Infrastructure Workpackage: eROSITA Observations of Transient and Persistent Compact Objects and Stars

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Jörn Wilms
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 414059771

A large fraction of sources in the X-ray sky are variable on time scales from sub-seconds up to decades–X-ray astronomy has thus always been “time domain astronomy”. By virtue of its survey strategy, eROSITA will provide variability information on time scales of hours up to years during the entire survey, with higher frequency visits being possible for sources at higher ecliptical latitudes. The aim of this project is to provide the scientific infrastructure for research on transient sources to be used in the projects P3, P4, and P5, in conjunction with research that is complementary to that provided in these projects.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 2990: The eROSITA View of Stellar Endpoints (eRO-STEP)
• Co-Investigators: Professorin Maria-Rosa Cioni, Ph.D.; Dr. Frank Haberl; Professor Dr. Jürgen H.M.M. Schmitt