XMM-Newton Large Programme Details



PROPOSAL OVERVIEW
Proposal Title Features in the X-ray spectrum of an isolated rotation-powered pulsar
Proposal Category Supernovae, GRB, Supernova Remnants, Diffuse (Galactic) Emission and Isolated Neutron Stars
Proposal Type LARGE PROGRAM
Proposal Id 80308
Number of Observations 4
Total exposure time (ks) 488

PI DETAILS
PI Prof Oleg Kargaltsev
Institute George Washington University
Country UNITED STATES

CO-INVESTIGATORS
Name Country
G. Pavlov UNITED STATES
B. Posselt UNITED STATES

ABSTRACT
Until recently spectral features had been found only in X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Stars (XDINSs), Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), magnetars, and Central Compact Objects (CCOs) in SNRs, which all are exotic members of the known neutron star population dominated by rotation-powered pulsars. In our EPIC observation of an ordinary 100-kyr-old pulsar J1740+1000 we unexpectedly found solid evidence for absorption features in an isolated rotation-powered pulsar. We request a much deeper observation to study the features in detail, measure the phase-dependent changes in the feature energies, widths and depths, and establish their physical nature. These findings will have far-reaching implications for understanding the physics of NS magnetospheres and atmospheres.

PAPERS
Authors marked in red are (co-)investigators in the proposal

Classification of papers are:
- CLASS 1:   papers that present specific XMM-Newton observations
- CLASS 2: papers that refer to published XMM-Newton results with complementary observations, follow-up analysis, or theoretical analysis
- CLASS 3: further deliveries which resulted from the program and which are made available to the community (e.g. source catalogues, processed images or spectra in public data base)
- CLASS 4: comments and suggestions from PI

CLASS 1 (2 references)
  1. " A Search for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from Pulsar Tails by VERITAS "
    Benbow, W.; Brill, A.; Buckley, J. H.; Capasso, M.; Chromey, A. J.; Errando, M.; Falcone, A.; Farrell, K. A.; Feng, Q.; Finley, J. P.; Foote, G. M.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Gent, A.; Giuri, C.; Hanna, D.; Hassan, T.; Hervet, O.; Holder, J.; Hughes, G.; Humensky, T. B.; Jin, W.; Kaaret, P.; Kargaltsev, Oleg; Kertzman, M.; Kieda, D.; Klingler, Noel; Kumar, S.; Lang, M. J.; Lundy, M.; Maier, G.; McGrath, C. E.; Moriarty, P.; Mukherjee, R.; Nieto, D.; Nievas-Rosillo, M.; O'Brien, S.; Ong, R. A.; Otte, A. N.; Patel, S.; Pfrang, K.; Pohl, M.; Prado, R. R.; Quinn, J.; Ragan, K.; Reynolds, P. T.; Ribeiro, D.; Richards, G. T.; Roache, E.; Ryan, J. L.; Santander, M.; Sembroski, G. H.; Shang, R.; Volkov, Igor; Wakely, S. P.; Weinstein, A.; Wilcox, P.; Williams, D. A.;
    2021 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 916, Issue 2, id.117, pp.
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2021ApJ...916..117B
    DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac05b9

  2. " Thermal and non-thermal X-ray emission from the rotation-powered radio/γ-ray pulsar PSR J1740+1000 "
    Rigoselli, Michela; Mereghetti, Sandro; Anzuinelli, Sara; Keith, Michael; Taverna, Roberto; Turolla, Roberto; Zane, Silvia;
    2022 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 513, Issue 3, pp.3113-3121
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2022MNRAS.513.3113R
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1130