Two long - period X - ray pulsars detected in the SMC field around XTE J 0055 − 727 ⋆
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An XMM-Newton target of opportunity observation of the field around the transient 18.37 s pulsar XTE J0055−727 in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) revealed two bright, long-period X-ray pulsars in the EPIC data. A new pulsar, XMMU J005517.9−723853, with a pulse period of 701.7 ± 0.8 s was discovered and 500.0 ± 0.2 s pulsations were detected from XMMU J005455.4−724512 (= CXOU J005455.6−724510), confirming the period found in Chandra data. We derive X-ray positions of RA = 00 h 54 m 55.
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