XMM-Newton Proposal 02066301

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Mar 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003xmm..prop..345b&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #02066301

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Rx J0630.8-2834, Xmm-Newton Proposal 02066301

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The ROSAT source RX J0630.8-2834 was found to be a possible X-ray counterpart of the old field pulsar PSR 0628-28. However, its corresponding X-ray luminosity, more than 380 times higher than what is expected from the pulsar, put severe doubts on the association. A recent Chandra observation, however, yielded the exact position of RX J0630.8-2834, which matches the radio pulsar position within 1.5"! Furthermore, optical observations of the Chandra error box did not detect any counterpart brighter than mag_B25. The observational evidence thus strongly suggests that PSR B0628-28 indeed is the first overluminos rotation powered X-ray pulsar detected. We propose to observe this unique pulsar in order to establish the association and to explore its X-ray emission mechanisms in detail.

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