XMM-Newton Large Programme Details



PROPOSAL OVERVIEW
Proposal Title Measuring the Magnetic Fields of Central Compact Objects in Supernova Remnants
Proposal Category Supernovae, Supernova Remnants, Diffuse (galactic) Emission and Isolated Neutron Stars
Proposal Type LARGE PROGRAM
Proposal Id 055067
Number of Observations 2
Total exposure time (ks) 199

PI DETAILS
PI Prof Jules Halpern
Institute Columbia University
Country UNITED STATES

CO-INVESTIGATORS
Name Country
E. Gotthelf UNITED STATES

ABSTRACT
X-ray timing studies of two X-ray pulsars in SNRs have detected no braking of their rotation, implying upper limits of 3E11 G on their surface dipole fields, well below those of ordinary young pulsars. We proposed that weak B-fields related to slow natal spin may be the physical basis of the class of Central Compact Objects (CCOs), including the unseen pulsar in SN 1987A. This proposal leverages existing timing data on CCO pulsars to determine if they are spinning down and, if so, to measure their magnetic fields by obtaining coherent timing solutions linking all previous data. Fields as small as 1E10 G can be measured in this way. Alternatively, accretion of supernova debris through a fallback disk may be occurring, which would be detectable as torque noise.

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 (13 references)
  1. " Spin-Down Measurement of PSR J1852+0040 in Kesteven 79: Central Compact Objects as Anti-Magnetars "
    Halpern, J. P.; Gotthelf, E. V.;
    2010 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 709, Issue 1, pp. 436-446 (2010).
    Number of Citations: 127
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2010ApJ...709..436H
    DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/709/1/436

  2. " Unifying the observational diversity of isolated neutron stars via magneto-thermal evolution models "
    Vigano, D.; Rea, N.; Pons, J. A.; Perna, R.; Aguilera, D. N.; Miralles, J. A.;
    2013 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 434, Issue 1, p.123-141
    Number of Citations: 246
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2013MNRAS.434..123V
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt1008

  3. " Discovery of the Transient Magnetar 3XMM J185246.6+003317 near Supernova Remnant Kesteven 79 with XMM-Newton "
    Zhou, Ping; Chen, Yang; Li, Xiang-Dong; Safi-Harb, Samar; Mendez, Mariano; Terada, Yukikatsu; Sun, Wei; Ge, Ming-Yu;
    2014 - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 781, Issue 1, article id. L16, pp. (2014).
    Number of Citations: 30
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2014ApJ...781L..16Z
    DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/781/1/L16

  4. " 3XMM J185246.6+003317: Another Low Magnetic Field Magnetar "
    Rea, N.; Vigano, D.; Israel, G. L.; Pons, J. A.; Torres, D. F.;
    2014 - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 781, Issue 1, article id. L17, pp. (2014).
    Number of Citations: 43
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2014ApJ...781L..17R
    DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/781/1/L17

  5. " Fermi-LAT Observations of Supernova Remnants Kesteven 79 "
    Auchettl, Katie; Slane, Patrick; Castro, Daniel;
    2014 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 783, Issue 1, article id. 32, pp. (2014).
    Number of Citations: 21
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2014ApJ...783...32A
    DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/783/1/32

  6. " Modeling the X-Rays from the Central Compact Object PSR J1852+0040 in Kesteven 79: Evidence for a Strongly Magnetized Neutron Star "
    Bogdanov, Slavko;
    2014 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 790, Issue 2, article id. 94, pp. (2014).
    Number of Citations: 25
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2014ApJ...790...94B
    DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/790/2/94

  7. " Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift "
    Yershov, V. N.;
    2014 - Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 354, Issue 1, pp.97-101
    Number of Citations: 3
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2014Ap&SS.354...97Y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10509-014-1944-5

  8. " 3XMM J185246.6+003317 as transient neutron star "
    Hambaryan, V.; Wagner, D.; Schmidt, J. G.; Hohle, M. M.; Neuhaeuser, R.;
    2015 - Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.336, Issue 6, p.545-565
    Number of Citations: 1
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2015AN....336..545H
    DOI: 10.1002/asna.201412189

  9. " Multi-wavelength Study of the Supernova Remnant Kes 79 (G33.6+0.1): On Its Supernova Properties and Expansion into a Molecular Environment "
    Zhou, Ping; Chen, Yang; Safi-Harb, Samar; Zhou, Xin; Sun, Ming; Zhang, Zhi-Yu; Zhang, Gao-Yuan;
    2016 - The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 831, Issue 2, article id. 192, pp. (2016).
    Number of Citations: 14
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2016ApJ...831..192Z
    DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/192

  10. " The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue "
    Flesch, Eric W.;
    2016 - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Volume 33, id.e052 pp.
    Number of Citations: 17
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2016PASA...33...52F
    DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2016.44

  11. " A systematic study of soft X-ray pulse profiles of magnetars in quiescence "
    Hu, Chin-Ping; Ng, C. -Y.; Ho, Wynn C. G.;
    2019 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 485, Issue 3, p.4274-4286
    Number of Citations: 2
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2019MNRAS.485.4274H
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz513

  12. " A new multiwavelength census of blazars "
    Paggi, A.; Bonato, M.; Raiteri, C. M.; Villata, M.; De Zotti, G.; Carnerero, M. I.;
    2020 - Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 641, id.A62, pp.
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2020A&A...641A..62P
    DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038430

  13. " Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning "
    Zhang, Yanxia; Zhao, Yongheng; Wu, Xue-Bing;
    2021 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 503, Issue 4, pp.5263-5273
    Number of Citations: 0
    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=bibcode:2021MNRAS.503.5263Z
    DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab744