NICER observation list: Target ID 668903
- Proposal Number = 6689
- Target ID = 668903
- Target Name = Cir_X-1
- Proposal Title = CONSTRAINING THE GEOMETRY IN ACCRETING WEAKLY MAGNETIZED NEUTRON STARS IN LOW MASS X-RAY BINARIES
- PI = ALESSANDRO DI MARCO
- Proposal Category = X-RAY BINARIES
- Cycle number = 6
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
Accreting weakly magnetized Neutron Stars in X-ray Binaries are amongst the brightest X-ray sources. Thanks to IXPE, there is now the possibility to have X-ray polarimetric data allowing to disentangle parameters/scenarios which at present can equally describe spectral/temporal properties of these sources. IXPE, during its 2nd observing period, will observe Sco X-1, for which there are hints for a polarization above 4keV, 4U 1820-303 and Cir X-1, whose polarization has never been studied before. However, these sources are highly variable: therefore, we propose a simultaneous 100ks NICER and IXPE observation to monitor their energy spectra. NICER s better energy resolution allows obtaining a better spectral model reducing the free parameters in the joint IXPE spectro-polarimetric analysis.
| Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of Modules |
Number of Processing |
Status of Processing |
Date of Processing |
Public date |
| 6689030101 |
230.171 |
-57.167 |
322.119 |
0.038 |
60158.4451 |
60158.6532 |
4357.0 |
51 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
60172.4 |
60172 |
| 6689030102 |
230.171 |
-57.167 |
322.119 |
0.038 |
60159.0267 |
60159.8100 |
8766.7 |
51 |
2 |
VALIDATED |
60172.4 |
60173 |
| 6689030103 |
230.175 |
-57.170 |
322.119 |
0.033 |
60159.9931 |
60160.9088 |
8666.2 |
51 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
60172.5 |
60174 |
| 6689030104 |
230.175 |
-57.170 |
322.119 |
0.033 |
60161.0152 |
60161.0243 |
302.0 |
51 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
60172.7 |
60175 |
| 6689030201 |
230.172 |
-57.166 |
322.119 |
0.038 |
60167.4153 |
60167.7408 |
1981.0 |
51 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
60178.3 |
60181 |
| 6689030202 |
230.171 |
-57.166 |
322.119 |
0.038 |
60168.1157 |
60168.9683 |
5903.0 |
51 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
60180.1 |
60182 |
| 6689030203 |
230.171 |
-57.166 |
322.119 |
0.038 |
60169.0188 |
60169.8729 |
4325.0 |
51 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
60180.2 |
60183 |