0 v 1 1 7 M ar 2 00 3 Detection of Pulsed X - ray Emission from XMM - Newton Observations of PSR J 0538 + 2817
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We report on the XMM-Newton observations of the 143 ms pulsar PSR J0538+2817. We present evidence for the first detections of pulsed X-rays from the source at a frequency which is consistent with the predicted radio frequency. The pulse profile is broad and asymmetric, with a pulse fraction of 18 ± 3%. We find that the spectrum of the source is well-fit with a blackbody with T ∞ = (2.12 +0.04 −0.03) × 10 6 K and N H = 2.5×10 21 cm −2. The radius determined from the model fit of 0.70±0.02 km suggests that the emission is from a heated polar cap. A fit to the spectrum with an atmospheric model reduces the inferred temperature and hence increases the radius of the emitting region, however the pulsar distance determined from the fit is then smaller than the dispersion distance.
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0 v 2 7 A pr 2 00 3 Detection of Pulsed X - ray Emission from XMM - Newton Observations of PSR J 0538 + 2817
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