Minutes of the Magellanic Cloud meeting, April 04, 2024

Attendants: Chandreyee, Robert, David, Frank, Jochen, Haonan, Adrien


Adrien Hoornaert [[attachment:BWM_AH_24_04_04.pptx]]

- Study of an X-Ray source (MC Bridge): eRASSU J031038.2-734935with eROSITA / XMM / NuSTAR

Haonan Yang [[attachment:20240403_LEIA_Data_Brief.pptx]]

- Study of XRBs in the Magellanic Clouds with LEIA

David Kaltenbrunner   [[attachment:Biweekly_meetings_2024_04_04.pdf]]

- Created source products for all catalogs

- Solved the problem of variable background for bright objects (LMC X-1, X-2, X-3) by choosing background in the scan direction

- Working on the paper draft 



Robert Willer   [[attachment:MC_meeting_04_04_24.pdf]]

- used MESA to simulate for a 0.53 Msolar WD, including mass-loss prescription, diffusion and convective mixing for several nova cycles

-- Need to simulate over wider WD range



Next telecon on April 18, 2024