XMM-Newton 2024 Science Workshop

The X-ray Mysteries of Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs
ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 5 - 7 June 2024



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A conference report is available in Nature Astronomy.

The refereed proceedings articles have been published in Volume 346, Issue 1 (January 2025) of the Astronomische Nachrichten / Astronomical Notes (AN)

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CONTENTS

RADIO PULSARS AND ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS

Invited Talks

Latest news and future prospects on measurements of neutron star masses and radii (Video), Sebastien Guillot
Long period pulsars (Video), Natasha Hurley-Walker
An X-ray View of Fast Radio Bursts (Video), Aaron B. Pearlman

Contributed Talks

A NICER View of the Nearest and Brightest Millisecond Pulsar: PSR J0437--4715 (Video), Devarshi Choudhury
New thermally emitting isolated neutron stars from SRG/eROSITA (Video), Jan Kurpas
Modelling the non-thermal X-ray emission of pulsars from their multi-wavelength pulse profiles (Video), Jérôme Petri
The mystery of long-period pulsars (Video), Michele Ronchi

Posters

Fitting X-ray and gamma-ray spectra of all known high-energy pulsars with a synchro-curvature radiation model, Daniel Íñiguez-Pascual
Long-term Evolutionary Links Between the Isolated Neutron Star Populations, Ali Arda Gencali
Isolated neutron star candidates from 4XMM-DR9, Adriana Mancini Pires
Nuclear pastas in neutron stars, Nikolai N. Shchechilin

MAGNETARS

Invited Talks

The strongest magnets of the Universe (Video), Alice Borghese

Contributed Talks

The 2022 reactivation of the magnetar SGRJ1935+2154 (Video), Abubakr Ibrahim
Is Polarisation the Key to Understanding Magnetar Emission? - Mode Conversion in a Magnetar Atmosphere (Video), Ruth Kelly
Numerical study of X-ray emission in the radiation-rich environment of magnetar magnetospheres (Video), Jens Mahlmann
Detailed Phase-Resolved Spectroscopic and Spectro-polarimetric Analysis of Magnetar 1RXS J170849.0-400910 with XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and IXPE (Video), Rachael Stewart

Posters

Pulsed and Polarized X-ray Emission from Neutron Star Surfaces, Matthew Baring
Shallow heating in magnetars: role of electron captures, Nicolas Chamel
Investigating a Common Origin among some GRBs and FRBs, Arya Kartha
INTEGRAL discovery and XMM-Newton follow-up observations of a magnetar giant flare in the starburst galaxy M82, Sandro Mereghetti
INTEGRAL observations of magnetars, Dominik Patryk Pacholski
Can a Magnetar Glitch Affect the X-ray Burst Properties?, Noor ul sabah Rehan
Long-term study of the 2020 magnetar-like outburst of the young pulsar PSRJ1846-0258 in Kes 75, Rajath Sathyaprakash

MAGNETIC FIELD EVOLUTION AND NEUTRON STAR COOLING

Invited Talks

Neutron star cooling (Video), Craig Heinke
The fascinating magnetic-field evolution of neutron stars: many questions, a few answers (Video), Sam Lander

Contributed Talks

Modelling magnetar outburst with magneto-thermal simulation (Video), Davide De Grandis
Understanding the dynamics of neutron star magnetic field through 3D magneto-thermal simulations (Video), Clara Dehman
Low-B magnetars are produced as a result of Tayler-Spruit dynamo at proto-NS stage (Video), Andrei Igoshev
Constraints on the dense matter equation of state from young and cold isolated neutron stars (Video), Alessio Marino

Posters

Evidence of gapless neutron superfluidity from the late time cooling of transiently accreting neutron stars, Valentin Allard
Advancements in Three-Dimensional Thermal Evolution Modeling of Isolated Neutron Stars with MATINS Code, Stefano Ascenzi
Two-fluid simulations of ambipolar diffusion in neutron star cores, Francisco Castillo
Magnetothermal evolution in the cores of adolescent neutron stars: The Grad–Shafranov equilibrium is never reached in the ‘strong-coupling’ regim, Nicolas Moraga
Electron MHD in magnetar crusts with Landau-quantized electrons, Peter Rau
Contrasting neutron star heating mechanisms with Hubble Space Telescope observations, Luis E. Rodríguez

RECYCLED AND TRANSITIONAL PULSARS

Invited Talks

The highs and lows of transitional millisecond pulsars (Video), M. Cristina Baglio

Contributed Talks

Orbitally modulating gamma-ray signals in redback pulsar binaries: insights into particle acceleration in the winds of millisecond pulsars (Video), Hongjun An
Snooping around transitional millisecond pulsars: can accretion- and rotation-powered states co-exist? (Video), Giulia Illiano
Investigating the formation of cannibalistic millisecond pulsar binaries using detailed stellar evolution (Video), Devina Misra
Optical companions to binary MSPs in globular clusters (Video), Cristina Pallanca
Spying on the quickly variable optical sky: the enigmatic case of millisecond pulsars (Video), Alessandro Papitto
The power of the dark side: hunting spiders to find the most massive neutron stars (Video), Jordan Simpson

