| Name | 076298 |
| Title | The Supernova Remnant and Hard X-ray Emission of PWN G54.1+0.3 |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0762980101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-buhe0mv |
| Author | Prof Joseph Gelfand |
| Description | A pulsar wind nebula (PWN) inside a supernova remnant (SNR) is an important laboratory for studying neutron star formation and high energy particle acceleration. This is often accomplished by fitting the observed properties of a PWN inside a SNR with a perhaps oversimplified evolutionary model for such source. Applying such a model to PWN G54.1+0.3 suggests a virgul20 Solar Mass progenitor which exploded inside a low density medium and that leptons are accelerated to >1 PeV. In this proposal, we request the XMM and NuStar observations needed to not only test the SNR and hard X-ray properties predicted by our model, but determine its distance and where inside the PWN the highest energy leptons are produced. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2016-03-27T12:00:12Z/2016-03-28T18:33:33Z |
| 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 | 2017-04-11T22:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Prof Joseph Gelfand, 2017, 076298, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-buhe0mv |