| Proposal ID | 090441 |
| Title | Searching For Evidence of Magnetospheric Interaction in Epsilon Lupi |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0904410401 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-pupcvrm |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Mr Ayan Biswas |
| Abstract | Epsilon Lupi is the only close binary star system where both massivemain-sequence components have strong magnetic fields. Thus it is a naturallaboratory for the study of the influence of magnetism on binarity. We havediscovered radio emissions from this system that revealed double-peakedenhancement near the periastron phase, as well as pseudo-cyclic variationsacross the orbital phase. The double-peak enhancement is likely to be an effectof magnetospheric interaction. If this scenario is correct, one would alsoexpect X-ray counterparts to the radio enhancements in the form of enhancementin the X-ray light curve at similar phases. Thus we request 55 ks of XMM-Newtontime to search for the evidence of magnetospheric interaction and orbital variability in our unique target. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2022-08-17T05:51:00Z/2022-09-08T08:38:31Z |
| 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 | 2023-09-29T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | XMM-Newton, OM, RGS, EPIC, X-ray, Multi-Mirror, SAS |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Mr Ayan Biswas, 2023, 'Searching For Evidence of Magnetospheric Interaction in Epsilon Lupi', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-pupcvrm |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |