| Name | 076405 |
| Title | Monitoring of Be X-ray binaries in the SMC |
| URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0764050101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ywrtawg |
| Author | Dr Richard Sturm |
| Description | The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) hosts an extraordinary high number of nearly one hundred known high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs), 63 with known X-ray pulsations, indicating the spin of the neutron star (NS). Since most Be/X-ray binaries show strong X-ray outbursts, they were detected rather incidentally by imaging X-ray instruments and the evolution of their high-energy emission during outburst is still not known well. Within the field of view (FoV) of XMM-Newton up to 14 known BeXRB pulsars in the SMC can be observed simultaneously. We propose a monitoring with 14 observations over 52 days of a region with high density of HMXBs in the SMC, to study the evolution of the X-ray spectrum and the pulse profiles during outbursts with time and luminosity. |
| Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2015-10-26T03:31:34Z/2016-03-24T17:51:49Z |
| 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 | 2017-04-06T22:00:00Z |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Richard Sturm, 2017, 076405, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ywrtawg |