Posters

An Anti-Correlation Between the X-ray Luminosity and Optical Orbital Modulation of PSR J1023+0038, Ka-Yui Au
Spider luminosities and the invisible black widow, Karri Koljonen
A Multiwavelength Hunt for Transitional Millisecond Pulsar Candidates, Rebecca Kyer
Identification and characterisation of the gamma-ray counterpart of the transitional pulsar candidate CXOU J1109, Arianna Manca
GRMHD simulations of the X-ray switching modes in transitional millisecond pulsars, Raphael Mignon-Risse
X-ray pulsations from neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries, Ndiogou Niang
It's Getting Hotter: PSR J1622-0315 and Its Increasing Irradiation and Asymmetric Heating, Bidisha Sen
The radius of a millisecond pulsar from its surface far-UV and soft X-rays emissions., Pierre Stammler
Quantifying the irradiation and expanding the population of spider pulsars, Marco Turchetta

ACCRETION ON COMPACT OBJECTS: NEUTRON STAR AND WHITE DWARFS

Invited Talks

Magnetic White Dwarfs in X-rays (Video), Ilaria Caiazzo
Pulsars and propellers: X-ray and radio emission from the most mysterious white dwarf binaries (Video), Ingrid Pelisoli
Recent Results on Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (Video), Aarran Shaw

Contributed Talks

The first simultaneous Xray/UV timing study of the accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 (Video), Caterina Ballocco
Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (Video), Enrico Bozzo
New Accreting White Dwarfs Determined from X-ray Observations (Video), Tim Cunningham
The puzzling X-ray binary MAXI J1810-222 (Video), Melania Del Santo
Unveiling stellar wind structures in high-mass X-ray binaries: A high-resolution study of Vela X-1 with XMM-Newton (Video), Camille Diez
Pulse profile diagnostics in magnetized neutron-star X-ray binaries (Video), Carlo Ferrigno
Connecting recurrent novae with the lowest mass accretion rate neutron stars. (Video), Triantafyllos Kormpakis
Highly Significant Detection of X-Ray Polarization from the Brightest Accreting Neutron Star Sco X-1 (Video), Fabio La Monaca
XMM-Newton observations of the peculiar Be X-ray binary A0538-66 (Video), Michela Rigoselli
Accreting White Dwarfs in the X-ray + Optical Sky with SRG/eROSITA and ZTF (Video), Antono Rodriguez
Self-similar accretion modes between accreting white dwarfs and neutron stars (Video), Simone Scaringi
Magnetic fields of neutron stars in Be X-ray binaries: what can we learn from modelling and observations in quiescence? (Video), Ekaterina Sokolova-Lapa
Unveiling the Role of Magnetic Field in Generating Quasi-Periodic Oscillations: Insights from Accreting White Dwarf Systems (Video), Martina Veresvarska

Posters

Variable structures in the stellar wind of the HMXB Vela X-1, Luis Abalo
Accretion onto weakly magnetized neutron stars: theory and its application to X-ray burster GX 13+1, Anna Bobrikova
Weakly magnetized accreting neutron stars as seen by IXPE, Alessandro Di Marco
Pulse Profile Modeling of the Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658, Bas Dorsman
Torque reversals of neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries, Unal Ertan
Correlation of the spectral hardness with the X-ray luminosity in bright X-ray pulsars, Mikhail Gornostaev
A helium-burning white dwarf binary as a supersoft X-ray source, Jochen Greiner
Constraining the X-ray emitting regions in two eclipsing CVs with NuSTAR and XMM observations, Nazma Islam
Observing X-ray lighthouses through a relativistic looking glass, Peter Kretschmar
The role of XMM-Newton in the investigation of persistent BeXRBs, Nicola La Palombara
Pulse-to-pulse Variations in the Accreting X-ray Pulsar Vela X-1, Vicente Madurga-Favieres
Discovery of spin-phase-dependent QPOs in the supercritical accretion regime from the X-ray pulsar RX J0440.9+4431, Christian Malacaria
Probing the Atoll/Z Continuum with Neutron Star Low Mass X-ray Binary 1A 1744-361, Mason Ng
Probing the propeller regime with symbiotic X-ray binaries, Sergey Popov
Blind Source Separation for Decomposing X-ray Pulsar Profiles, Inga Saathoff
Disk torque models in comparison, Jakob Stierhof
10 years of SALT optical spectroscopic monitoring of Be X-ray binaries, Lee Townsend
Evolution of a 30-yr-duration post-nova pulsating supersoft source in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Georgios Vasilopoulos
NICER observations of Nearby Persistent Supersoft X-Ray Sources, Devika Verma

THERMONUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS: X-RAY BURSTS AND NOVAE

Invited Talks

Recent Advances in the Modeling of Type I X-Ray Bursts and Nova Outbursts (Video), Jordi Jose

