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PSR B0656+14: Combined Optical, X-ray & EUV Studies

Aaron Golden, Andy Shearer, Jerry Edelstein

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9911451

Abstract

PSR B0656+14's high energy emission is consistent with that of combined magnetospheric and thermal (surface & polar cap) emission. Uncertainties with the radio-derived distance and X-ray instrumentation sensitivities complicate a definitive thermal characterisation however. A re-analysis of combined ROSAT/EUVE archival data in conjunction with integrated & phase-resolved optical photometry is shown to constrain this characterisation.

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