FOR 2990:  The eROSITA View of Stellar Endpoints (eRO-STEP)

• Subject Area: Physics
• Term: since 2021
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• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 414059771

The objective of the Research Unit eRO-STEP (FOR 2990) is to improve our understanding of the X-ray emission of galactic sources at the endpoints of stellar evolution and diffuse X-ray emission in galaxies using the new all-sky survey data of eROSITA. In the first funding period we have started with pilot projects on very bright sources or source populations in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. We have studied calibration and other technical issues, instrumental and X-ray background, etc. and developed analysis routines. In the second funding period, we want to extend our study to fainter or more complex sources and source populations.

• DFG Programme: Research Units

Projects

• Accreting Black Holes and Neutron Stars in the Milky Way (Applicants Santangelo, Andrea ;  Wilms, Jörn )
• Bubbles and Diffuse X-ray Emission (Applicants Freyberg, Michael ;  Sasaki, Manami )
• Coordination Funds (Applicant Sasaki, Manami )
• Infrastructure Workpackage: eROSITA Observations of Transient and Persistent Compact Objects and Stars (Applicant Wilms, Jörn )
• Population Studies in Nearby Galaxies (Applicants Saeedi, Sara ;  Wilms, Jörn )
• Supernova Remnants in the eROSITA All-Sky Survey (Applicants Becker, Werner ;  Pühlhofer, Gerd ;  Sasaki, Manami )
• The evolution of Cataclysmic Variables and their contribution to the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission (Applicants Schwope, Axel ;  Stelzer, Beate )
• Unveiling the X-ray faint end of the Isolated Neutron Star Population (Applicant Schwope, Axel )

• Spokesperson: Professorin Dr. Manami Sasaki