Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010xmm..prop..198l&link_type=abstract
XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06747312
Physics
White Dwarf Binaries, Neutron Star Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables, Ulxs, Black Holes, Xte J0111-7317, Rx J0059.2-7138, Rx J0051.8-7231, Xte J0052-725, Xte J0052-723, Xte J0053-724, Xmmuj004814.0-7, Xmmuj005011.2-7, Xmmuj005929.0-7, Xmmuj005252.1-7, Xmmuj005403.8-7, Xmmuj005535.2-7
Scientific paper
The spectra of many X-ray pulsars show a low-energy component in addition to the main power-law, which can be described with different models (both thermal and non-thermal). The study of this feature is essential in order to cast light on the physical processes on-going in accreting sources. Due to the low absorption in its direction, the transient pulsars in the SMC, which can reach high luminosities (Lx > 1E38 erg/s), can provide high statistic spectra at low energies; two of them (XTE J0111-7317 and RX J0059.2-7138) have already shown a clear excess during their outburst. Therefore we ask to perform a triggered observation with XMM of a selected sample of transient pulsars in the SMC, if they undergo a bright outburst, in order to characterize the properties of the soft excess.
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