XMM-Newton Proposal 03021403

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Oct 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004xmm..prop...73h&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #03021403

Physics

Supernovae, Supernova Remnants, Diffuse (Galactic) Emission And Isolated Neutron Stars, Rx J1605.3+3249, Rx J1605.3+3249, Rx J1605.3+3249, Xmm-Newton Proposal 03021403

Scientific paper

From archival XMM-Newton data of the isolated neutron star RX J1605.3+3249 we found a candidate period for the star's rotation of 6.88 s. We propose three 20 ksec observations to confirm this. The observations will also allow to verify the existence of a narrow absorption line at 0.58 keV in the RGS spectrum reported by van Kerkwijk et al. (2004). If both, the suggested spin period and the narrow absorption line can be confirmed, RX J1605.3+3249 becomes the best potential candidate among the ROSAT discovered isolated neutron stars with thermal X-ray spectrum to measure both its mass and radius. This would yield important constraints on the equation of state of matter in neutron stars.

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