XMM-Newton Large Programme Details



PROPOSAL OVERVIEW
Proposal Title Quasi-Periodic Eruptions (QPEs) in GSN 069
Proposal Category Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, BL-Lac Objects and Tidal Disruption Events
Proposal Type LARGE PROGRAM
Proposal Id 86433
Number of Observations 1
Total exposure time (ks) 532

PI DETAILS
PI Dr Giovanni Miniutti
Institute Centro de Astrobiologia
Country SPAIN

CO-INVESTIGATORS
Name Country
R. Saxton SPAIN
M. Giustini SPAIN
A. Laor ISRAEL
S. Bianchi ITALY
A. Read UNITED KINGDOM
K. Alexander UNITED STATES
P. Uttley NETHERLANDS

ABSTRACT
We have recently reported on the discovery of a new X-ray variability pattern from the nucleus of the galaxy GSN~069, dubbed as Quasi-Periodic Eruptions, or QPEs (Miniutti et al. 2019, Nature, 573, 381). We propose here for further XMM-Newton observations to better characterize this newly-discovered variability pattern. Ideally, our observations will be complemented with 2 HST orbits with the goals of: i) deriving the optical to X-ray SED of GSN~069; ii) search for possible blue point sources other than the galactic nucleus in comparison with our Chandra data; iii) study the morphology of the poorly known host galaxy; iv) study the spatially-resolved structure of the narrow-line-region in [O~III].

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 (4 references)
  1. " Repeating tidal disruptions in GSN 069: Long-term evolution and constraints on quasi-periodic eruptions' models "
    Miniutti, G.; Giustini, M.; Arcodia, R.; Saxton, R. D.; Read, A. M.; Bianchi, S.; Alexander, K. D.;
    2023 - Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 670, id.A93, pp.
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2023A&A...670A..93M
    DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2301.06531

  2. " Dynamical Response of Solar Wind Charge Exchange Soft X-Ray Emission in Earth's Magnetosphere to the Solar Wind Proton Flux "
    Zhang, Yingjie; Sun, Tianran; Carter, Jennifer A.; Sembay, Steve; Koutroumpa, Dimitra; Ji, Li; Liu, Wenhao; Wang, Chi;
    2023 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 948, Issue 1, id.69, pp.
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2023ApJ...948...69Z
    DOI: 10.3390/universe9050212

  3. " Searching for quasi-periodic eruptions using machine learning "
    Webbe, Robbie; Young, A. J.;
    2023 - RAS Techniques and Instruments, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.238-255
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2023RASTI...2..238W
    DOI: 10.1002/asna.20220128

  4. " Alive and kicking: A new QPE phase in GSN 069 revealing a quiescent luminosity threshold for QPEs "
    Miniutti, G.; Giustini, M.; Arcodia, R.; Saxton, R. D.; Chakraborty, J.; Read, A. M.; Kara, E.;
    2023 - Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 674, id.L1, pp.
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2023A&A...674L...1M
    DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.09631