Precision Timing of a Possible New Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar

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Sep 2003

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Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) are an exotic population of pulsating X-ray sources, which increasing evidence suggests are highly magnetized neutron stars ("magnetars"). However, only five AXPs sources are known; this paucity prevents us from understanding the global properties of this population and their relation to other types of neutron star. Recently an X-ray source in the Small Magellanic Cloud with either a 5.4- or 8.0-second period was identified in archival Chandra data. We here propose follow up observations aimed at studying this source's long-term timing behavior and other properties. The results of these measurements can determine whether this source is the sixth known AXP.

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