| Proposal ID | 090159 |
| Title | Towards an X-ray Inventory of Nearby Pulsars |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0901590201 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ivbcn3p |
| 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.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. |
| Publications | No publications found for current proposal! |
| 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. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2024-05-03T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-04 |
| Keywords | XMM-Newton, OM, RGS, EPIC, X-ray, Multi-Mirror, SAS |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | 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-ivbcn3p |