X-ray data can help to better understand surface properties and atmosphericcomposition, magnetospheric interactions, and the geometry of neutron stars.Out of 3000 known radio pulsars, only about %5-7 are detected in X-rays.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 obtaina less biased view of neutron stars X-ray properties. The proposed targets willfill 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.
Instrument
EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage
2023-04-06T05:46:46Z/2023-04-06T11:11:46Z
Version
20.09_20221024_1724
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.
European Space Agency, Mr Armin Vahdat, 2024, 'Towards an X-ray Inventory of Nearby Pulsars', 20.09_20221024_1724, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-[xxxxxxx]
