EP Performance Verification Targets Candidate List (V2)

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 Source Type Comments
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1 ESA Alessio Marino   Catching type-I X-ray bursts from the NS LMXB 4U 1728-34 with FXT  20 XRB  
2 ESA Francesco Coti Zelati   Testing FXT's capabilities in detecting mode-switching and pulsations in Transitional Millisecond Pulsars  20 pulsar  
3 ESA Francesco Coti Zelati   Probing the spectral and timing capabilities of FXT through observations of bright magnetars  30 magnetar  
4 MPE Chandreyee Maitra   Observation of the persistent ultra-compact binary 4U 0614+091 to verify the energy calibration and spectral resolution of FXT  15 XRB  
5 MPE Chandreyee Maitra   Observation of the high mass X-ray binary pulsar GX 301-2 to verify the spectral resolution and energy scale of EP FXT  40 XRB  
6 MPE Jeremy Sanders   Studying the stripping process of M86 into the Virgo cluster to verify FXT’s imaging capability  40 galaxy cluster  
7 MPE Jeremy Sanders   Studying the baryons in the outskirts of the elliptical galaxy NGC 5044 to demonstrate the FXT background  40 galaxy  
8 CAS Yong Chen   Using galaxy cluster A1795 to verify energy response and background modelling of FXT  10 galaxy cluster  
11 CAS Shumei Jia  Using galaxy cluster PKS 0745-191 to verify the overall performances of EP-FXT 30 galaxy cluster  
12 CAS Chichuan Jin  EP’s First Glimpse of the Galactic Centre Region with its Large Field-of-View and High Sensitivity 170 (combined) region 12,13,16: suggested to coordinate and combine
13 CAS Chichuan Jin  Demonstrative Deep Observation of the Lockman Hole and Survey of the Northern High Galactic Latitude Region region
16 CAS Yuan Liu   Verify the discovering and monitoring capability of WXT by the night-sky survey  survey
17 CAS Fangjun Lu   Using supernova semnant G156.2+5.7 to verify FXT’s ability to observe diffuse emission  36 SNR  
18 CAS Ruican Ma   Using BHXRBs MAXI J0637-430 to verify the sensitivity of FXT  10 XRB  
20 CAS Haiwu Pan  Explore the X-ray emission from the new very/ultra-high energy gamma-ray sources revealed by LHAASO  20 LHASSO source highest priority two targets
21 CAS Rong-Feng Shen 
Renxin Xu 
Guobao Zhang 		  Verifying the timing capability of FXT by observing QPOs of the neutron-star low- mass X-ray binary 4U 1636-536 
 Detecting type I X-ray bursts from 4U 1820-30 and 4U 1636-536 to verify the timing and energy capabilities of FXT 
 Using NS-LMXB 4U 1636-53 to verify the spectral and timing capabilities of FXT 		 30 XRB

 

21, 25, 28:  same target, suggested to merge
25 CAS
28 CAS
26 CAS Yanjun Xu   Testing the Onboard Transient Triggering Response of EP/FXT Based on a List of Known X-ray Binary Transients of Interest  10 XRB WXT triggered auto. follow-up
27 CAS Heng Yu   Use the final-stage merging cluster A3571 to verify the angular resolution and energy resolution of FXT  35 galaxy cluster  
29 CAS Wenda Zhang  Using nearby X-ray isolated neutron stars to verify the timing and spectral capability of FXT 15 pulsar consider for calibration
Editor：Hui Sun