, 2023, 'Towards an X-ray Inventory of Nearby Pulsars (II)', 19.17_20220121_1250, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-fkw3ggc |