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Title:
Finding fast spinning neutron stars using XMM-Newton
Authors:
Wijnands, R.
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute `Anton Pannekoek', University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publication:
A DECADE OF ACCRETING MILLISECOND X-RAY PULSARS. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1068, pp. 231-234 (2008). (AIPC Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/2008
Origin:
AIP
PACS Keywords:
Neutron stars, X-ray binaries, Pulsars
DOI:
10.1063/1.3031198
Bibliographic Code:
2008AIPC.1068..231W

Abstract

The discovery of millisecond X-ray pulsations in neutron-star low-mass X-ray binaries has until now only been done with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. However, XMM-Newton has also pointed at some of these systems during an outburst and shown that it can clearly detect the pulsations as well. In fact, XMM-Newton detects the pulsations with high enough significance to have discovered them, had they still been unknown. Thus, XMM-Newton can also be used to search for pulsations. Moreover, for the faintest systems XMM-Newton is even more sensitive to detect pulsations than RXTE due to the significantly less background count rate for XMM-Newton.
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