Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-05-16
Astrophys.J. 630 (2005) 489-494
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages and 2 figures. Accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/432032
We present XMM-Newton observations of the radio pulsar PSR J1119-6127, which has an inferred age of 1,700 yr and surface dipole magnetic field strength of 4.1x10^13 G. We report the first detection of pulsed X-ray emission from PSR J1119-6127. In the 0.5--2.0 keV range, the pulse profile shows a narrow peak with a very high pulsed fraction of (74 +/- 14)%. In the 2.0--10.0 keV range, the upper limit for the pulsed fraction is 28% (99% confidence). The pulsed emission is well described by a thermal blackbody model with a temperature of T^{\infty} = 2.4^{+0.3}_{-0.2}x10^6 K and emitting radius of 3.4^{+1.8}_{-0.3} km (at a distance of 8.4 kpc). Atmospheric models result in problematic estimates for the distance/emitting area. PSR J1119-6127 is now the radio pulsar with smallest characteristic age from which thermal X-ray emission has been detected. The combined temporal and spectral characteristics of this emission are unlike those of other radio pulsars detected at X-ray energies and challenge current models of thermal emission from neutron stars.
Camilo Fernando
Gaensler Bryan M.
Gonzalez Majorie E.
Kaspi Victoria M.
Pivovaroff Michael J.
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