Name | 072113 |
Title | Searching for the first radio-quiet.. gamma-ray emitting millisecond pulsar |
URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0721130101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-a3i0oly |
Author | Prof Albert Kong |
Description | We propose to observe a gamma-ray millisecond pulsar (MSP) candidate, 2FGL J2339.6-0532, to search for the first ..radio-quiet. gamma-ray emitting MSP in a binary. The Fermi source has a candidate X-ray counterpart from Chandra data and its X-ray and gamma-ray properties are consistent with known gamma-ray pulsars. The source is also found to have a 4.53-hr orbital period in X-ray and optical data. We propose to use the timing mode of XMM-Newton to search for millisecond pulsation. Moreover, the high quality energy spectra will allow us to study the spectral properties and phase resolved spectra to constrain the system geometry. |
Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2013-12-14T23:14:26Z/2013-12-15T17:01:05Z |
Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's 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 Earth's 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 | 2015-01-14T23:00:00Z |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Prof Albert Kong, 2015, 072113, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-a3i0oly |