Third Party Funds Group - Sub project
Acronym: TP 5
Start date : 01.07.2021
End date : 30.06.2025
Website: https://www.ero-step.de/research/p5-accreting-neutron-starsblack-holes/
Neutron stars (NSs) and Black holes (BHs) are among the most exotic objects in the universe and the ultimate endpoints of massive star evolution. A better knowledge of their origin, evolution, and feedback onto the interstellar medium is essential to understand the evolution of the Galaxy as a whole. The eROSITA all-sky survey (eRASS) will for the first time unveil the X-ray faint, most populated end of the Galactic population of these exotic objects. The main aim of the proposed research is to fully characterize the X-ray galactic populations of accreting NSs and BHs by combining the eRASS data with archival data and follow-up observations.