Neutron Star Transient LMXBs; Catching Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars
Abstract
We propose two 32 ks ToO observations of newly identified, faint neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. The pn camera, in timing mode, can identify pulsations from new accreting millisecond pulsars, measuring their spin and orbital period, along with studying any X-ray bursts. pn spectroscopy will study the continuum components and broad lines, while RGS spectroscopy can search for narrow absorption lines.
- Publication:
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XMM-Newton Proposal
- Pub Date:
- October 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012xmm..prop...89H
- Keywords:
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- White Dwarf Binaries;
- Neutron Star Binaries;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- ULXs;
- Black Holes;
- Faint NS Transi;
- Faint NS Transi