XMM-Newton Proposal 02013501

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Mar 2003

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Computer Science

Geminga, Xmm-Newton Proposal 02013501

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The Geminga pulsar is unique among gamma-ray pulsars in having a precise and continuous, phase-connected ephemeris from 1973 up to the present. Since the demise of the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory in June 2000, the only practical method of maintaining Geminga's ephemeris is with X-ray observations. Following the initial XMM observation of Geminga in April 2002, we propose to make shorter additional observations approximately once per year until 2006, when GLAST will resume the gamma-ray timing of Geminga. The principal scientific need for a phase-connected ephemeris is to provide an absolute phase reference for ground-based observations, in particular, for our own efforts to detect optical pulsations using a phase-binning CCD camera at Palomar Observatory.

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