Contributed Talks

Mass-loss and composition of wind ejecta in type I X-ray bursts (Video), Yago Herrera
Type-I X-ray Bursts in the X-ray Eclipses of EXO 0748-676 (Video), Amy Knight
The crucial discovery of thermonuclear X-ray bursts: never throw away old data! (Video), Erik Kuulkers
The meaning of quasi-simultaneous X-rays and gamma-rays observations of RS Oph in outburst (Video), Marina Orio
Thermonuclear explosions on neutron stars reveal the speed of their jets (Video), Thomas Russell
Old novae in the eROSITA survey (Video), Gloria Sala

Posters

Burst-Disk Interaction in 4U 1636-536 as Observed by NICER, Tuğba Boztepe
A series of NICER Thermonuclear Bursts from UCXB M15 X-2, María Alejandra Díaz
Burst oscillations from 4U 1728-34 observed with NICER, Tolga Guver
Fast winds blowing from a white dwarf left by the historical supernova 1181 and its X-ray emission, Takatoshi Ko
Modelling the post-outburst thermal X-ray emission from classical novae, Robert Willer

ULTRA LUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES

Invited Talks

Beyond Accretion Limits: the Rise Of pulsating Gems (Video), GianLuca Israel

Contributed Talks

Investigating the ULX population with machine learning techniques (Video), Roberta Amato
The long-term variability of a population of ULXs monitored by Chandra (Video), Hannah Earnshaw
The surprising long-term evolution of the ULXP NGC 7793 P13 (Video), Felix Fuerst
The QPOs awaken in the quest for pulsating ULXs (Video), Matteo Imbrogno
Exploring the nature of ultra-luminous X-ray sources across stellar population ages using detailed binary evolution calculations (Video), Devina Misra

Posters

X-ray spectral variability as a probe of the compact objects powering ULXs, Francesco Barra
The Orbit of NGC 5907 ULX1, Andrea Belfiore
Modeling the emission and polarization properties of Pulsating Ultraluminous X-ray sources, Silvia Conforti
Decomposing the X-ray spectrum of ultra-luminous X-ray pulsar NGC 7793 P-13, Shogo Kobayashi
Harnessing the power of groups for pulsating ULX demography, Nicolò Oreste Pinciroli Vago
Spectral studies of super-Eddington accreting Neutron Stars in the Magellanic Clouds, Georgios Vasilopoulos

POPULATION STUDIES

Invited Talks

White dwarf stars in the big data era (Video), Maria Camisassa
Neutron-star population synthesis: an overview and new results (Video), Vanessa Graber
A current view of the population of non-recycled radio pulsars (Video), Aris Karastergiou

Contributed Talks

Shedding light on quiescent X-ray Binaries through population studies with eROSITA. (Video), Aafia Zainab Ansar Mohideen
The population of X-ray binaries in the Magellanic system detected during the eROSITA all-sky survey (Video), Chandreyee Maitra
EXTraS-ordinary Discoveries: Unveiling 60 New Pulsating X-ray Sources with XMM-Newton (Video), Guillermo Andrés Rodríguez Castillo

Posters

Searching the non-accreting white dwarf population in eROSITA data, Susanne Friedrich
The population of high-mass X-ray binaries in the LMC detected during the first eROSITA all-sky survey, David Kaltenbrunner
Studying the signatures of different physical processes on the X-ray luminosity function of high-mass X-ray binaries, Devina Misra
Chemical enrichment of A2384 galaxy cluster and research of astronomical object's chemical enrichment that bends the bridge between galaxy clusters, ELif Naz Toktas

 

 

Invited Speakers

Cristina Baglio INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate (LC), Italy
Alice Borghese Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Ilaria Caiazzo California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Maria Camisassa Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Vanessa Graber University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Sebastien Guillot IRAP, Université de Toulouse, France
Craig Heinke University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Natasha Hurley-Walker ICRAR, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia
Gian Luca Israel INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Jordi Jose Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Aris Karastergiou University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Samuel Lander University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Aaron B. Pearlman McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Ingrid Pelisoli University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Aarran Shaw Butler University, Indianapolis, USA

 

Scientific Organising Committee (SOC)

Domitilla de Martino Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Naples, Italy
Emma de Oña Wilhelmi Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen, Germany
Nathalie Degenaar University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tiziana Di Salvo Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Ileyk El Mellah Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Margarita Hernanz Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC, IEEC), Barcelona, Spain.
Manuel Linares Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Scott M. Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, USA
Nanda Rea (chair) Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC, IEEC), Barcelona, Spain
Alicia Rouco Escorial European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Samar Safi-Harb University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Simone Scaringi Durham University, UK
Norbert Schartel (co-chair) European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Anna Watts University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Natalie Webb Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse, France

 

Local Organising Committee (LOC)

Lucia Ballo, Ignacio de la Calle, Jacobo Ebrero (chair), Felix Fürst, Cristina Hernández, Aitor Ibarra, Elena Jiménez-Bailón, Jari Kajava, José López-Miralles (co-chair), Richard Saxton, Norbert Schartel.

Group Photo