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2008ApJ...679..664P - Astrophys. J., 679, 664-674 (2008/May-3)

PSR J0737-3039: interacting pulsars in X-rays.

PELLIZZONI A., TIENGO A., DE LUCA A., ESPOSITO P. and MEREGHETTI S.

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We present the results of a ∼230 ks long X-ray observation of the relativistic double-pulsar system PSR J0737-3039 obtained with the XMM-Newton satellite in 2006 October. We confirm the detection in X-rays of pulsed emission from PSR J0737-3039A (PSR A), mostly ascribed to a soft nonthermal power-law component (Γ∼3.3) with a 0.2-3 keV luminosity of ∼1.9x1030 erg/s (assuming a distance of 500 pc). For the first time, pulsed X-ray emission from PSR J0737-3039B (PSR B) is also detected in part of the orbit. This emission, consistent with thermal radiation with temperature kBT≃30 eV and a bolometric luminosity of ∼1032 erg/s, is likely powered by heating of PSR B's surface caused by PSR A's wind. A hotter (∼130 eV) and fainter (∼5x1029 erg/s) thermal component, probably originating from backfalling particles heating polar caps of either PSR A or PSR B, is also required by the data. No signs of X-ray emission from a bow shock between PSR A's wind and the interstellar medium or PSR B's magnetosphere are present. The upper limit on the luminosity of such a shock component (∼1029 erg/s) constrains the wind magnetization parameter σM of PSR A to values greater than 1.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Binaries: General - Stars: Pulsars: General - Stars: Pulsars: Individual: Alphanumeric: PSR J0737-3039A - Stars: Pulsars: Individual: Alphanumeric: PSR J0737-3039B - Stars: Neutron - X-Rays: Stars

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