Minutes of the Magellanic Cloud meeting, April 04, 2024

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

Adrien Hoornaert BWM_AH_24_04_04.pptx

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

Haonan Yang

David Kaltenbrunner 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

- 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