Completing the Spin-down Measurements of Two Nearby Isolated Neutron Stars

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Oct 2010

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XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06729801

Computer Science

Supernovae, Supernova Remnants, Diffuse (Galactic) Emission And Isolated Neutron Stars, Rx J0806.4-4123

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The seven nearest thermally emitting neutron stars may be the best way to sample neutron stars demography, and may offer the best prospects for measuring neutron star radii. But both tasks are limited by our ignorance of their magnetic fields; hence we have been determining timing solutions with Chandra and XMM. The results so far show a tight grouping of magnetic fields in a range between normal pulsars and magnetars. This is surprising and interesting, but lower-than-expected spin-down rates mean that for two sources spin-down was detected only marginally. We propose two short observations of each of those two sources to complete our timing solutions. We will then have precise spin-down measurements for all six thermally emitting neutron stars with confirmed periodicities.

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