| Proposal ID | 089082 |
| Title | A SEARCH FOR THE FIRST X-RAY COUNTERPART TO AN EXTRAGALACTIC FRB |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0890820101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-v8ojrro |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Charles Kilpatrick |
| Abstract | Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond pulses discovered at radio wavelengths.The number of FRB detections has increased rapidly in the last year, culminatingin the detection of bursts from a Galactic magnetar and the extragalactic sourceFRB180916, but the mechanism powering FRBs is still unknown. As the Galacticmagnetar was detected at radio and hard X-ray wavelengths and theoretical modelsthat associate these bursts with relatively long-lived (seconds to minutes)non-thermal radiation, X-ray follow up is the most promising avenue to explorethe spectral energy distribution of FRB emission. We propose a 20 ksNuSTAR/XMM-Newton observation coordinated with CHIME of the periodic FRB180916during one of its a??activea?? phases when one or more high fluence radio bursts are expected. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2021-09-14T22:18:45Z/2021-09-15T01:37:05Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| 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 | 2022-11-16T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | "XMM-Newton", "NuSTAR", "XMM", "?? activea ??", "hard xray wavelengths", "radio wavelengths", "spectral energy distribution", "minutes nonthermal radiation", "fluence radio bursts", "frb emission", "millisecond pulses", "promising avenue", "extragalactic frb", "mechanism powering frbs", "frb detections", "galactic magnetar", "extragalactic source frb180916", "xray counterpart", "periodic frb180916", "xmm newton" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Charles Kilpatrick, 2022, 'A SEARCH FOR THE FIRST X-RAY COUNTERPART TO AN EXTRAGALACTIC FRB', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-v8ojrro |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |